Furniture First Launches Symposium Sponsorship Portal

November 7, 2016  by Larry Thomas in Industry, Special Events   

The online signup provides an even footing for each approved vendor to participate. Tables, booths and extra exposure add-on sponsorships will be sold on a first come first served basis.

“We’ve sold out of sponsorships each year for the past four years,” said Darby Hawkins, event planner for Furniture First. “We have a limited amount of space at the hotel. We want to accommodate as many vendors as possible, but we have to put a limit on the number of spaces. Several sponsorships slots are in high-demand.”

While the online sponsorship portal is designed to alleviate confusion over which vendor claimed which sponsorship spot first, officials said a paper form is also being distributed to approved vendors.

The theme for the 2017 event is “Igniting Ideas, Sharing Solutions.” The final agenda and list of speakers is still in development.

Based in Harrisburg, Pa., Furniture First is a cooperative national home furnishings and mattress buying group serving full line independent retailers with sales over $2 million. Collectively the group represents $2 billion in retail sales through 460 member store fronts. 

Furniture First occupies showrooms at the Las Vegas and High Point Markets, where it displays products from several of the group’s approved vendors. This includes the high-margin private label mattress line, Mattress 1st.

Additional information is available at www.furniturefirst.com.