Klaussner Furniture Gets Downtown High Point Showroom

January 18, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on January 19, 2011

Klaussner Home Furnishings has a new home for High Point Furniture Market in downtown High Point.

Beginning with the April 2-7 Spring show, Asheboro, N.C.-based Klaussner will turn the 90,000-square-foot former Hamilton Market building at 101 N. Hamilton St. into the "Klaussner on Hamilton" showroom. In addition to giving Klaussner a presence near the High Point Market's hub, the move fills a highly visible building that's been mostly vacant for the most part over the past couple of years.
 
"Our Asheboro facility has served us well for many years," said Bill Wittenberg, president and CEO of Klaussner, "but the shopping behaviors of buyers have changed, and with this new facility we will make it easier and more convenient than ever to shop our entire product assortment all under one roof."
 
Renovations to the building are under way at the new showroom, which will feature two floors of showroom space showcasing Klaussner's entire product line and a new "Klaussner Kafe" serving breakfast, lunch, and evening cocktails and hors d'oeuvres throughout Market.
 
Klaussner showed its entire product line in a showroom at Market on Green last market, and the success of this experience proved to Klaussner the value of bringing its showroom to downtown High Point.
 
"Klaussner is very pleased to have a new home in High Point and have anticipated this move with a lot of excitement for the past 12 months," Wittenberg said. "Now that we are a permanent part of the high point community, we believe our retail partners will find our new Klaussner on Hamilton building to be a wonderful shopping experience."
 
"The new location of Klaussner's showroom provides an excellent link and greater continuity to the North End of Market," said High Point Market Authority President and CEO Brian Casey. "We could not be more pleased with their decision to make this move."