The production of outdoor furniture in the Italian market accounted for Eur 450 million in 2009. 65% of the Italian operators manufacture and retail tables, chairs and garden benches, the business of outdoor wooden structures (i.e gazebo) and of garden umbrellas is also significant. About 35% of...

This report, now at its first edition, offers an overview of the kitchen furniture market in Spain, providing trends in kitchen furniture production and consumption, imports and exports, distribution. The report provides a breakdown of kitchen furniture production by kitchen type (flat pack...

This report provides a qualitative and quantitative study of the distribution of built-in appliances in Spain as well as an analysis of the trade satisfaction of the main brands of built-in appliances present in the Spanish market. The research also includes an overview of the Spanish kitchen...

This report is the result of a census recently carried out by CSIL of the leading kitchen furniture producers worldwide, which has enabled it to outline the weight of the first 500 kitchen furniture manufacturers in the world. The kitchen furniture turnover of 500 selected companies accounts for...

This report provides a qualitative and quantitative study of the distribution of built-in appliances in Russia as well as an analysis of the trade satisfaction of the main brands of built-in appliances present in the Russian market. The research also includes an overview of the Russian kitchen...

This report provides a qualitative and quantitative study of the distribution of built-in appliances in the United Kingdom as well as an analysis of the trade satisfaction of the main brands of built-in appliances present in the British market. The research also includes an overview of the...

The contract furniture and furnishings market in the United Kingdom is estimated to total around EUR 2.3 billion, at retail prices. Hotels and hospitality (including bars, restaurants and other leisure) alone account for almost 50% of total contract demand. The contract segment is expected to...

This article examines the existence and stability of the consumption function in the United States of America (US) beginning in the 1950s. In order to obtain a stable long run relationship, we have introduced two innovative elements into the analysis of the life-cycle of the consumption function...

This paper estimates the steady state growth rates for the main European countries with an extended version of the Solow (1956) growth model. Total factor productivity is assumed a function of human capital, trade openness and investment ratio. We show that these factors, with some differences,...

We investigate the growth enhancing variables in a group of countries belonging to the same geographical area namely, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh over the period 1960–2010. We find that this “homogeneity” does not necessarily imply that countries have the same growth...