The company will also operate on a reduced schedule for the two weeks following April 2. Wesley expects the foam shortage to ease after the next three weeks.
“Late last week, it became apparent that our foam and cushion supply was no longer in a position that would allow us to continue that strategy,” the company wrote in a letter to customers. “Our largest cushion supplier has been forced to close for two weeks, and our second largest supplier is currently working a very abbreviated schedule.”
The shortage comes at an unfortunate time for Wesley and other furniture makers - many of whom have been seeing a sharp increase in demand. Residential furniture orders saw a 27 percent rise in December 2020 from the same month in 2019, and a 15 percent increase for entire year of 2020 over 2019.