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THE
LIST
WHERE
THE COMPETITION IS
California and Florida top the list.
| Top 10 States By Number of retail Window Treatment Establishments,
2001 |
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1. California - 309
2. Florida - 268
3. New York - 146
4. Texas - 139
5. New Jersey - 101
6. Illinois - 100
7. Pennsylvania - 81
8. Massachusetts - 79
9. Michigan - 73
10. North Carolina - 72
Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
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Last month’s List (see D&WC, July 2004, page 14) ran down
the Top 10 metropolitan areas in the United States for new, single-family
housing permits. For the most part, housing permits were concentrated
in warm-weather areas—Atlanta, Phoenix, Houston, San Bernardino,
Orlando and Tampa were among the top 10.
You might expect those areas also to have the highest concentration
of window treatment retailers, and for California, Florida and Texas
you’d be right. However, the rest of this month’s List
comes out of the Northeast and North Central states.
The Dept. of Commerce defines retail window treatment establishments
as those
“primarily engaged in retailing new window treatments, such
as curtains, drapes, blinds, and shades.” It’s likely
many window coverings “retailers” slipped through the
counting cracks.
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