Home Textiles Today - September 6, 2004

Claire Murray is moving the way of Tupperware and Avon with her recently launched Home Galleries program, comprised of independent consultants nationwide who sell the designer’s broad catalog of goods to friends and neighbors. “It’s my way of really branching out all over the country,” Murray said.

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