Clients pay a 30-50% deposit when placing orders at markets. The order is put in a production queue after a factory receives the deposit.
If the payment is in cash, the order is queued on the same or next day.
If the payment made by a bank transfer a factory waits for financial department confirmation of receiving the money.
Sometimes, especially at the end of the year, showrooms have sales and can furniture on sale can be shipped right away. Remember showroom furniture is for clients to sit on, so probably thousands of people have sat on it before. Also, you won’t find many or any sales samples from the new collection.