Abstract
This report provides trends in upholstered furniture production and
consumption in 17 Western European countries. It also covers international
trade flows, prices, marketing policies, commercial distribution. The European
production of upholstered furniture is broken down by covering materials
(fabric, microfibre, leather), price range, product type, style and
destination.
Production breakdown by product type covers: upholstery suites, modular and
sectional upholstered furniture, sofas, sofa beds and occasional chairs.
Household and contract upholstered furniture are also considered.
The analysis of upholstered furniture distribution channels by country covers:
independent furniture retailers, buying groups and associations, furniture
chains, upholstery specialist retailers and franchising, department stores and
contract. Data on the major household furniture distributors are provided for
each country with turnover, market share, number of outlets.
A breakdown of upholstered furniture sales by country, covering materials,
price range, product type, design and destination is available for the main
companies. Short profiles of the most representative upholstered furniture
companies and groups with analysis of sales trends, product mix, employees and
main outlet markets are also included.
Addresses of about 360 upholstered furniture companies mentioned in the report
are also included.
Countries covered: Austria, Belgium-Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Among the covered products: fabric upholstery, leather upholstery, microfibre
upholstery, upholstery suites, sectional upholstered furniture, modular
upholstered furniture, sofas, sofa-beds, armchairs, occasional chairs,
residential upholstered furniture, contract upholstered furniture, office
upholstered furniture, modern style upholstered furniture, traditional style
upholstered furniture.
Table of Contents
Upholstered furniture: scenario
- Upholstered furniture basic data:
- production, consumption, imports, exports, employees
- production and consumption prices in comparison with selected economic
indicators
- production, international trade and domestic consumption in the 17
European countries
- Upholstered furniture basic data by country:
- production, exports, imports, consumption 2005-2006
- Upholstered furniture trends and forecasts, 2000-2007:
- production, cosumption, prices
Upholstered furniture: analysis in the 17 European countries
- Upholstered furniture production, consumption and prices by single country
Upholstered furniture: breakdown of supply
- By type of covering: fabric, leather and microfibre
- By price range: economic, economic to medium, medium, medium to upper, top
range
- By product type: groups, sectional, sofas, sofa beds, occaional chairs
- By style: modern, traditional
- By destination: domestic, office/contract
- Employment
Upholstered furniture distribution
- Upholstery distribution by channels:
- upholstery specialist retailers, furniture specialist retailers, non
specialised distribution
- Distribution by country:
- upholstered furniture distribution by channels
- short profiles of major furniture distributors
International trade of upholstered furniture
- European imports and exports of upholstered furniture by country and
geographical area, trend 2001-2006
- Trade balance of upholstered furniture by European country
- Degree of internationalisation of upholstered furniture in the 17 European
countries
- International trade of upholstery by country:
- imports and exports by country and geographic area
- Upholstered furniture: major sector companies' shares
- Total upholstery production, share of upholstery on company' s turnover,
share of European production
- Fabric, leather and microfibre upholstery sales
- Upholstered furniture by price range and type of covering
- Upholstered furniture production by product type, style, destination
- Production by motion and stationary upholstery
- Main companies' sales on the domestic market by country
- Total exports of upholstery furniture, share on total European upholstery
exports, share of exports on company' s upholstery turnover
Major upholstery companies
- Short company profiles: production, turnover, employees, investments,
market and distribution
Appendix:
- Addresses of 358 upholstered furniture manufacturers and distributors