Raw Materials & Input Costs

Gaziantep Courts France and Italy as Imports Fall

Container rates reversed three weeks of declines in early August with the Strait of Hormuz still shut, and FurniPulse's materials tracker shows resin and polyester chips far above pre-war levels. Against a smaller US import pipe, a Gaziantep carpet delegation is targeting Paris and Milan, Cover Magazine's rug coverage sat in the design channel, and Las Vegas Market bedding vendors talked about store performance rather than product. The operators worth copying changed where they sell.