November 24, 2021/Furniture Insights
November 2021 Furniture Insights®
September continued the streak of very nice results in our latest Furniture Insights®. Year to date, new orders were up 21% over 2020 and up 32% over the first nine months of 2019.
October 27, 2021/Furniture Insights
October 2021 Furniture Insights®
Once again, as has been the case since the beginning of the pandemic, the raw numbers have to be explained. The results of our survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors showed some interesting comparisons. For instance, new orders in August were down 14% from August 2020.
September 30, 2021/Furniture Insights
September 2021 Furniture Insights®
July furniture order numbers have to be tempered comparatively with the results from the same time period in 2020, as July 2020 was the beginning of a big recovery in the furniture industry. For the first time since June 2020, new orders in July 2021 were down 11% compared to the same month of 2020. But growth still continues overall, as July 2021 orders were up 24% compared to July 2019 in our latest Furniture Insights®.
August 31, 2021/Furniture Insights
August 2021 Furniture Insights®
Positive news in our latest Furniture Insights®, with new orders were up 7% in June 2021 over the 30% increase reported in the comparisons of June 2020 vs June 2019. Year to date, new orders were up 51% over the first half of 2020 and up for 94% of the participants.
July 30, 2021/Furniture Insights
July 2021 Furniture Insights®
Orders continue to increase as the furniture industry continues to fight challenges of labor, backlogs, availability of materials, and pricing in our latest Furniture Insights®.
June 29, 2021/Furniture Insights
June 2021 Furniture Insights
Our latest Furniture Insights continues to show growth in the furniture industry, with positive reports from the June market. But the good news is dampened by concerns about pricing, backlogs, and availability of key materials.
May 27, 2021/Furniture Insights
May 2021 Furniture Insights
Year over year comparisons become tough as we enter the period when the pandemic began shutting down businesses in 2020. In comparing with a more standard 2019, orders are up 40% in our latest Furniture Insights.
April 29, 2021/Furniture Insights
April 2021 Furniture Insights
Furniture sales continue their strong upward trajectory with new orders in February up 34% over February 2020, marking the 9th straight month of large double-digit percentage increases. Also noteworthy is that this trend impacted 94% of the participants in our latest Furniture Insights.
March 29, 2021/Furniture Insights
March 2021 Furniture Insights
According to our latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors, new orders in January 2021 continued the rapid increases compared to the previous year. New orders were up 27% compared to January a year ago, the same percent increase as last month. This marks the 8th straight month that orders were higher than the previous year.
February 25, 2021/Furniture Insights
February 2021 Furniture Insights
December furniture orders are trending up with December 2020 orders up 27% over December 2019 with around 84% of our participants reporting increases in our latest Furniture Insights.
