In 2010 sales will continue to be impacted by a deterioration of the Italian tile industry's main export markets.

2010年，销量将继续受到意大利瓷砖行业的主要出口市场衰退的影响。

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Whether Italian tile makers can keep innovating is another matter.

ECONOMIST: On the tiles

There was every excuse for a blow-out: the firm's fortunes have risen with those of the Italian tile industry, which produced 572m square metres in 1997, compared with only 200m square metres in 1973.

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From 2002 to 2005, Cal-a-Vie, in Vista, Califonia, underwent renovations spearheaded by owners Terri and John Havens that include touches like antique clocks, Portuguese tile, Italian chandeliers and a huge Louis XVI tapestry in the spa's great room.

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