Optimism Drives Opening Day At Southern Furniture Market
About 1,300 manufacturers including 575 in High Point began displaying new lines to an estimated 35,000 attendees as the fall market opened. SFMC HPNFM and Furniture Plaza reported full exhibitor houses with hotels booked and lodging sought as buyers expected to arrive with cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Snow
High Point
Southern Furniture Market Center
High Point National Furniture Mart
Furniture Plaza
Ivan Garry
HPNFM
Robert P. Gruenberg
SFMC
Burlington
Hickory
Calvin T. Rice
Niture Highway
Wrenn
Hamilton
Richard Barrentine
Furniture Factories Marketing Association
Market's Impact Hard To Measure At Southern Furniture Market
The Southern Furniture Market in North Carolina injects about 40 million dollars yearly from out of town visitors, with 6 000 business firms and 37 000 full time workers directly serving market guests. Officials note spin off employment across many sectors underscores broader economic effects beyond the visitor tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Phillips, Jr
High Point Chamber of Commerce
North Carolina
Phillips
The
Furniture Factories’ Marketing Association of the
South
Southern Furniture Market Center
German Firm Opens Plant Here Changing With The Times
Interline Furniture Inc led by John Hartzell shows its wall units and tables at the October market in High Point. The North Carolina company forms part of a German led group founded by Rolf Demuth, offering standardized four end panels and six door styles for affordable, space saving living rooms amid rising housing costs and inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Wilson Utley
Europe
High Point
Interline Furniture Inc
John Hartzell
West Fairfield Road
Incor
North Carolina
Interline Inc
Brazil
Canada
West Germany
Rolf Demuth
Hartzell
United States
U.S
Demuth
Schieder-Moebel Company
Schieder
Germany
Italy
Tomlinson Furniture
Raleigh
Incorporated
American
Martinsville
Thomasville Road
Southern Furniture Market Center
High Point Market buzzes with celebs and themed events
South Pacific luau lumberjack jamboree mint julep hoedown plus celebrity appearances mark the Southern Furniture Market in High Point. Arnold Palmer Jim Backus Miss USA Kim Tomes and NFL referee Tommy Bell attend events with panels, banquets, and industry briefings across Top of the Mart andFurniture Plaza Building venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Palmer
Jim Backus
Kim Tomes
Tommy Bell
Backus
Mr. Magoo
High Point
Furniture Plaza
Miss Tomes
Hercules
National Furniture Market
Martinsville
Luau
American Square
Furniture Canada
Schweiger Industries
Uniroyal
Sedgefield Country Club
Sperry and Hutchinson
Kepley
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Barrentine
Garry
Balrentine
Hickory-Lenoir
Interline
Art Richardson
Art
Southern Market
Len Fischer
Singer Furniture
Larry Peabody
Mike Dugan
General Interiors Corp
Pennsylvania House
J.C. Penney Co
Arlene Petroff
SMFC
Robert Gruenberg
Bell
National Wholesale Furniture Assn
Distributors Hall of Fame
NWFA
Palmer
Woodard Industries, Inc
Emerywood Country Club
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