There were old names at new places, a lot of talk about cotton, and all kinds of market share manipulations. But most of all, it was about one thing: tariffs .

At the just-completed New York Home Textiles Market, where the home textiles industry meets each spring and fall to buy and sell its products, the pattern and the patter were very much in alignment with all of the industry shows that preceded it this summer . Everyone was trying to navigate the treacherous tariff waters and figure out how to do business ( stay in business might be more like it) given the slings and arrows of the current landscape.

For home textiles products like bedding, bath towels, rugs and windowcoverings, the political climate is especially hazardous. As much as two-thirds of all merchandise in those cat

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