Bedroom Furniture

What can we do when buying bedroom furniture if we want to be eco friendly?

Homework need to be done to research the history of the brand you are buying. Find out where they make there furniture and under what conditions and which materials they use. With stories like the one below, you can realise many company don't mind cutting corners with the environment when there's money to be made in the bedroom furniture industry.

With an ongoing antidumping investigation of wood bedroom furniture from China, which has increased its market share in the category at a phenomenal rate in recent years, the jury's still out on its business impact this year. Preliminary duties are in place, and most are relatively modest. But suppliers have big concerns about quality of the furniture and delivery as many shift bedroom production from those plants facing prohibitive rates of nearly 200%. Importers have had time to develop contingent sourcing, but most admit that even the best-laid plans for shifting production don't eliminate quality issues associated with changing plants.

Should duties remain in effect, look for importers to develop a stronger manufacturing infrastructure in places like Vietnam through the development of plant middle management and more modern factories. Source countries also are expected to upgrade ports and transportation services.

Also, look for Chinese producers that end up with low duties to get even stronger, as those facing the high all-China rate get priced out of the bedroom category.