Furniture Industry Experiencing Biggest Boom In Decades

With supply chain issues gripping the globe, furniture makers are seeing a resurgence in demand for product made here in the U.S.

The global supply chain problems have caused a lot of headaches for all sorts of products, but in North Carolina one sector is benefiting from the challenges abroad.

The current buzz of activity at Century Furniture is part of a double- edged reality the domestic furniture industry is currently grappling with.

Western North Carolina — the once-self-proclaimed furniture capital of the world — is seeing an increase in demand, the likes of which have not been seen since the 1980s and '90s.