by Every six months, retailers around the country get together about a month before market for a sneak peek at some of the new product that will be introduced at the upcoming High Point Market. This week’s event was no different as retailers came into town as early as the weekend to begin scouting out new case goods and upholstery for the fall market cycle. As usual, the event offered premarket sponsors and their guests a chance to kick back and reunite with old friends and business partners at the premarket reception held at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro. It continues to be one of the most important social events heading into market, as guests get to enjoy a meal along with good company throughout the evening.
Below are some of the people in the industry we ran into during the reception.
Vincent Lim, of Austin Group, with Tammy Covington Nagem, High Point Market Authority, and J. Scott Ostrander and Steven Lim, also of Austin Group.
Dirk Smith, left, Weirs Furniture Village, Dallas; Jim Roberts, Universal Furniture; Rick Harrison, Home News Now; and Sean O’Connor, Universal Furniture.
Bridget Cullen, left, and Karla Niemiec, of Darvin Furniture, Orland Park, Illinois, and AJ Filloy, Universal Furniture.
Andrew Kauffman, left, Furniture First; Fred Henjes and Harrison Kelly, Riverside Furniture; and Steve Lush, Digio Leather Sofas.
Christian Rohrbach, left, A-America; Kristen Kellman, Furniture Connextion, Tucson, Arizona; Tom Matthews, Brown Squirrel Furniture, Knoxville, Tennessee and Jay Hayes, A-America.
Ben Willis, left, Willis Furniture Co., Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Jonathan Cowles and Mike Vicary, Liberty Furniture Industries.
Patrick Lanier, left, Liberty Furniture Industries; William Daughtrey, Gardner-White Furniture & Mattress, Warren, Michigan; Michael Herschel IV, FMG; Aime Fitzhugh, Gardner-White; and Dennis Hoy, FMG.
Steve York, left, FD Home; Spencer Goodwin, B.F. Myers Furniture & Mattress, Nashville; Doug Bassett, Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co.; and Preston Matthews, Brown Squirrel Furniture, Knoxville, Tennesssee.
Doug Bassett, left, Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co., reads off the winner of a raffle for a room upgrade at Grandover for the next premarket event, alongside Tammy Covington Nagem and Patty Russo of the High Point Market Authority.
