CSIL (Centro Studi Industria Leggera) is an independent center of economic research and consultancy for development, founded in Milan in 1980, on a cooperative basis, by a group of economists and experts with different peculiarities.
CSIL has recently drawn up new editions 2017 of two reports “Furniture distribution in Italy. Analysis by province” and “Ecommerce for the furniture industry “.
“Furniture distribution in Italy. Analysis by province“ provides both an overview of furniture distribution and its evolutions, both the observation of consumption of furnishing for compartments and for national and territorial distribution channels.
There are also synthetic cards for each Italian province, each of which contains the value of the consumption of home furniture for the industry and a selection of demographic and economic social indicators related to consumption of furniture and a selection of indicators relating to the distribution of furniture.
The price of the report is EUR 2200 plus VAT.

‏The report “Ecommerce for the furniture industry“

‏The report “Ecommerce for the furniture industry“, available in English, analyzes the world furniture ecommerce and offers a prediction about its size globally for macro geographical areas. CSIL analysis provides an estimate of the value of the furniture market of e-commerce both globally and for macro-regions, analysis and sales performance for each category of distributors (E-tailers, Brick & click, furniture stores, no-specialized dealers). It also provides, for over 100 major American, European and Asian companies, information about online sales of furniture, accessories and related products, profiles and e-commerce policies.
‏The research includes an overview of the market for furniture and furnishings to United States, Europe and Asia, and short-term forecast 2017-2018.
‏Crucial issues, for the e-commerce market in the furniture and furnishings sector like pricing policies, logistic and delivery, online-offline integration, the role of social media are discussed in the light of the experiences of the protagonists.
‏The products included in the report are: upholstered furniture, outdoor, Office furnishing, kitchen furniture, living room furniture, bedroom furniture, bathroom furniture, occasional and no-upholstered seats.
‏The price of the report is EUR 800 + VAT.