David Livingston

Furniture Market Grows with Consumers

March 16, 2010

FROM RETAILWIRE:
As a Daily Finance article points out, big-and-tall shops and plus-size stores have found a profitable niche that furniture marketers are also hoping to tap into. Do you see a sizable opportunity for furniture designed for big-and-tall consumers?      [more...]

I'm only 5' 8" but when I visited the home of my 5th great grandfather's house that he built in 1792, my head was nearly touching the ceiling. We are becoming a nation of taller and bigger people. A funeral director friend of mine now keeps a doublewide casket in stock all the times. It used to be a special order but demand for plus size caskets has gone way up. If only we could just get the airlines on board with this kind of marketing. Good idea in the short term but eventually, everything will need to be larger.