Each year in September we interview key executives in the patio furniture industry for a feature we call Sitting Pretty. Topics and issues are far ranging and designed to provide a quick glance at the state of each company represented.
As a group, the seven manufacturers we interviewed for this year’s Sitting Pretty feature had good-to-great years. Considering that the northeastern part of the country was subjected to a winter that just wouldn’t end, that’s a pretty impressive accomplishment.
In early August, Hearth & Home faxed a survey to 2,242 specialty retailers of hearth, barbecue and patio products, asking them to compare July 2014 sales to July 2013. The accompanying charts and selected comments are from the 183 useable returns.
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