subject: Does Electronic Commerce Become The Mainstream In Furniture Industry [print this page] It is said in the furniture industry that in future years the e-commerce will become the mainstream in this industry. However, I dont agree with such viewpoint. In my viewpoint, the traditional furniture stores would still be the mainstream for a long time in the future and the e-commerce is only one of the assistant sales way. Nowadays, when looking at the business market, you would find that more and more people are likely to buy daily necessities online so that the e-commerce becomes more and more important and popular in such industries. However, as for the furniture industry, the influence by the e-commerce is still weak. According to the furniture experts, when people are planning to buy the furniture for home decoration, they are more likely to feel the furniture such as hands touch feeling which can not be available when buying items online. At the same time, when buying furniture, it is important to exchange ideas with other people. Because of lacking of standardization on the furniture industry, I am sure it is impossible to replace furniture stores by the e-commerce sites online.
It is supposed that the traditional furniture stores should be subverted, you should at firstly consider the consumers interests and value, rather than the changes on the marketplace. For example, how to increase the rent of marketplace or how to deal with the expensive furniture store rent. On the contrary, the wise furniture dealers should pay more attention on the consumers. For example, as the good dealers, you should know that the general consumers always pay more attention on the furniture price, not the store surroundings or your service. On the other hands, as for the high-end consumers, they would pay more attention on the shopping feeling and your top quality furniture products, along with your best service. No matter what the furniture sales way, as for the furniture dealers, what you have to do is to offer the top quality furniture for consumers.
Finally, I want to give some suggestions about the furniture market prospect in the next year. In my viewpoint, furniture dealers should keep calm on the change condition on the furniture market. At the same time, if you are the furniture manufacturer, it is not right to expand the furniture process scale blindly, on the contrary, you should pay more attention on how to improve the quality of existing furniture and how to excavate the potential value.
