Industry Growth Quarter to Quarter 2013 Q3 to 2016 Q3 Furniture & Bedding
November 28,
2016 by Jane Chero in General 
Industry Growth Quarter to Quarter 2013 Q3 to 2016 Q3 Furniture & Bedding
Industry sales are still growing, but at a slower pace, as shown by the chart above. For the third straight quarter, quarter-over-quarter industry performance has slowed.
Third quarter combined Furniture and Bedding industry sales of $23.8 billion were a modest 1.7 percent improvement over the same Q3 in 2015. Compared to last quarter (2016 Q2) sales were flat.
Furniture (excluding Bedding) increased 1.8 percent in 2016 Q3 versus the same quarter last year with sales of $20.0 billion.
Bedding quarter-over-quarter sales totaled $3.8 billion, up only 0.9 percent over second quarter sales last year.
Industry Sales 2008 YE to 2016 Q3 Furniture & Bedding
Year-to-date industry sales in the third quarter of 2016 totaled $71.0 billion, an increase of 3.6 percent over the same period last year.