Home Textiles Today - May 9, 2005

New York — A continued deflationary trend in the soft window business during 2004 saw retailers moving more lower-priced items for largely the same overall dollar amount, as the size of the business at retail remained flat at $2.6 billion. “It is no secret that the amount of finished goods coming in from offshore has driven prices down,” said Barry Goodman, vice pr...

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