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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."
May 11,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on May 12, 2010
Boulder, Colo.-based HW Home took
home the Western Home Furnishings Association's Retailer of the Year award at the organization's annual meeting last week at
the Grand Californian Resort and Spa.HW Home owners Jim Hering and Ron Werner accepted the award.
Were incredibly humbled and elated to be named Retailer of the Year. We are very honored and thrilled to be the recipient of this prestigious award, said Hering and Werner.
Mitchell Gold, chairman of
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, presented the award to Hering and Werner. Gold reflected on the first time he met Hering and Werner at the High Point Market before HW Home was open and the 12-year relationship his company has had with the retailer.
Hering and Werner opened HW Home in 1999 after taking a trip to help Werner's sister design the interior of her new home. While there, they saw an opportunity to bring fashion-forward designs and styles to the area.
Today, HW Home has four stores and a thriving e-commerce business with about 40 employees.
May 11,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Outdoor Furniture on May 12, 2010
High-end leisure furniture manufacturer Brown Jordan has teamed with award-winning home furnishings designer Richard Frinier for a new collection.
The Richard Frinier Collection for Brown Jordan is scheduled to launch during the fall markets.
Frinier had worked with El Monte, Calif.-based Brown Jordan for 22 years prior to forming his own creative consultancy in 2002. He also has collections with Century Furniture, Dedon, Sunbrella fabrics and Currey & Co. for lighting.
May 11,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on May 12, 2010
Vendor
Christopher Guy has decided to keep its High Point showroom open year-round with a manager to assist customers all the time.
The showroom will offer training sessions and product seminars to retailers and hotel specifiers in the High Point area.
By staying open, the showroom will also become a more active part of the
High Point Showroom Association and assist
the High Point Market in becoming a sought after destination of furniture markets. The display area in the showroom will be used as an extension of the gallery
currently in place at Furnitureland South in Jamestown, N.C. It will also give the sales associates access to more product than what they presently have in the store.
Jon Spurlock has been named director of the Christopher Guy showroom. With more than 28 years of design experience, Spurlock has eight years of home furnishings experience with Christopher Guy. He is an
active member of ASID and was formerly the Showhouse Chair of the North and South Carolina Chapter of ASID. Spurlocks design experience includes work with Glen Arbor,
Ziba Interiors,
John-Richard and Alden Parke.
The Christopher Guy High Point showroom is located at 418 South Wrenn in High Point. The showroom will be open Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday and Friday by appointment only and will be closed on the weekends.
May 11,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on May 12, 2010
Leathers Home Furnishings & Accessories has relocated its store in Issaquah, Wash., to a former Linens-N-Things location, the Issaquah Press reported Wednesday.
"We're not going, we're growing," Owner Mitch Setlow said in the report.
The new Leathers Home Furnishings & Accessories should open by Saturday by May 15, and the original store should close in June after a closeout sale.
The move gives the retailer 37,500 square feet of space, more than four times the size of the old 8,000-square-foot Leathers location, which was difficult to see from busy Northwest Gilman Boulevard, and also was damaged by floods in 1996 and 2009.