Table of contents of CSIL report "The upholstered furniture market in the United States", an overview of the upholstered furniture market in the U.S. with figures and trends for production and consumption, imports and exports, prices, marketing policies, major players and distribution system. The U.S. upholstered furniture market is analysed by considering major demand determinants. Consumption forecasts are provided for 2016 and 2017. Highlights: "The upholstered furniture industry in the U.S. is recovering fast after the global recession and represents a room of expansion for international upholstery manufacturers. The U.S. is the first importing country of upholstered furniture in the world. More than 40% of local upholstery consumption is satisfied by imported products. During the time frame 2005-2015 the U.S increased considerably its market openness, from 26% in 2005 to 40% in 2015." Selected companies mentioned: American Furniture Mfg, Ashley Furniture, Bassett Furniture Inds., Beijing Aris Furniture, Beijing Furton Furniture, Bernhardt, Best Home Furnishings, BJI Brown Jordan International, Cassina, Century Furniture Industries, Chateau D'Ax, Chengdu Nondo Furniture, Chengfeng Furniture, Dongguan Herui Furniture, Ekornes, Ethan Allen, Fairfield Chair Company, Flexform, Flexsteel, Franklin Corporation, Fubao Sofa Manufacturing Frandiss, Heritage Home Group, HM Richards, Hooker Furniture, HTL International, Jason Furniture-Kuka Sofa, Kasen International Holdings Limited, Klaussner, L. & J.G. Stickley, La Z Boy, Lazar Industries, Leathercraft, Linshimuye Furniture, Man Wah Holdings, Morris Holdings, Natuzzi, Nova Lifestyle, Poltrona Frau, Qu Mei Furniture, Quanyou Furniture, Royal Furniture Group, Shandong Fengyang Group, Sichuan Chengdu Ming Zhu Furniture, Southern Furniture Company of Conover, Southern Motion, United Furniture / Simmon Upholstery, Vanguard Furniture Co, Willi Schillig, Xinxiang Daban Furniture Industrial, Zhejiang Lihao Furniture – Lehoo, ZuoYou Furniture Source: https://www.worldfurnitureonline.com/research-market/the-upholstered-furniture-market-united-states-0058519.html

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Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4
1. INTRODUCTION 6
1.1. Research Tool 6
1.2. Terminology and methodological notes 6
Figure 1.1. United States. Map of the 50 States 7
Figure 1.2. United States. Exchange rates between US$ and Euro, 2006-2015 8
1.3. Other CSIL reports on the upholstered furniture industry and United States furniture market 8
1.4. United States Economy Outlook 9
Figure 1.3. GDP Real Growth (2010-2017). % 9
Figure 1.4. Consumer confidece and unemployment rate (2010-2016). % 9
Figure 1.5. Residential construction sector (2000-2017). Units 9
2. THE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE MARKET 10
2.1. Consumption 10
Figure 2.1. United States. Upholstered furniture consumption, 2005 - 2015. US$ Billion 10
Figure 2.2. World upholstered furniture consumption: breakdown by major markets, 2015. Percentage value 10
Figure 2.3. Upholstered furniture consumption growth for the top five markets, 2009-2015 11
Figure 2.4. United States. Upholstered furniture import penetration ratio, 2005-2015 11
2.2. Demand determinants 12
2.2.1. Labour market 12
Figure 2.5. United States. Unemployment rate, 2005-2015. Percentage value 12
Figure 2.6. United States. Employment growth in the upholstered furniture industry , 2001-2015. Percentage value 12
Figure 2.7. United States. Earnings in the upholstered furniture industry, 2000-2015. US$ 12
2.2.2. Households 13
Figure 2.8. United States. Breakdwn of total population by age, 2015. Percentage value 13
Figure 2.9. United States. Number of households. 2005-2015. Million 13
Figure 2.10. United States. Breakdown of households by income. 2014 13
Figure 2.11. United States.Average annual expenditure growth: total and furniture, 2005-2014 14
Figure 2.12. United States. Upholstered furniture household consumption, 2005-2014. US$ 14
Figure 2.13. United States.Total housing completed and new home sales. 2005-2015. Units 14
Figure 2.14. United States. Average size of new single-family houses completed, 2005-2014. Square feet 15
Figure 2.15. United States. New Privately Owned Housing Units Started, 2005-2017. Units 15
Figure 2.16. United States.Units and price of new home sales, 2005-2015. Units and US$ 15
2.3. Upholstered furniture consumption forecast 16
Table 2.1. United States. Real growth of consumption of upholstered furniture. Forecast, 2016, 2017. 16
Table 2.2. United States.Fast growing cities for furniture consumption, 2020 Projection 16
Figure 2.17. United States.Annual value of private construction put in place, 2005-2019. Million US$ 16
3. THE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE PRODUCTION 17
Figure 3.1. United States. Upholstered furniture production, 2005-2015. US$ Billion 17
Figure 3.2. World upholstered furniture production: breakdown by major producing countries, 2015. Percentage value 17
Figure 3.3. Upholstered furniture production growth for the top five producing countries, 2009-2015 18
3.2. The U.S. upholstered furniture manufacturers 18
3.2.1. The United States upholstered furniture competitive system and its trends 18
Figure 3.4. United States. Size of upholstered furniture manufacturers by number of employees, 2013. Percentage values 19
3.2.2. Leading US upholstered furniture manufacturers 19
Table 3.2. United States. Leading 10 upholstered furniture manufacturers, 2015. Million US$, Percentages 19
Table 3.3. United States. A selection of leading U.S. upholstered furniture manufacturers, 2015. Million US$, Percentages 21
Table 3.4. United States. A selection of leading U.S. upholstered furniture companies: production capacity, 2015. Units 22
3.2.3. Upholstered furniture production localization 22
Figure 3.5. United States. Upholstered furniture manufacturers facilities in a sample of companies. 2015 23
3.3. Employment in the upholstered furniture industry 23

