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Article: Calico Corners home market.(fabric store)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- October 16, 1995
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KENNETT SQUARE, Pa.--Calico Corners claims to be unique among major national fabric chains.
The 87-unit retail fabric chain based here "is not just another fabric store," noted Bert Kerstetter, chief executive of Calico Corners' parent, Everfast Inc. "We are in the decorating business.
"We are 100 percent home furnishing fabrics," Kerstetter said. "Our customers are serious about their homes, and we are serious about the challenge of decorating their homes."
The retailer offers an enormous variety of fabrics, both in-stock and special-order. Individual stores, which range in size from 2,500 to 10,000 square feet, carry 1,000 to 2,000 bolts in stock, ...