Home Textiles Today - June 27, 2005

With warm weather finally settling in across the country, same-store retail sales continued to run ahead of plan during the third week of June, helped by strong sales of seasonal goods, the Johnson Redbook Index reported. Sales climbed 4.1 percent during the week, building on gains of 3.

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• News
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• People Today
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