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Article: Calico Corners out to be more than just fabrics.(Fabrics Today)
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- August 9, 2004
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KENNETT SQUARE, PA. -- Calico Corners has shifted gears, moving to provide customers with decorating solutions based on a wide range of fabrics, as it moves away from being just a fabric store.
In addition, said Roy Simpson Jr., newly named president and chief operating officer, "We are integrating more what we show in the catalog with displays in the stores with our inventory."
Simpson, who joined the company full-time three years ago, had long been a director.
He succeeds Bert Kertstetter, who now is chairman and CEO of the company that industry estimates peg at more than $200 million. Roy Simpson Sr. stepped down as chairman and CEO and now ...