%0 Journal Article
	%A Lidia Martínez Murillo
	%D 2007
	%J International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 6, 2007
	%T Manufacturers-Retailers: The New Actor in the U.S. Furniture Industry. Characteristics and Implications for the Chinese Industry
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/5311
	%V 6
	%X Since the 1990s the American furniture industry faces
a transition period. Manufacturers, one of its most important actors
made its entrance into the retail industry. This shift has had deep
consequences not only for the American furniture industry as a
whole, but also for other international furniture industries, especially
the Chinese. The present work aims to analyze this actor based on the
distinction provided by the Global Commodity Chain Theory. It
stresses its characteristics, structure, operational way and importance
for both the U.S. and the Chinese furniture industries.
	%P 257 - 259