Home Textiles Today - October 18, 2004

Maytex Mills Inc. has hired former Sure Fit CEO Bert Shlensky to lead the development of a major effort in the ready-made slipcover business. Maytex plans to show a complete line at the New York Home Textiles Market and to begin shipping product in the spring of 2005. Shlensky said, “I am joining Maytex because of their design, sourcing, service, and mar...

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