Strong Demand Outpaced Higher Costs and Distribution Challenges to Keep Basic Bedding Sales Aloft

摘要

Consumers were still feathering their nests through most of last year as rising vaccination rates ran up against outbreaks of new Covid-19 variants in the summer and late fall. It was a strong year for home textiles overall and another better-than-usual year for utility bedding. The aggregated category generated a healthy 6.0 increase in 2021 on top of a 26.6 spike in 2020 sales, adding more than $240 million in dollar volume last year.