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Article: DESPITE WHAT LOOMS, THEY'LL HIT THE ROAD; THE MAJORITY OF HOME FURNISHINGS VENDORS POLLED BY HFN SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR TRAVEL SCHEDULES, EVEN AMID THE LURKING THREAT OF WAR WITH IRAQ.
- Article from:
- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- December 2, 2002
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NEW YORK-Like most executives, members of the home furnishings community have grappled with travel in recent years.
After Sept. 11, 2001, most individuals said their travel frequency would be drastically cut. Despite initial concerns, however, the home furnishings industry continued to travel at an amazing rate.
With the trade show season upon them and threats of war with Iraq in the air, do home furnishings vendors plan to travel as much as usual? That's the question we threw at them. Here are their answers:
Jim McCusker
President
DeLonghi America
"It's a difficult question to answer. Ordinarily we haven't reacted, ...