by HIGH POINT — The market cycle always affords the opportunity to reconnect with many friends and associates in the industry. For that reason, we at Home News Now get to as many parties and social events as we can, where we see people in their element of fostering and building relationships that are key to how business is done in the home furnishings realm. Below are some of the folks we got to see at market at various parties throughout the event.
BANNER HOUSE
Andy Counts, left, American Home Furnishings Alliance; Page Wilson, Banner House; and Jeff Holmes, J. Holmes LLC.
Bo Stump, left, Stump & Co.; Andy Counts, American Home Furnishings Alliance; Page Wilson, Banner House; Stuart Stump Mullins, Stump & Co.; Jeff Holmes, J Holmes LLC; and Tim Stump, Stump & Co.
Heinz Kattenfeld, left, 220 Elm; Jeff Child, RC Willey Home Furnishings; and Ben Muller and Terry Venable, High Point Market Authority.
BROYHILL
Steve Karns, left, Bedding Industries of America; and Talia Spiegel, Carolyn D’Angelo and Anthony Noberini, all of Gordon Brothers.
Jennie Signer, left, Melinda Dye, Matt Tanner and Kim Edwards, all of Living Style.
220 ELM 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Samantha Mund, left, West Bros Furniture; Heinz Kattenfeld, 220 Elm; and Nick Byers, Home News Now.
Lisa Floyd, left, Baker Design Group, and who else, but Elvis!?!?
Gary McMahon, left, Durham Furniture; Patrick Chandonnet and Terry Luke, both of Fjords by Hjellegjerde.
HOME NEWS NOW
Clint Engel, left, and Shannon and Tama Lloyd, all of Home News Now; Bill Creekmuir, Pinnacle Search; and Susan Jones, Home News Now.
Judy and Tom Dayvault, left, and Lauren D. Estep, American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame.
Doug Jermyn, left, American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame; Eddie Massood, Massood Logistics; and Bill Hammer, Shifman Mattress Co.
Nicole Parkes, left, and Courtney Bynum, both of Interior Motives; and Sabrina Pestel, Sanctuary Furnishings.
MAN WAH
Missy Ullrich, left, Serta Simmons Bedding; Marty Melcher, Man Wah; Joe Walter, Tango Multimedia; and Will Daughtrey, Hometown Furniture.
UNIVERSAL FURNITURE
Amanda and Tyler Ganjon, left, Emily and Sean O’Connor, and Alyssa and Zach Carpenter, all of Universal.
SHOWPLACE
Anna Bowers, left, A-America; Amy Van Dorp, WithIt; Cheryl Dobbins Hege, industry marketing consultant; and Jessica Allen, New Leaf.
WITHIT
Carolyn Crowley, left, Myriad Software; Ross Bernstein, breakfast keynote speaker; Amy Van Dorp, WithIt, Jessica Norby, Interlude Home; and Julie Rosien, Leggett & Platt.
