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Next Gen-Now on the Move
April 21,
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By Home Furnishings Business in on April 22, 2013
Furniture networking group
Next Generation-Now partnered with
Surya for its High Point Bash Sunday evening.
The group needed more space for the event after a a 127 percent spike in membership since the spring 2012 High Point Market.
Attendees Rocked the Casbah! at the Surya celebration while enjoying foosball, air hockey and doubleshoot basketball with the Next Gen crew.
The Surya team is a great partner for Next Generation-Now, said Next Gen member Mark Mueller of
Mueller Furniture. Networking and brainstorming at High Point with successful, energetic leaders will breed positive energy and activity that young retailers can take home to their businesses.
During the event, participants had the opportunity to drop off their business cards and be entered to win an all-expense paid trip for two to the 2013 Home Furnishings Industry Conference, June 2-4 in New Orleans, sponsored by the groups benefactor sponsor,
Ashley Furniture Inds.I think its really great to be supported by such a well-established industry organization," said another NGN member, Joey Gunn, of
Knight Furniture. Its obvious they believe in what we're doing with Next Gen, and it's really motivating to see that they are willing to help us bolster our network and help cultivate the future of the furniture industry.
The group heads to the 2013 HFIC in New Orleanson June 1 for an exclusive pre-conference event, hosted in partnership with the conference.
This is the first year that the Next Gen group will be hosting exclusive events in conjunction with the HFIC, said NGN Membership Recruitment Co-Chair Lael Thompson. The 2013 HFIC set the bar really high; we knew we had to provide an event that would be both enlightening and beyond enjoyable. We thought a store tour of one of the most compelling furniture stores in the New Orleans area--Olindes Ashley Home Store in Harahan, La.--and an awesome night in the French Quarter for our members would do the trick.