Home Textiles Today - December 20, 2004

After four months spent dividing his time between his own business in Miami and serving as CEO of Sure Fit, based here, Salo Grosfeld is planning to step down from the latter position. Grosfeld took the helm at Sure Fit in mid-August when the company was acquired out of bankruptcy by New York-based investment firm D.

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