Dana French
Welcome to Furniture/Today's Research blog. Each week we'll take a look at interesting research data related to the home furnishings industry. Our focus for the week may come from research we have conducted ourselves or it might be something we've come across and just want to share. We hope you'll use this space too, to share your thoughts or to weigh in with what you think about the topic under discussion.
Three members of Furniture/Today's Research team, Research Manager Dana French and Research Specialists Judi Fulbright and Daphne Garland-McLean, will be sharing this forum, each bringing our own unique perspective. We look forward to hearing from you!
Research SaysLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Choosing a mattress retailerMore than four-fifths of mattresses, in terms of retail sales, were together sold through bedding specialty stores and furniture stores last year. That’s according to Furniture/Today’s 2009 Bedding Distribution Report . The bedding specialty store channel had a 42% market share in 2008, while furniture stores owned a 39% share. These figures, along with market share figures... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Leading e-tailers$4.6 billion - that’s the amount of furniture sold via the Internet last year. The $4.6 billion sales figure amounts to about 6% of total consumer spending for furniture and bedding. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, online retail sales, excluding travel, digital downloads and event tickets, totaled $132.4 billion last year, up 4.9% from 2007 sales of $126.2 billion. Total... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) The summer of staycations“This summer, ‘ Staycations’ are the hot new rage ,” according to Susie Coelho, host of HGTV’s Outer Spaces. Coelho goes on to say, “Many consumers are opting to vacation at home, earmarking those savings for home improvement projects.” Recent figures from the National Retail Federation’s “ Independence Day Consumer Intentions... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) A salute to longevityJust finished compiling Furniture/Today’s annual Beyond the Top 100 report, which publishes in next week’s issue. This feature presents snapshots of 100 independent furniture stores across the U.S. Many of these stores are the next tier, in terms of sales, beyond our Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores ranking . Other stores on the alphabetical listing, while smaller in sales, stand... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Rankings, reports and more, oh my!Furniture/Today’s research and editorial teams have recently finished compiling several key industry rankings and reports. These include the annual Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores report, the Top Sources for the U.S. Market and the annual Imports/Exports report. Here are some take-away stats from each. Keep in mind all data is for calendar years 2008 and 2007. On the retail side:... More |
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