As the 2009/2010 winter market season gets under way, we take a look back almost 29 years to when the Chicago Market was still in full swing. In addition to the plethora of new products and services, Chicago was also a place for major news items coming to light during the Carpet Industry Press Conference. In 1981, John Krol of DuPont led a panel discussion that included Richard Williams, left, of WestPoint Pepperell, and Dean McKinney of Carson Pirie Scott.