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Article: Gold Coast hopes to strike it rich selling direct.(Brief Article)
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- Home Textiles Today
- Article date:
- March 12, 2001
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NEW YORK -- Gold Coast, an overseas manufacturer of decorative pillows and throws, will be for the first time courting retailers at the upcoming New York Home Textiles Show.
Gold Coast has spent the past seven years generating $15 million in business strictly supplying one major domestic distributor with "millions of units" from its broad line of decorative pillows and throws, many of which are made of chenille, manufactured in its Shanghai, China facility.
But now, Gold Coast is restructuring its business strategy to add "direct supplier" to its offerings and extending its reach to include major department stores and upscale retailers, said Steven James ...