Markets / DATA & RESEARCH / May.17Furniture trade with Europe slowsMarch figures highlight softer imports and exports |
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Furniture manufacturers might have clawed back some margin in April as factory gate inflation rose while input cost pressures eased.
March furniture and lighting sales volumes in Ireland declined 6.5 per cent against March 2011, according to the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The British Retail Consortium, the pressure group whose members comprise most of the UK's largest retailers, says the wettest April since records began hampered retail sales last month.