Furniture Today’s exclusive Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores report ranks furniture stores by 2008 sales of furniture, bedding and decorative accessories, including fabric and furniture protection and warranties. To qualify, a store must specialize in home furnishings. The mix may include electronics, appliances and other home furnishings, but furniture, bedding and accessories must account for 25% or more of total sales, and at least 25% of those sales must come from the stores. Retailers with a broad merchandise mix that operate separate home furnishings stores are eligible, with the sales from the free-standing home stores only. Costco is on the list based on sales from its two Costco Home stores. Groups of stores with common ownership that operate under separate names qualify. The detailed analysis includes: 1. Sales for the Top 100 were down 8.1% from 2007 to 2008. 2. The Top 100 Stores sold through 8,899 units in 2008 3. Ashley Furniture HomeStores is still the No. 1 furniture store, with IKEA No. 2. 19 pages Please Note: This report is available for immediate electronic download in PDF format. When you order this report, you will come to an order confirmation page which will show your report, with a blue "Download" button. |
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