March Furniture Sales in United States Up


An interesting report out of the furniture industry as it appears that while total retail sales dipped 0.4% in March from the previous month, the furniture industry saw a rebound last month with a 0.9% increase over February, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The Commerce Report said that furniture and home furnishings store sales increased to $8.11 billion in February, from an adjusted $8.04 billion the month before. Sales were up 2.8% from a revised $7.89 billion in March 2012.

The decline in overall retail sales in March, was the second drop in three months.

Furniture Today reported that for the quarter, furniture sales were up 0.7% from the fourth quarter and 3.1% from the first quarter of 2012. 

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