January 2, 2024/Furniture Insights
December 2023 Furniture Insights®
Ken Smith shares his thoughts as he prepares to enjoy retirement, with a final thought that maybe the industry can start to plan for more normal fluctuations in their expectations for business.. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
November 30, 2023/Furniture Insights
November 2023 Furniture Insights®
Current business levels in residential furniture are back from the unprecedented heights we saw post the start of the COVID pandemic. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
October 31, 2023/Furniture Insights
October 2023 Furniture Insights®
The October High Point Market was well attended, and the “mood” was very good. Great new product was shown and will eventually sell. We hope this “slow down” ends soon, but think one needs to be prepared to ride it out a bit longer than most probably think. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
October 1, 2023/Furniture Insights
September 2023 Furniture Insights®
In 2024, we may return to more normal levels of the economy, but remember, it has always appeared that furniture business has felt the pinch early and is sometimes the last to come out of slow periods. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
August 31, 2023/Furniture Insights
August 2023 Furniture Insights®
Once again, the results of our recent survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors require explanation more than just a comparison. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
July 31, 2023/Furniture Insights
July 2023 Furniture Insights®
As we expected, the results of our survey for May continued to indicate slow business. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
June 29, 2023/Furniture Insights
June 2023 Furniture Insights®
There is some good news out there and comments like “business can be described as good, not great,” make us believe that business has not fallen off like some expected it to do. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
May 31, 2023/Furniture Insights
May 2023 Furniture Insights®
Current words to describe business are “slow” or “soft” or various other adjectives, none of which are very exciting. Large backlogs have kept many recording nice sales levels, but as new orders continue to be less than shipments, sales levels will soon decline as many have already seen. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
May 1, 2023/Furniture Insights
April 2023 Furniture Insights®
We finished off our visits at the High Point Market with what seemed like a pretty good market. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.
March 31, 2023/Furniture Insights
March 2023 Furniture Insights®
There has been some flattening and even slight increases reported late this quarter so we will see when those results are in. Read more in our latest Furniture Insights®.