Changes in the Fabric World

After a few years of relative stability in the showrooms–no lines moving around a lot, no big showrooms closing their doors–things are shifting around a bit. Zimmer-Rohde has purchased Travers and is moving to George Cameron Nash. Probably, as they are acquiring brands and starting to become another big fabric conglomerate, they don’t want to compete with the big, heavy Cowtan & Tout. Now, George has Zimmer, Culp has Cowtan, and ID Collection has Osborne & Little, including Designers Guild. Sort of like the mergers and acquisitions on Wall Street, but no one makes that much money. Maybe David Smith does.