The Economic Forum of the Polish Wood and Furniture Industry Polwood is one of the most important events for the woodworking and furniture sectors in Poland. Specialists and company representatives participating in the lectures and discussions answer the most urging questions about the status of the woodworking sector, talk about its development opportunities and threats. The organisers (Inwestor Publishing House, PoznaÅ„ International Fair and PricewaterhouseCoopers) have made sure Polwood becomes a breakthrough event in the dialogue between woodworking entrepreneurs, experts – market analysts, scientists and decision-makers, i.e. politicians that shape the business environment. Read more »

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Kitchen Furniture Market in Spain to their offering.

This report, now at its first edition, offers an overview of the kitchen furniture market in Spain, providing trends in kitchen furniture production and consumption, imports and exports, distribution.

The report provides a breakdown of kitchen furniture production by kitchen type (flat pack kitchens, integrated kitchens), by cabinet door style (classic, country, modern, design), by cabinet door material (solid wood, veneer, laminated, lacquered, PVC foils, aluminium), by cabinet door colour (white, bright, neutral), by lacquered cabinet door type (bright, opaque, metallized) and by worktop material (solid surface, natural stone, laminated, tiles, steel, wood). Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c81643) has announced the addition of Kitchen Furniture Spain to their offering.

This Report Analyzes trends within the Spanish market for Kitchen Furniture, from 2002 with forecasts for 2007 and 2008 and outlook up to 2011

-Understand the factors affecting the market
-Examine the trends for kitchen furniture by type of kitchen
-Learn more about the industry structure, the distribution, and lots more… Read more »

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the European retail industry is now available to its catalogue.

European Furniture Retailing 2007

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Introduction

This report analyses the furniture market conditions of each of the EU25 member states. It explores the dynamics, growth trends, drivers and key indicators and provides detailed recommendations. It also profiles the top operators in the market including IKEA, Conforama and Lutz Group and covers market share performance in the six major European furniture markets. Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51318) has announced the addition of The Review of the UK Domestic Furniture Industry 2007 to their offering.

The project took place during the period from October to December 2006 and this report presents the findings from that investigation.

The purpose-

— To identify and define the main product sectors within domestic furniture for the purpose of the present investigation.
— To classify and assess the range of furniture currently available.
— To determine the size of the market and to analyse the structure in terms of product trends, distribution and geographical patterns, advertising and promotional expenditure and so on.
— To estimate the relative market shares of leading manufacturers and suppliers.
— To assess the degree of foreign competition in the market.
— To highlight the main conclusions from the survey and to indicate possible future developments within the market, including estimates of future market size. Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49248) has announced the addition of Garden Furniture – Portfolio Analysis to their offering.

The Portfolio Analysis – Garden Furniture is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2006 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own company’s results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, the Portfolio Analysis is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. The Analysis lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Portfolio Analysis. Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49013) has announced the addition of The Kitchen Furniture Market In China 2007 to their offering.

News about China gets aged surprisingly fast. Not even two years ago, the kitchen furniture consumption in China was around 500,000 kitchens. Today, this amount grew to get close to a million kitchen furniture units. On the other hand one can observe that the Chinese kitchen furniture market is still microscopic compared to the furniture market which is around 30 billion dollars (at factory prices).

This market research provides data on the kitchen furniture production, consumption, imports, exports, distribution and the supply structure of kitchen furniture in China. The distribution channels for kitchen furniture are analysed, the main home furniture chains, DIY chains and hypermarkets are mentioned and distribution margins are provided as well as the distribution of kitchen furniture through the home appliance channel. Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47149) has announced the addition of Furniture Distribution in Europe 2006 to their offering.

This report offers a comparative analysis of home furniture distribution in Western Europe (Austria, Belgium-Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom), providing trends in home furniture consumption, distribution channels’ market shares, furniture imports and short company profiles.

For each country, home furniture consumption is broken down by distribution channel: furniture chains, franchising, buying groups; independent furniture retailers; non-specialist distributors (department stores, multistores, hypermarkets, DIY); direct sales, craftsmen, mail order. The analysis of furniture distribution by product/segment covers: upholstered furniture, kitchen furniture, upper end furniture. Read more »

The City of Monroe may be going to the voters to find the money for improvements to the United Furniture building.

After outlining the details of a feasibility study on the building, city officials said a millage proposal may be the best way to pay for fixes needed to open the building.

The building was purchased by the Port Commission last year and has been eyed for an expansion of the neighboring Dorsch Memorial Branch Library or some other public use. Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, the nation’s fire marshals and victims of furniture fires are launching an awareness campaign meant to pressure the commission to set national fire safety standards for upholstered furniture.

The federal government first reported in 1972 that standards were needed, but efforts by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to adopt enforceable rules have been derailed repeatedly by disagreements among fire safety groups, the furniture industry and commission staff.

“Consumers don’t deserve this,” says Hal Stratton, who chaired the CPSC from 2002 until this July. “Nothing should last as long as (this) process. With the right standard, they can save a significant number of lives.”

Fires involving upholstered furniture kill more people each year than any other type of blaze, accounting for just over 20% of fire deaths nationwide, according to the CPSC and the National Fire Protection Association. From 1999 through 2002, the most recent period for which fatality totals are complete, those fires claimed an average of 10 lives a week.

“The foam (in upholstered furniture) is a petroleum-based product. I compare it to sitting on a bag of gasoline in your living room,” says Maine State Fire Marshal John Dean, president of the National Association of State Fire Marshals. “Once it gets ignited, you end up with a raging fire very quickly.” Read more »