Home Textiles Today - October 25, 2004

Now that Official Pillowtex LLC has decided to manage the Royal Velvet and Cannon brands itself, the consortium plans to hire an in-house brand manager for the project. Brand management firm Group 3 Design is transferring the management of the Cannon, Cannon Royal Family and Royal Velvet brands back to Official Pillowtex LLC, the group that acquired the assets of th...

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