Clothing Prices Expected To Rise 10%

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Clothing Prices Expected To Rise 10%

February 16, 2011 | ISSUE 47•07

Retail clothing prices, which have dropped over the past decade, may soon spike by 10 percent percent as the cost of cotton reaches record highs. What do you think?

You don't scare me, clothing. You need me. You depend on me. Without me, you don't make any sense."

Esther Stroughter
Junction Maker
Wow. I've been looking for a reason to justify my increased promiscuity, and while this information doesn't do that, it does justify my laundry theft."

Dwayne Echlin
Numerical Control Machine Operator
I would blame this on Big Cotton, but that's my cat's name, and I know Scrabbles didn't do it, either."

Horatio Segal
Systems Analyst

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