Integra’s All Female Staff Does More Than Hold its Own
October 29, 2025
Debbie Edmonds and husband Ron on a recent trip to Oregon
MYRTLE BEACH, SC–Integra’s all female staff and paying close attention to detail produced a sales gain in 2024 and 2025 will at least equal 2024 sales according to Debbie Edmonds, President and founder of the 37 year old boutique wholesaler serving the hospitality industry.
“While the company was once a strong resource in the decorative fabrics business, it redefined itself as a supplier of bedding and window treatments, Edmonds points out. “We sell thousands of yards of printed blackouts. We also produce printed top sheets for our corporate partners as well as our white decorative top sheets. “This is a very competitive business today but we’re in there with the best of the industry and we do quite well.”
“We’re happy with our focus on white top of the bed sheeting and the blackout we import from China,” she says. “The sheeting is topshelf and features decorative borders in addition to the prints,” she explains.
“We beat the tariffs by ordering several extra containers of product and we expect the eventual tariff to be lowered to 40 percent from 55 percent,” she adds. “We just keep ordering from our vendors because the hospitality business is steady even though the summer was a little slower than usual.”
“While the company was once a strong resource in the decorative fabrics business, it redefined itself as a supplier of bedding and window treatments, Edmonds points out. “We sell thousands of yards of printed blackouts. We also produce printed top sheets for our corporate partners as well as our white decorative top sheets. “This is a very competitive business today but we’re in there with the best of the industry and we do quite well.”
“We’re happy with our focus on white top of the bed sheeting and the blackout we import from China,” she says. “The sheeting is topshelf and features decorative borders in addition to the prints,” she explains.
“We beat the tariffs by ordering several extra containers of product and we expect the eventual tariff to be lowered to 40 percent from 55 percent,” she adds. “We just keep ordering from our vendors because the hospitality business is steady even though the summer was a little slower than usual.”
