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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