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Article: Dorm room decor becomes big business Retailers expand their lines to meet demand

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Allyson Ellis tries out a Spandex chair and rests her feet on a fuzzy backrest in the campus shop at the J.C. Penney Co. Inc. store in Lewisville, Texas. Home furnishings stores and big chains such as Target Corp. and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. are expanding their dorm room decor to keep up with the demand from college students.(PHOTO) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS) (PHOTO)

Denim fashions may be all the rage this fall, but Erica Green cares more about dressing up her dorm room than dressing up herself. Green, an incoming junior at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., plans to spend more than $500 on furnishings, from bright blue butterfly ...

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