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Article: Retailers flock to Atlanta: turnout proves doubters wrong.(1995 Atlanta Area Rugs Market)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- July 24, 1995
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Atlanta - Despite grumbles of "it's a summer market, so there won't be that many retailers there," America's top rug retailers proved the naysayers wrong at this month's Atlanta Area Rugs Market.
A number of major buyers, including those from Federated, Spiegel and May Co., were spotted shopping here; all said the market provided an excellent opportunity to beef up their fall assortments.
More than 110 permanent exhibitors and 60 temporary exhibitors displayed rugs at the Atlanta Area Rugs Market.
Retailers were enthusiastic about the market and about area rugs as a category. Most retailers said that area rugs are the strongest component of their floor ...