High Point Market’s Export Potential Recognized

April 1, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on April 2007 The High Point Market has been selected by the federal Department of Commerce as a U.S. Commercial Service International Buyer Program (IBP) event., according to an announcement Friday. With the designation that recognizes the market’s export potential, the Department of Commerce will promote the High Point Market through its Commercial Service offices around the globe.

“As the largest home furnishings show in the world, we have more export potential than any other home furnishings market,” said Brian Casey, president and CEO of the High Point Market Authority. “There is tremendous opportunity here both for U.S. companies seeking to do business overseas and for companies around the globe interested in doing business in the American marketplace. With this significant recognition, we are further validated as the world’s home for home furnishings.”

The High Point Market has more than 2,600 exhibitors representing more than 100 countries worldwide.