The Global Market for Blinds and Shades is Projected to Reach $16.7 Billion by 2022

Ever-Changing Trends, Features, Styles, and Designs Drive the Global Blinds and Shades Market, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA launches comprehensive analysis of industry segments, trends, growth drivers, market share, size and demand forecasts on the global Blinds and Shades market. The global market for Blinds and Shades is projected to reach $16.7 billion by 2022, driven by the wide array of design ideas, styles, functionality and fashion trends; increasing focus on custom blinds; and recovering construction activity.

Window blinds and shades present an attractive option for home owners to add elegance and style to interiors while enjoying the privacy and letting in natural light to ensure desirable warmth. Blinds and shades allow users to brighten interiors and transform the overall atmosphere. The market for window blinds and shades is witnessing an increasing popularity of bold prints, environment-friendly fabrics, exciting colors, motorized products, and roman shades. Blinds represent the most preferred window covering option supported by its superior attributes over curtains in terms of sturdiness; being the most economical; space saving due to the absence of any type of poles or holdbacks; less obtrusive and therefore ideal for smaller recesses and windows; and the ability to withstand conditions of high humidity, especially in spaces such as bathrooms and kitchens.

Future growth in the market will be driven by ever-changing fashion and functionality trends, immense popularity of automated blinds and shades owing to their ability to maximize energy savings and make homes smarter; launch of smart-glass based window shade solutions in place of electronic window shades; and growing prominence of green or organic materials. Apart from their durability, aesthetic appeal and easy maintenance, constant innovations and advancements in production and design processes bode well for market growth. Few of the newer trends, features, styles, and designs that are driving increasing market adoption include apex blinds, cellular blinds, colinear blinds, roller blinds, a combination of pleated and roller blinds, pleated shades such as Roman shades, roller shades, sheer horizontal shades and solar shades, Roman blinds, open Roman blinds, venetian blinds, vertical blinds, wooden blinds, and zebra blinds, among others. Other important growth drivers include positive outlook for the global construction industry; increasing focus on custom blinds; rising demand for cellular blinds, multi-layered windows and motorized window blinds; favorable demographic trends, and huge opportunities in the retrofit segment driven by the global ‘green’ standards and other statutory requirements.

As stated by the new market research report on Blinds and Shades, the United States represents the largest market worldwide. Asia-Pacific is forecast to emerge as the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 4.3% over the analysis period. Growth in the region is led by population growth, increased urbanization, and expanding base of affluent middle class population. Increased manufacturing activity due to ready low cost feedstock and easy access to cheap labor is particularly benefiting the market in China and India. On the production front, the region has emerged as a significant provider of customized blinds and shades, with several low-cost producers entering the fray, especially in China.

Key players covered in the report include 3 Day Blinds LLC; Chicology; Comfortex Window Fashions; Decora Blind Systems Ltd.; Draper, Inc.; Elite Window Fashions™; Graber; Hunter Douglas N.V.; Insolroll; Lotus & Windoware, Inc., Louvolite; Maxxmar Window Fashions; MechoShade®; Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd., Norman Window Fashions; Roll-A-Shade, Inc., Rollease Acmeda; Springs Window Fashions, LLC; TimberBlindsMetroShade; Top Window Covering LLC; and Vasa Window Coverings, among others.

The research report titled “Blinds and Shades: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities of major market participants. The report provides market estimates and projections for all major geographic markets such as the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, India, and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and Rest of Latin America), and Rest of World.

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