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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

United states Industrials / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>This note addresses the Monthly Market Pulse (MMP) of incoming orders and sales for March 2023 issued by the Business Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA).</li><li>About 50+ BIFMA member companies voluntarily submit monthly sales and orders to a national accounting firm that aggregates and reports composite data.</li><li>Neither BIFMA nor any individual member has access to the raw data. We show the monthly data from 2019 to March 2023 under Industry Statistics.</li></ul>

This note addresses the Monthly Market Pulse (MMP) of incoming orders and sales for March 2023 issued by the Business Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA).About 50+ BIFMA member companies voluntarily submit monthly sales and orders to a national accounting firm that aggregates and reports composite data.Neither BIFMA nor any individual member has access to the raw data. We show the monthly data from 2019 to March 2023 under Industry Statistics.

Commercial/Contract Furniture/Consumer Hardlines : Orders Remain Lower Y/Y, but at Moderating Pace