Most retailers have a minimum markup of 100 percent ,and oftentimes up to 300 percent ,at full suggested retail value.
Unfortunately for them ,our ultracompetitive society usually prohibits ever achieving such lavish profit margins ,and the furniture-store owner must content himself by earning a still-respectable 35,40, or 50 percent markup.
Be sure to stress that you seek to trade for retail value and not necessarily the discounted price that the furniture dealer may be selling the furniture for.