December 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
December 2014 Furniture Insights
According to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders in October 2014 were 12 percent higher than October 2013. Orders were down slightly from September. New orders were up for approximately 59 percent of our participants, down slightly from just over 60 percent reported last month for September and the same as August.
October 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
October 2014 Furniture Insights
New orders in August 2014 increased 5 percent over August 2013, according to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors. New orders increased 3 percent over July. New orders were up for some 60 percent of the participants, down slightly from 64 percent reported last month.
September 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
November 2014 Furniture Insights
According to our recent survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders were up 8 percent in September 2014 compared to September 2013 and up 12 percent over August. New orders were up for just over 60 percent of our participants, the same percentage as August and down slightly from July. Obviously, most of those with increases reported fairly significant increases.
September 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
September 2014 Furniture Insights
According to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders increased 4 percent in July 2014 compared to July 2013 after posting a 5 percent increase in June. New orders increased for some 64 percent of our participants about the same as we reported in June. There was quite a spread in percentage increases versus decreases this month.
August 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
August 2014 Furniture Insights
In June 2014, new orders increased 5 percent over June 2013, according to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors. New orders fell 8 percent from May as is somewhat typical as we move into summer and holidays.
July 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
July 2014 Furniture Insights
According to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders in May 2014 increased 3 percent over orders in May 2013, following a 13 percent increase reported last month. As we noted last month, new orders results were likely skewed due to the timing of the April Market with the 2014 Market in early April and the 2013 happening in late April. Combined for the two months, orders increased almost 8 percent.
June 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
June 2014 Furniture Insights
New orders in April 2014 were up 13 percent over April 2013, according to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors. We expect that some of this large increase is due to the fact that the High Point April Market was early in 2014 (starting April 5) versus a late market in 2013 (starting April 20). With market starting early in the month, there is more time to record after market orders in April. We will see if this affects May order rates. Approximately 77 percent of our participants reported increased orders in April, up from 62 percent in March.
May 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
May 2014 Furniture Insights
According to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders in March 2014 were up 9 percent over new orders in March 2013. New orders were up 13 percent over February with one more business day in March. Approximately 62 percent of the participants reported increased orders over March 2013, up from 52 percent reported last month.
March 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
March 2014 Furniture Insights
According to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders in January 2014 were 2 percent higher than January 2013 and up 8 percent over December (remembering December is a short month with the Holidays). This was about what was expected as most we talked with noted some slower growth in January. New orders in January 2013 were 7 percent higher than January 2012 so at least the 2 percent increase was comparing to a decent growth month in 2013.
February 1, 2014/Furniture Insights
February 2014 Furniture Insights
According to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders in December 2013 were up 5 percent over December 2012. New orders fell 13 percent from November, but orders are typically lower in December versus November. New orders in December 2012 were down 7 percent from December 2011 so December 2013 orders were actually down from 2011 levels. For the month, new orders were up over 2012 for 62 percent of the participants, down from 77 percent reporting last month.
