Oops there goes another rubber tree...

You may have seen last week’s article in the Product Safety Letter in which the CEO of American Home Furnishings Alliance told Commissioner Northup that “…some of the member-companies, many of them small businesses, were leaving the youth furniture market because of fears of increased costs due to the new CPSIA requirements.” (Product Safety Letter, March 1, Commissioners Open to Exemption Request from Furniture Makers)

So the next time you are wondering why there are fewer choices in the children’s furniture market…