Description
Camif is a French online furniture and home shop that sells only products made in Europe, 70 % of them in France according to its own figures, and shows on each product page where it was made.
It began in 1947 as a cooperative that helped teachers furnish their homes, went bankrupt in 2008, and was relaunched online in 2009 by Emery Jacquillat. In 2020 it became one of the first French “entreprises à mission”, a status that writes a social and environmental purpose into the statutes and requires a yearly mission report. The mutual insurers MAIF and MGEN are now its majority shareholders. Since 2021 it no longer sells products made outside Europe, and in 2017 it was the first French shopping site to boycott Black Friday.
The range covers sofas, beds and mattresses, tables, storage and decoration. In November 2026 a solid wood trundle bed cost €509 and a French-made sofa bed about €1,700. Relay-point delivery starts at €3.90 and home delivery at €9.90, and an old sofa, mattress or piece of furniture is taken back free when the new one is delivered.
Strengths
- Each product page states the country of manufacture, and a filter shows only items made in France.
- The mission status comes with a published yearly report, and the company is owned by two French mutual insurers.
- Old furniture, sofas and mattresses are collected free at delivery, under conditions listed on the delivery page.
Weaknesses
- Prices are well above IKEA, and some cheaper items are veneered or decor-finished rather than solid wood.
- The 70 % made-in-France figure is Camif’s own, and no independent audit of it was found.
- There is no second-hand, rental or repair offer, so it still sells mostly new furniture.
Who it is for
Households in France who are buying new furniture and want to know where it was made, and are ready to pay more than at a chain store for it.