2004: The Year in Statistics

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 6/13/2005 12:00:00 AM

Data for Numbers 2004 is based on information provided directly by suppliers in these categories. Home Textiles Today augments the information with data from the U.S. Department of Commerce; Claritas, a market-research firm headquartered in San Diego; and import data from the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Census Bureau and the International Trade Commission.

The reports, which originally appeared as independent stories from January through May 2005, were complied by Janice Chamberlain, senior research specialist; Kay Anderson, director of market research; Cecile Corral, product editor; Michele SanFilippo, product editor; Jennifer Marks, editor-in-chief; Anthony Guerra, managing editor; and Don Hogsett, business editor.