Manufacturer as publisher
Furniture brands find new value in an old medium By Kimberley Wray Walking the June Market in High Point, it was clear an old marketing …
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Blog: The great Premarket debate?
Early this week the organizers of High Point Premarket announced what seemed like fairly minor changes in policy and a new communications push. They wanted …
A Premarket reset
Sponsors shorten time, make other moves to rein in the event and bring dealers’ full attention back to official High Point Market HIGH POINT — …
The other American Furniture Warehouse
GM Jason Fletcher talks about “going deep” and other lessons learned in the “School of Pandemic” GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jason Fletcher was at the beach …
May furniture store sales jump 67% YOY
WASHINGTON — Furniture and home furnishings store sales returned a little closer to earth in May, posting a 66.6% gain over the same month a …
The moon or bust: Vietnam’s surprising ascendancy
During a visit to Singapore two decades ago, I asked Larry Moh, founder of Universal Furniture Inds. and a pioneer in Southeast Asian furniture manufacturing, …
Blog: Are U.S. anti-dumping duties coming for Vietnam-made upholstery?
And other takeaways from the June High Point Market HIGH POINT — There’s a movement afoot for a U.S. anti-dumping petition against producers of upholstery …
Remembering Mike Genrich
HIGH POINT — Mike Genrich was one of the first people in the industry Chris Taylor met back in 1997. Taylor, 27 back then, had …
High Point Spotlight
The June High Point Market was the first real market since the pandemic hit, and nearly every company introduced new products or expanded popular lines. Here are just a few new items that caught our editor’s eyes:
Memorial Day sales roundup
Booming business, especially in the mattress category, quells concerns over softening demand as the economy reopens HIGH POINT — Going into Memorial Day weekend there …
