Home Textiles Today - March 21, 2005

New York — Whether a factor of deflation or a reaction to consumer sensitivity, spring prices on bedding and bath items fell back in this year's Market Basket survey. Home Textiles Today's fourth annual report found that pricing dropped this year in most of the highest-priced and lowest-priced items in the survey.

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