High Point Registered 46,000-Plus Furniture Buyers in April

May 11, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on May 12, 2010

The High Point Market Authority announced that the April furniture market drew 77,705 registrants, including 46,087 home furnishings buyers.

"When it came time to freshen their floors, thousands of buyers and designers looked to the one place universally recognized as our industry's center of innovation for the most fashion-forward thinking in more than 60 categories of home furnishings products," Brian D. Casey, president and chief executive officer of the High Point Market Authority, said in a video news release Wednesday. "These home furnishings professionals chose the High Point Market as their launch pad for success this Spring because they knew that they would find more new product here than at any other Market."

Casey noted that nearly 3,500 buyers who had not registered to attend in at least three Markets returned to High Point this Spring.

"We also continue to attract new visitors to Market," Casey said. "Of the 15,306 designers shopping our Market, 2,503 did so for the first time ever. In all, we welcomed some 7,605 buyers who had never visited High Point before."

Casey said renewed sense of vibrancy was evident in showrooms and at events across the Market throughout the week.

"Educational seminars, such as the Design ViewPoints Lecture Series we co-sponsored with the American Society of Interior Designers were sold out each day, while jam-packed entertainment and networking events helped fuel the feeling that our industry is finally on the rebound," he said. "It was clear that buyers came here to participate, recharge their imaginations and identify the trends and ideas that will capture the consumer's interest in the coming months. They came for the opportunity to share ideas with friends old and new, industry icons and up-and-comers."