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Article: Case goods mfrs. hopeful.(growth in furniture sales for 2006)
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- Furniture-Today
- Article date:
- March 26, 2007
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By Jeff Linville
High Point-- Coming into the High Point market, case goods manufacturers were optimistic that this year would be a little better than the last.
Companies are being careful not to sound too positive, but many noted that sales for the first 10 weeks of the year were better than in the comparable period in 2006.
January is always the slowest time of the year, said Dina Nasreddin, Calligaris marketing coordinator, but she said the Italian importer's sales reflect an uptick over last year, when the furniture industry as a whole was slow.
"We've been pleasantly surprised with business conditions the first two months of the year," said Bryan ...