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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31985, 12 May 1969, Page 11

N.Z. Deep-Pile Rugs New To Americans, Sell Well

The very deep pile rug that New Zealanders know as “Ambassador” was quite a surprise to American carpet buyers when U.E.B. Textiles shipped a 35-roll order over there recently. “No similar rugs are made in either Canada or the United States, said Mr. A. J. Loggy, the company’s export marketing manager, “and we are confident of building up a substantial market for them.

The rug (“Ambassador” is| The initial order to America 5” also sold as broadloom car- totalled 5,250 yards of this I pet) uses S lb of pure wool 12 ft wide carpet, was cut up 5 to the square yard, more than into rugs on arrival m Los < any other type of floor cover- Angeles, and sold through > ing. The 5 lb loading com- major retailers in both the pares with the 28 ounces to U.S.A, and Canada. This one > the square yard loading shipment was worth $22,000 . which is sufficient to meet m overseas exchange to New , exacting Woolmark standards Zealand. > for pure wool carpet 5

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