Pursuits
Bed Bath & Beyond Stops Selling Welspun Egyptian Cotton Sheets
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Vehicles pass in front of a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. store in Los Angeles.
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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is no longer selling Welspun India Ltd. sheets that were labeled as 100 percent Egyptian cotton, dealing another setback to a bedding supplier embroiled in a scandal about the origin of its products.
Based on an independent audit of Welspun’s Perfect Touch and Crowning Touch sheets, the Indian supplier wasn’t able to guarantee that the fibers were actually Egyptian cotton. That led Bed Bath & Beyond to stop selling the sheets, spokeswoman Leah Drill said in an e-mail.