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Article: Color, value at hardware show.(National Hardware Show)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- August 14, 1995
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CHICAGO--Products that deliver color, fashion and value will be on display this week as buyers head to the National Hardware Show which began Sunday, Aug. 13 and continues through Wednesay, Aug. 16.
With raw material resin expenses climbing, vendors are looking for ways to maintain fair retail prices. This year's resin items will sport anywhere from a 5 to 8 percent increase over last season.
To combat these higher prices, vendors will offer high styling, premium materials and fashion colors like U.S. Leisure's Teal Cafe, Sedona Clay and Hunter Mist. Meanwhile, Syroco unveils its elegant resin wicker look targeted to an upscale customer. Bemis will debut its ...