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April 2025 Retail Metrics are in!

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April 2025 Retail Metrics:

As we close are halfway through the second quarter of 2025, both furniture and mattress retailers face challenging market conditions characterized by declining conversion rates and average tickets.

The furniture industry shows stronger traffic generation with daily opportunities up 5% year-over-year, while the mattress sector demonstrates remarkable improvement in prospect collection and getting customers to return.

Today’s Rundown

  • OUT NOW: Sign up to receive the Q1 2024 Home Furnishing Benchmark Report.
  • Consumer Edge: ‘Value-driven’ shopping reshaping the industry.
  • Cold play: The Toy industry faces ‘devastating’ impact from tariffs.

Market Watch

Furniture Industry

Mattress Industry

April 2025: Furniture Industry

April 2025: Mattress Industry

Retail Snippets

Consumer shift: 4 retail trends that will reshape the industry in 2025.

Cold play: The Toy industry faces ‘devastating’ impact from tariffs.

‘Welcome Joann customers’: Longtime competitor woos shoppers from closing retailer.

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