US: Sales slump at Berkshire Hathaway’s apparel unit
Author: Leonie Barrie | 10 November 2009
The slowdown in consumer spending has hit sales at Fruit of the Loom, the apparel business controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the company said last week.
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