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Article: Leading youth bedroom furniture producers.
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- Kids Today
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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By Jane Kitchen
High Point-- Representing $4.4 billion at retail in 2004, youth furniture is a dynamic category, having grown 47% since 2001 and expected to grow to $5.3 billion by 2009. Today's youth manufacturers range from divisions of mainline furniture companies to specialists in the category, and each year, more and more players jump in the picture.
In the following pages, we take a look at some of the leading manufacturers in the youth furniture category. Youth furniture is sold through full-line furniture stores, department stores, independent kids specialty stores, big-box kids specialty stores, discount department stores, dealer-owned stores ...