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Published by:
NEW EASTERN MEDIA CO., LTD
managing director
Rainbow After Kenneth Tan
kentan@fdmasia.com
Jackie Wong
editor
The Storm assistant editor
jackiewong@fdmasia.com
Sandy Sun

sandy.sun@fdmasia.com
graphic designer
R ising costs and logistics disruptions are presenting new challenges for business manager
Lu Ying
designer@fdmasia.com
the industry, forcing companies to find new ways to stay competitive.

Ding Yongmei
There is also concern that a prolonged Middle Eastern conflict would
ding@fdmasia.com
result in an economic meltdown that causes demand destruction as inflation limits marketing assistant
Wasabi Liu

consumers’ spending power. wasabi.liu@fdmasia.com
operations executive
These have accelerated efforts by governments to establish more collaborations Martin
martin@fdmasia.com
with new trade partners and implement new directives and policies that will tide
circulation executive
enterprises over the challenging times ahead. Steven Sheng
circulation@fdmasia.com
Initiatives such as the building of furniture hubs and using technology to contributors
ensure traceability optimise resources and address trade barriers. ITTO
Jerome Tan
At the same time, countries are also more focused on protecting their industries, Tiam Mahmoudian
Rosilei Garcia
resulting in a rise of anti-dumping or anti-subsidy investigations. Alain Cloutier
Aziz Laghdir
There will be more turbulent time ahead, but perhaps, years down the road, Mariana Sedliačiková
Marek Kostúr
when the dust finally settles, all these efforts will come together to lay a solid Mária Osvaldová
foundation for the furniture industry to thrive on.

Jackie Wong