Carl Levine, a licensing agent, said he felt consumers would accept the line no matter what.

"The sophisticated consumer is somewhat cynical about sales," said Carl Levine, a senior vice president of Bloomingdale's.

"It's time for a new approach to modern design," says Carl Levine, senior vice president of home furnishings at Bloomingdale's.

"This could turn out to be the biggest market in history," said Carl Levine, an industry consultant and former home furnishings merchandise manager for Bloomingdale's.

"It's going to be an especially conservative market," says Carl Levine, senior vice president of home furnishings at Bloomingdale's.

Carl Levine, Bloomingdale's senior vice president for furniture and rugs, was seduced.

"Things should work in exactly the opposite fashion," says Carl Levine, a senior vice president at Bloomingdale's.

"Bloomingdale's has been doing business in the Far East for decades," said Carl Levine, the store's senior vice president.

FOR years, Carl Levine has been known as the master marriage broker of the home furnishings trade.

"Most manufacturers are running scared because business has been so bad," says Carl Levine, senior vice president of home furnishings at Bloomingdale's.