Furniture Buying Trends 2013 — No Login

To drive value, manufacturers introduced new categories like outdoor lighting and art , noting that new accessories often became immediate best-sellers. Retail & Manufacturing Shifts Affluent Consumers Are High on Quality Product

Retailers like Art Van Furniture saw growth by targeting mid-to-upper-middle-income shoppers ready to spend discretionary dollars on "step-up" luxury goods. furniture buying trends 2013

Sales by volume for upholstered furniture grew 4% year-on-year , largely driven by a 44% surge in demand for corner sofas. To drive value, manufacturers introduced new categories like

Identified as prime "master bedroom" prospects, this generation of roughly 65 million people began heavily designing their own personal spaces in 2013. Trending Product Categories

This remained a dominant category, with 5.5 million households planning to purchase bedroom sets in 2013.

Despite growth, about 34% of consumers postponed furniture purchases in 2013 due to lower household income, while 33% waited for sales. Trending Product Categories