Is Bangladesh the next stop for furniture sourcing?

Negative Americans, as always. #1- FUR producers would gladly have factories in the US if the numbers made sense. How can the numbers make sense? Americans are willing to pay the cost for furniture that would be produced there. #2 No market means no imports... Obviously there are enough people buying the "junk" to keep the shipments coming. Start buying only made in usa and start the trend!

Yes, it is amazing. People are, most of the time,thinking about every difficult situation in their life in $$$$$. If I can put more money in my pocket, what is more important then that? We are fighthing against each other. But, there is a solution.

It's very unfortunate to read another article like this. I would love to come on Furniture Today to read a blog about one new facility opening in the U.S. But as long as companies like Lacquer Craft continue to only see the short term effects of increasing their stock prices, they will never see the long term effect of moving jobs away from their consumer base. My question is how will consumers and retailers like you and I be able to make a living and afford to buy imports if we don't have good jobs to pay for them? Or are is America doomed to crash and burn like Greece and other countries in line for bankruptcy?

I have to agree I would LOVE for production to stay in America, but to blam the messanger for what he his reporting is a bit unfair. He did not make the furniture industry as it is today he only reports the news. It up to us, the American people to elect representatives to vote in out best interest. Make import tax so large companies would reconsider sending things over seas. You complain but what do you do about it? I bet if I walked into some of your homes, I would find so many over sea productions in there I could not count them all. Grow up people. Your parents and grandparents made this for what it is and so do you for buying anything made overseas. Don't complain about the news do something about it!

in1800 when mfg moved people lost jobs then also,is that ok then,its not good then or now,sending jobs to overseas companies leaves no $ at home,lines pockets of strangers w no interest in any domestic community activities or local help of any kind.like wal mart lvs empty downtowns where small biz once survived.and they make junk to boot

I took my first credit loans when I was not very old and it aided my business a lot. But, I require the consolidation loans again.

Amazing are the comments being made....I wonder if similar nonsensical statements were made by industry members in the late 1800's when manufacturing moved from parts of the midwest to North Carolina? When did we all become so elitest in thinking that only one manufacturing area owns the rights to producing furniture?

Sadly, our industry is creating a generation of consumers that are unable to appreciate "value" and "quality" furniture for their homes. Let's call them the "dumbed down" generation.

There is no chance of it coming back to the US at this point, the health care bill killed that. With all that added cost the numbers won't work. Thank you Democrats.

Once again a FT reporter misses the whole point. Can we ever get real journalism here? He should respond to the reader responders because they certainly understood what this move meant. As long as this industry remains production driven rather than product driven, it will drive itself to destruction. Let us hear what you think the results will be for the industry in the long run, Tom. Lacquer Craft has done nothing for the manufacturing or retailing industry as far as the US is concerned other than to line its pockets at the expense of the deaf dumb and blind US bean counting factory owners.

69 000 that was 800 pcs furniture for that amount,yup just what the doc ordered more borax for less,when will it end? labor, quality and price,what happened real value,integrity,design,not cartoon icons from modeling magazines,bring back good fesh design .

I'm sure Ashley will jump on this. Bring more $#%#%%$ into the USA.

Yes, we really need more low end crap flooding the marketplace.

Amazing. Where does it end? So that some retailer can offer an 8 pc dining room or a 5 pc queen br for $299 at 50 points of margin? How much lower must we go before this slide completely destroys retail furniture stores?