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FastFact: B2B E-commerce Follows Same Trend as Retail Furniture Sales
October 17,
2016 by Jane Chero in Economic News, Industry
A recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that business-to-business e-shipments within the furniture manufacturing segment represented slightly more than half the total value of the shipments in 2014.
The product categories included in data published differ somewhat between furniture manufacturing shipments, merchant wholesaler shipments, and retail sales. However, the trend in e-commerce is the same.
For a more detailed discussion of the report and its methodology, click here.