TITLE

Behind the numbers

PUB. DATE

June 2001

SOURCE

Furniture/Today;06/18/2001, Vol. 25 Issue 40, p16

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Surveys several retailers and manufacturers on the impact of Internet on the furniture industry in the United States. Representation of the data on the practices and opinions of different companies; Annual furniture sales of the retailers; Annual shipments of the manufacturers.

ACCESSION #

4638706

 

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