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Figure 3.6. United States. Number of manufacturing employees in the upholstered furniture industry, 2010-2016.
Thousands of units 24
Table 3.5. United States. Employees in a sample of upholstered furniture manufacturers, 2015. Units 24
3.3.2. Degrees of specialization 25
Table 3.6. United States. A selection of leading specialised upholstered furniture manufacturers, 2015. Million US$, Percentage 26
4. INTERNATIONAL TRADE 27
4.1. Imports 27
Figure 4.1. United States. Upholstered furniture imports, 2005-2015. Billion US$ 27
Figure 4.2. United States. Upholstered furniture penetration ratio, 2005-2015. Percentage 27
Figure 4.3. United States. Upholstered furniture imports: breakdown by countries of origin, 2015 27
Table 4.1. United States. Imports of upholstered furniture by country and by geographical area, 2010-2015.
US$ Million and Percentage values 28
4.1.2. Sales of foreign companies in the United States 29
Table 4.2. United States. Leading 10 foreign upholstered furniture manufacturers by sales in the USA, 2015. Million US$ 29
Table 4.3. United States. Selection of foreign upholstered furniture companies in the USA, 2015. Million US$ 30
4.2. Exports 31
Figure 4.4. United States. Upholstered furniture export, 2005-2015. US$ Million 31
Figure 4.5. United States. Upholstered furniture exports: breakdown by destination country, 2015 31
Table 4.4. United States. Exports of upholstered furniture by country and by geographical area, 2010-2015.
US$ Million and Percentage values 32
4.2.2. Sales by main exporters 33
Figure 4.6. United States. Upholstered furniture export/production ratio, 2005-2015 33
Table 4.5. United States. Leading 10 upholstered furniture manufacturers by export, 2015. Million US$ and Percentage 33
Table 4.6. United States. Selection of leading U.S. upholstered furniture exporters, 2015. Million US$ and Percentage 34
5. THE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE SUPPLY 35
5.1. Production breakdown by material 35
Figure 5.1. United States. Breakdown of upholstered furniture production by material, 2015. Percentage values 35
Table 5.1. United States. Breakdown of upholstered furniture production volumes by material, 2015.
US$ million, units and percentage value 36
5.2. Production breakdown by product type 36
5.2.1. Station vs Motion upholstered furniture 36
6. UNITED STATES MARKET CHARACTERISTICS 37
Table 6.1. United States. Leading 10 upholstered furniture manufacturers in the US market and market shares.
Million US$, percentage value 37
6.2. Leading companies operating in the United States 37
Table 6.2. United States. Selection of leading upholstered furniture manufacturers in the US market and market shares.
Million US$, percentage value 38
Table 6.3. United States. Upholstered furniture companies: owned brands and private labels 39
6.2.2. Short profile of leading manufacturers 40
6.3. Price segmentation 63
Figure 6.1. Upholstered furniture market breakdown by price ranges. Percentage value 63
Table 6.4. United States. Breakdown of upholstered furniture sales by price ranges, 2015. US$ million and percentage value 63
Table 6.5. Upholstered furniture. Average prices for stationary sofa in a sample of companies, 2015 64
Table 6.6. Upholstered furniture. Average prices for motion sofa in a sample of companies, 2015 64
Table 6.7. Upholstered furniture. Average prices for recliner in a sample of companies, 2015 65
6.4. Consumer preferences 65
6.4.1. Covering materials 65
Figure 6.2. United States. Breakdown of upholstered furniture consumption value by material, Percentage values. 2015 65
Table 6.8. United States. Breakdown of upholstered furniture consumption volumes by material, Percentage values. 2015 65
6.4.2. Station vs Motion 66
Figure 6.3. United States. Breakdown of upholstered furniture sales by product type, 2015. Percentage values 66
6.4.3. Sectional 66
7. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 67
7.1. Geographical areas and cities 67

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Table 7.1. Top 10 urban agglomerations by population, 2015 67
Table 7.2. Top 10 states by average household income, 2015. US$ 67
Figure 7.1. United States. Personal income change . 2014-2015 68
Figure 7.2. United States. Breakdown of furniture sales by region, 2015. Percentage 69
Figure 7.3. United States. Average annual expenditure of furniture by region, 2014. Thousands US$ 69
7.2. Distribution channels 69
Figure 7.4. United States. Consumer spending for upholstered furniture, 2011-2015. Billions US$ 70
Figure 7.5. United States. Furniture sales breakdown by distribution channel in a sample of companies. Percentage values. 2015 70
7.3. Focus on e-commerce sales 71
7.3.1. Digital strategies of leading upholstered furniture manufacturers 71
Figure 7.6. United States. Online upholstered furniture sales. Percentage data, 2015 72
7.3.2. Leading companies selling furniture and related products online 72
Table 7.3. United States. Top furniture retailers selling online by furniture sales. Million US$ 74
7.4. Short profile of the leading furniture retailers operating in the United States 75
ANNEX 1. ADDITIONAL STATISTICS 98
A1.1 Macroeconomic indicators 98
A1.2 Demographics features 99
A1.3 Construction sectors 103
A1.3.2 The hospitality sector 104
ANNEX 2 TRADE FAIRS, MAGAZINES AND ASSOCIATIONS 106
ANNEX 3. LIST OF MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS 108

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