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Wooden furniture is probably always fashionable; they are also on top this year. Choose new wardrobe or commode decorated with patterns made of pieces of different wood. Plastic and metallic surfaces are replaced by wood, because it shows love of natural things. If you are looking for a new coffee tableor a cupboard, shiny surfaces are things you should pay attention to. Lacquered wood is trendy again and suitable to decorate your dinning room or a rest room. Lacquered furniture requires more care, but they look subtle and refined.
Source: http://www.jurgita.com/articles-id2636.html
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Independent home furnishings retailers and interior designers now have their own magazine with the debut of Design & Decor, a new Vance Publishing title specifically aimed at helping independents stave off the onslaught of competition from mass merchants and discount retailers. Published monthly, Design & Decor highlights new products, fashion trends, operations strategies, vignette assemblies, case studies and other information that readers can use to solve their everyday business challenges. Editors scour tradeshows and tap into extensive industry contacts to unearth resources and ideas suited for home furnishings businesses outside the mass market channel, assisting independents in offering the differentiated products and services they need to survive. "In an age when many retail channels are selling home furnishings, independent home furnishings retailers need to source products that won't be sold on mass market stores' shelves and don't require purchase minimums or exclusives. Likewise, interior designers need sources that offer custom-order capabilities. Design & Decor helps both groups make these connections as well as providing inspiration and insights to build their business," said Julie M. Smith, Publisher and Editorial Director of Design & Decor. "No other publication is filling this niche."
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"New 'Design & Decor' Serves Business Needs of Independent Retailers & Designers." PR Newswire 03 Dec. 2008, Section: Business. Lexis Nexis. University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library. San Antonio, TX. 15 Apr 2009
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We had admittedly been to optimistic for far too long, consumer demand for big ticket home furnishings seems likely to remain weak for the balance of 2008 and well into 2009 due to persistent weakness in housing, higher gasoline prices, plummeting consumer confidence and generally deteriorating economic trends.”
Source: http://tupelobizbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/furniture-industry-outlook-not-too-rosy/
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Master Bedroom Sales Statistics
http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/189885-Just_the_Stats_Master_Bedroom.php-------------------------------
Excerpt: U.S. furniture and bedding sales will decline another 2% in 2009 after falling 9.3% in 2008, according to Furniture/Today's new consensus forecast for the industry. Business is expected to remain weak in the current quarter but will recover to a more normal level as the year progresses, according to analysts and industry experts. However, predictions on when a recovery might actually take hold range from the first quarter of this year to the fourth quarter. In 2008, a disastrous second half sent U.S. consumer spending on furniture and bedding down an estimated 9.3%. Business was off an estimated 28% in the fourth quarter alone.
Source: http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/162077-Furniture_forecast_2_decline_in_2009.php
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Transformability was one of the biggest trends to emerge at this year's international furniture trade show in Cologne.There were sofas, for example, that didn't necessarily have to go in the sitting room and desks that did not have the serious look ofoffice furniture. As a sign of the new furniture's flexibility, it has firmly departed from the type of heavy furniture that could hardly be moved after being placed in the room. Many pieces have been given legs in the truest sense of the word. They are typically conspicuous, long and delicate. Another trend seen at the Cologne trade show was cabinet doors that conceal not only television sets and stereo systems, but alsobooks, souvenirs and private things. The style is known as "clean over" and the most popular type of door is white lacquer.
Source: "New furniture styles show flexibility." Deutsche Presse-Agentur 05 Feb. 2009, Section: Business. Lexis Nexis. University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library. San Antonio, TX. 15 Apr 2009
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