Orders for residential furniture revved up in June, industry accounting and consulting firm Smith Leonard reports. The High Point, N.C., firm’s survey of manufacturers and distributors found a 30 percent increase in orders over June 2019. That followed an 8 percent dip in May. Year-to-date, new orders were still down
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