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Article: Retailers stick with solid, neutral fabrics, but add pizzazz with accent pillows.(Survey)
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- Casual Living
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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By Judi Fulbright
Casual Living's exclusive retail fabric survey gives a clear picture of the fabric scene at retail in 2007 and offers insights about what to expect in the 2008 season.
Playing into consumers' desire to have it now, off-the-floor fabric choices are out-selling their special-order counterparts by a five-to-four margin. Three-fourths of retailers expect this ratio to hold next year. That means retailers' choices of colors and patterns are even more critical to the bottom line than ever before.
Solids, in neutral colors, ring up the most sales for the most retailers on both dining groups and sling seating. Consumers go bright with ...