Lamp sales moved upward in fourth quarter 2009

NEMA's lamp indices for incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps increased 6.7 and 15.5 percent, respectively, during the fourth quarter of 2009 from the previous quarter. Sales of incandescent lamps had fallen by an average of 12 percent over the previous three quarters. For the full calendar year, both index components showed similar results by seeing a roughly 10 percent decline from 2008. Details