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The home furnishing industry has been one of the great success stories of the pandemic, as many people stuck at home seek items to bring them comfort or perhaps decide they need an upgrade. Many furniture companies are experiencing delays, and the coronavirus is to blame.

Local furniture retailer American Freight of Columbia is one of the many furniture stores in the area struggling with keeping products in stock.

While business has been going well, General Store Manager Joseph Thomas said the biggest challenge lately has been getting product as fast as they would like.

“A lot of the manufacturers, with them being closed down or having less staff there to work, it’s just been hard to keep the trucks coming in with product,” Thomas said.Despite this, customers continue to pour in, he said, with varying COVID-19 restrictions that limit staff leading to lagging returns, as some manufactures take weeks, and others take months.

“I think it’s definitely something across the board and it’s not just American Freight, it’s the whole furniture industry itself,” Thomas said.

In a February report La-Z-Boy, one of the nation’s largest home furnishers, said it too had experienced delays due to the virus.

“While significant demand has led to a record-level backlog, COVID-19-related issues, including plant absenteeism and shipping delays, hampered the company’s ability to increase production and delivery at planned rates and also impacted product mix,” the report said.Shipments are usually taking a week or two longer, but that’s always in March because March is the busiest time of year for most mattress people,” Bunt said.

Thomas said he’s just hoping things improve.“I’m really hoping that we’ll continue to get product in and we can just keep our customers happy. That’s all I can ask for,” Thomas said.