A mature market with slow global growth.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Finzi, Ugo
- Source
- Textile Network (English Edition); Dec2005, Issue 12, p39-39, 1/2p, 1 Graph
- Subject
- Language
- ISSN
- 16125096
The article reports on the performance of the mattress sector according to the 2005 edition of the CSIL Furniture Industry Research Institute's report "The World Mattress Industry." The world consumption of mattresses is estimated at about $15 billion or five percent of world consumption of furniture. In the seven major industrial countries, total consumption equals to $6.3 billion. The percentage of spring mattresses ranges from about 60 percent of total mattress consumption in Europe to about 90 percent in North America.