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Article: Table linens suppliers look to add value. (update 02).(Brief Article)
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- Home Textiles Today
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- September 9, 2002
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NEW YORK -- Table linens is at something of a standstill in terms of growth as vendors face the challenge of boosting sales volume in a maturing category that has seen price points continue to erode.
Pat Rudavsky, director of merchandising and design, fashion, Louisville, KY-based Louisville Bedding Co., said she expects "minimal growth" over the next year or so in the category, which comprises about 8 percent of the company's total sales.
Added Kurt Hamburger, president and managing dir., New York-based Lintex Linens: "Table linens is not a growth industry." All the same, the category makes up more than one third--35 percent--of Lintex's total sales, he ...