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Article: Buyers cotton to Vera Bradley's affordable luxury
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- April 28, 2006
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ASHLEY M. HEHER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-28-2006
Buyers cotton to Vera Bradley's affordable luxury
By ASHLEY M. HEHER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 04-28-2006, Friday
Section: BUSINESS
Edtion: All Editions
Column: SPOTLIGHT ON RETAIL
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Inside a bustling warehouse, new hires at Vera Bradley Designs practice stitching paisley place mats and pink coin purses in patterns with names such as Petal Pink and Chelsea Green. Nearby, others slice swatches of bold pink, blue and green quilted fabric destined to become handbags, purses and luggage.
With 200 employees and another 800 contract sewers churning out hundreds of thousands of items each year, Vera ...