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According to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Monday Economic for this week, existing home sales fell 5.9% from 4.71 million units at the annual rate in September to 4.43 million units in October - a decline for the ninth straight month. Affordability through soaring costs and higher mortgage rates has dampening demand. On a […] The post Housing Market Turns Negative appeared first on International Sleep Products Association | ISPA . ...

Oregons Mattress Stewardship Act (SB 1576) requires manufacturers, distributors, importers, renovators and retailers of mattresses and foundations sold or offered for sale to Oregon consumers to register with a stewardship organization. MRC will submit a stewardship plan to Oregons Department of Environmental Quality in 2023 that will provide for MRC to be the stewardship organization […] The post Reminding Oregon Manufacturers, Retailers, and Distributors to Register With MRC appeared first on International Sleep Products Association | ISPA . ...

According to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Monday Economic for this week, manufacturing employmentincreased by 32,000 in October, up from 23,000 in September. Through the first 10 months of 2022, the sector hired 367,000 employees, building on the 365,000 workers added in calendar year 2021. These are the largest employment gains the sector has […] The post Manufacturing Employment Up, Feds Continue Interest Rate Hikes appeared first on International Sleep Products Association | ISPA . ...

This issue of theBedding Market Quarterlyshows that for the 3rdquarter Total Market units and wholesale dollars were down 17.6% and 16.4% respectively compared to 2021.The Total Market YTD shows units down 14.8% and wholesale dollars down 8.3% compared to 2021. Turning to the 3rd quarter YTD total for US-produced mattresses and foundations, both unit shipments […] The post ISPA Releases the Q3 2022 Bedding Market Quarterly appeared first on International Sleep Products Association | ISPA . ...

ISPA’s Statistics Committeehas released the2022 fall forecast for the U.S. mattress market, which covers the calendar years 2022 through 2024. Based in part on an economic analysis prepared by the University of Michigan and input from the ISPA Statistics Committee, the consensus view is that the wholesale value of the Total U.S. Mattress Market (U.S.-Produced […] The post ISPA's Statistics Committee Releases the Fall Forecast for 2022 appeared first on International Sleep Products Association | ISPA . ...

According to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Monday Economic Report for this week, existing home sales fell 1.5% from 4.78 million units at the annual rate in August to 4.71 million units in September, declining for the eighth straight month. Affordability has become a big challenge for potential homebuyers, with soaring costs and higher […] The post Negative Outlook in the Housing Market appeared first on International Sleep Products Association | ISPA . ...

As part of ISPAs ongoing efforts to improve the quality of market data available for sleep products, we requested earlier this year that US Customs and Border Protection (Customs), the agency of the Treasury Department that collects international trade data, change how it collects data on imported pillows. Up to this point, Customs has grouped […] The post US Customs Approves ISPA Request to Create Statistical Subclassification for Bed Pillows appeared first on International Sleep Products Association | ISPA . ...