Cotton Prices... Good News
09-14-2011, 04:11 AM
#33
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Every time the fabric sales reps come to show their new lines, I ask if there is any talk about prices coming down. The answer so far has been, "Not yet."
The reps all seem to think that if prices came down maybe 25 cents at the wholesale level that's all we could hope for... which would translate into maybe double that, at the retail level. Not too exciting, is it?
Personally, I'm wishing that the fabric companies would lower the price on some of their basics: solids, blenders, and simple prints with only a few colors/screens in them. Certainly those would cost less to produce than intricate designs with 16-18 colors.
I'm not expecting to get my wish granted. :?
The reps all seem to think that if prices came down maybe 25 cents at the wholesale level that's all we could hope for... which would translate into maybe double that, at the retail level. Not too exciting, is it?
Personally, I'm wishing that the fabric companies would lower the price on some of their basics: solids, blenders, and simple prints with only a few colors/screens in them. Certainly those would cost less to produce than intricate designs with 16-18 colors.
I'm not expecting to get my wish granted. :?
09-14-2011, 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by IrishNY
I read today that cotton prices have fallen dramatically. It was $.95 a pound before it began climbing, went as high as $2.15 and has now fallen back to $1.25.
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
The article said that the price of cotton fabric is dropping. Good news for us!! :thumbup:
09-14-2011, 04:35 AM
#36
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Just a thought.... The price of cotton has gone down but I don't think I have ever seen where a store raises the price but later puts the price down. You will see it with gas and food but not with fabric.
but maybe they will stop going up.
but maybe they will stop going up.
09-14-2011, 04:39 AM
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It is supply and demand. As long as quilters are willing to pay the prices asked, they will continue to charge top dollar. If less sales are taking place because of the high price, manufacturers will drop their prices. Not only that, but if they see that other manufacturers are dropping prices to increase sales, then the price will go down across the board. Maybe if all the quilters went on a fabric strike for a couple of months, the prices of fabric would drop. Unfortunately, it might put a few small shops out of business, though.
09-14-2011, 04:58 AM
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My Dad was a cotton farmer, for forty yrs. My husband ,for twenty yrs, until the price of cotton dropped. He could no longer pay the high fuel prices to produce the crop. He was forced to find another source of income. No one seems understands the cost to produce a crop, plus weather(drought), insects. In Texas,its to dry to even plant the seed.So, that will make our fabric even more costly, for several yrs.
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