Getting Real Bargains With Factory-Direct Furniture

Designing or re-decorating a house is hardly ever cheap. However, smart shoppers can get good quality home furniture even on a tight budget by looking out for factory-direct furniture, clearance sales, and online stores.

Pieces of furniture sourced directly from the manufacturer are definitely cheaper because of savings from distribution costs. Manufacturers sell furniture to retailers with mark-up prices, as any business should. Retailers add further mark-ups to profit from their own sale, and to compensate for operational costs they may have incurred to provide customers with the furniture. By skipping one intermediary - the retailer, that is - a customer can get furniture at the price offered by the manufacturers.

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Furniture stores often give clearance sales, and when they do, substantial cuts are made on the original price. In such sales, stores are looking little at profiting from the furniture than clearing it from stock. There are also clearance outlets. Almost as good as factory-direct furniture, clearance furniture is usually from factory overstock, buyouts, and close-outs. Again, suppliers are looking more to clearing inventory, selling furniture at cost, allowing these specialty clearance outlets to re-sell the same at low prices.

Surfing online has also been a recent trend to get a bargain, which is no exception with furniture. Going online also makes it more convenient for shoppers to compare prices and customer reviews. Just as with furniture direct from the factory, products purchased online are cheaper because of the virtual store's savings from maintaining a physical store. Usually, online stores also source their furniture directly from the supplier and re-sell it close to the manufacturer's price....Beds and mattresses