Norwegian Ekornes receives $630m cash bid from Chinese Qumei
China’s Qumei Home Furnishing Group on the 22nd of May made an all-cash bid for Norway’s Ekornes [...]
June 4, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Furniture / ...Wood-based Panels / China / Europe
US wooden furniture imports drop in February
US wooden furniture imports declined in February to under US$1.6 billion, but year-to-date imports remain higher [...]
May 25, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / North America
Russian wood based products market driven by growing demand and favorable export markets
The main wood based products in Russia have met a growing demand once with more favorable export markets in 2017 [...]
May 9, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Construction / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Russia
EU tropical wooden furniture sales increase, while market share drops
There was plenty of tropical wood furniture to be found at the first two big European furniture exhibitions of 2018 [...]
May 7, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
EU furniture sector productivity might increase due to advanced computer-controlled manufacturing
Increasingly advanced computer-controlled and automated manufacturing has also benefited European producers, boosting their productivity, cutting [...]
May 2, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
The EU wooden furniture manufacturers show great interest to “source locally”
There seems to be a growing preference in the EU market to ‘source local’, particularly in the design and specifier [...]
April 27, 2018
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
European Commission decides to further investigate IKEA’s potential tax fraud in the Netherlands
The European Commission published on the 27th of March the nonconfidential version of its decision to open a formal investigation [...]
April 25, 2018
Companies in the timber industry / Wood Furniture / ...Europe
EU domestic furniture sector sales recovers in 2017
The biggest shift in the EU furniture sector in recent years has come in the degree of market self-sufficiency [...]
April 24, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / Europe
Furniture imports in China have reached record levels
According to the China National Furniture Association the value of China’s furniture imports in 2017 [...]
April 19, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China
US wooden furniture imports from Vietnam and India reach record levels
The US imported US$18.5 billion worth of wooden furniture in 2017, 11% more than in 2016. Imports from [...]
March 13, 2018
Market Analysis / Wood Furniture / ...Asia & Middle East / North America
