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New furniture orders hold steady

HIGH POINT, NC -- New residential furniture orders in February were basically even with February 2010, according to furniture consulting and accounting firm Smith Leonard's monthly survey of furniture manufacturers and distributors.

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Furniture survey: Orders climb 13% in February

HIGH POINT, NC – Smith Leonard PLLC reported that new residential furniture orders were 13% higher in February 2010 than February 2009. Survey respondents indicated that new orders in February 2009 were 22% lower than February 2008. This marked the fourth month in a row that orders were higher than the previous year’s same month comparison. (October was flat, November up 10%, December up 12% and January up 4%.)

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Furniture orders climb 4% in January

HIGH POINT, NC — New Orders for January 2010 were positive again compared to January 2009, according to the latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by Smith Leonard, an accounting firm specializing in the residential furniture market.

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Furniture orders increase 10% in November

HIGH POINT, NC – New furniture orders for November 2009 increased 10% compared to the same time frame in 2008, according to the most recent survey by Smith Leonard PLLC, an accounting financial consulting firm. “This followed the October results which showed orders flat with the previous October, being the first month since October 2007 where new orders were not lower than the previous year.