It’s no surprise that once again home furnishings products are not a priority for consumer spending this holiday shopping season. Even with a new forecast tagging total holiday spending at more than a whopping $1 trillion—the first time it’s ever breached that level—retailers in the home sector are not counting on much of a bump.

The new holiday forecast from the National Retail Federation predicts sales in the months of November and December will increase between 3.7 percent and 4.2 percent from the same period in 2024. In dollars, that’s between $1.01 trillion and $1.02 trillion.

Last year NRF, which historically has been fairly accurate if occasionally erring on the plus side, said holiday sales rose 4.3 percent over 2023, hitting $976.1 billion. These numbers are within the histori

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