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Article: Specialty stores soar: sales increase 14.2%. (housewares)(Top 100 Housewares/Tabletop)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- September 18, 1995
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NEW YORK--Specialty stores held their own against competing areas of distribution last year, according to HFN's annual Top 100 survey. Specialty retailers' sales increased 14.2 percent from $1.47 billion in 1993 to $1.68 billion in 1994.
THE TOP 5
Company 1994 1993 % Change #Stores
Lechters$342.0 $350.0-2.3% 611
Crate & Barrel $200.0 $175.014.3% 48
Bed Bath & Beyond $166.7 $115.844%60
Pier 1 Imports $122.0 $111.9 9% 630
Fortunoff $93.8$93.8 0% 3
Dollar figures are in millions
Specialty stores' share of the housewares pie grew ...