Interplus Credits High Oil Prices for Better Upholstery Sales
December 16, 2002
Brussels — Russia as a market is growing thanks to high oil prices, with sales up 10 percent for Interplus, said Roman Tenenbaum, managing director of this fabric wholesaler and furniture maker in Moscow. Interplus admits to having 500 wholesale customers in Russia with overall sales of just less than $10 million.
The 10-year-old company operates out of a 10,000 square meter warehouse and concentrates on piece goods (about 80 percent of the business). The balance of sales is in upholstered furniture manufacturing, Tenenbaum confirmed.
"We're looking for exciting prints," said Tenenbaum, who was shopping the Decosit fair with partner and commercial director Marina Shchegoleva. "We carry wovens from Mastercraft, Italvelluti, Imatex and Pozzi. Raffia from Ta-bru of Italy is expensive, but we're selling it. Since we specialize in better goods, we stay away from Chinese fabrics because we can't trust the quality."
"Russia has the ability to pay higher prices for better quality," he added.F&FI
The 10-year-old company operates out of a 10,000 square meter warehouse and concentrates on piece goods (about 80 percent of the business). The balance of sales is in upholstered furniture manufacturing, Tenenbaum confirmed.
"We're looking for exciting prints," said Tenenbaum, who was shopping the Decosit fair with partner and commercial director Marina Shchegoleva. "We carry wovens from Mastercraft, Italvelluti, Imatex and Pozzi. Raffia from Ta-bru of Italy is expensive, but we're selling it. Since we specialize in better goods, we stay away from Chinese fabrics because we can't trust the quality."
"Russia has the ability to pay higher prices for better quality," he added.F&FI
