Carpet and Floor Covering Stores

Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:

BNP Media
Floor Trends Magazine
http://www.floortrendsmag.com/
Monthly trade publication features news and information for retailers, dealers, and contractors, with topics covered in each issue including market trends, industry events, business operations, marketing ideas, and new products and technologies. Selected articles from current and past issues organized by topic are available online, with current and prior digital editions of the magazine accessible online with registration.

Home Furnishings Stores
http://www.firstresearch.com

First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:

FCW Magazine
http://www.floorcoveringweekly.com/
Biweekly trade magazine features business news and information for dealers and contractors, with special features including the annual "Top 50 Retailers" (May issue), "Executive Outlook" (December issue), and "State of the Industry Report" (December issue). Digital editions of the magazine are available online, with free subscriptions to the print and digital editions of the magazine available upon request to qualified parties

Floor Focus Magazine
http://www.floordaily.net/
Monthly publication features news, information, and analysis for retailers and dealers, with special features including the "Annual Report" (May issue) which provides a statistical analysis by product segment (e.g., rug, carpet, wood, laminate, vinyl, and ceramic) and the "Retailer Survey" (July issue) which provides market feedback from retailers on issues and trends. Selected articles from past issues are available free online.

WFCA
Marketing Research
https://wfca.org/
Marketing research reports available from this trade association include the "Market Trend Survey" which is a quarterly survey of retail members that provides information on sales and market trends by region, and the annual "Financial Management Report" which provides members with national averages for income and expense line items. Report are accessible by members only; contact the association for more information.

Mintel Group Ltd.
Residential Flooring - US
https://store.mintel.com/
Market research report provides in-depth analysis of the U.S. residential flooring market, with topics covered including market size and forecast; market drivers; marketing strategies; segment performance (e.g., hard surface, carpets, and rugs; retail channels (flooring products stores, home centers, and other retail outlets); and more. Detailed table of contents which includes key points from the report can be viewed free online.

Catalina Research
Floor Covering Distribution Channels and Regional Trends
https://www.informationgiant.com/
Comprehensive report provides in-depth analysis of U.S. distribution channels for flooring products, with content categories including spending trends, distribution channels, consumer spending and purchaser demographics, commercial market spending, retail distribution channels, retail buying groups, and regional market analysis. Summary abstract and detailed table of contents from the report are available free online.

Industry Financial Ratios
Carpet and Floor Covering Stores
https://www.bizminer.com  Search for "442210"

Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.

RMA Annual Statement Studies
Floor Covering Retailers
https://www.rmahq.org/  Search for "442210"
Annual financial statement analysis includes common-size income statements and balance sheets and key financial ratios for companies in this retail sector. Report includes five years of historical data with the most recent year's data broken out by sales and assets size range. Sample report can be viewed online.


U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wages - Home Furnishings Stores
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_442200.htm
Annual wage survey provides hourly and annual wage data for job occupations in this retail sector (which includes flooring retailers; kitchenware, glassware, and tableware stores; bath shops; and window treatment stores) on a national, state, and metropolitan area basis, with statistical measures for national wage data including mean, median, and upper/lower quartiles and deciles. All information is available free online.