Nearly 70 companies showing at premarket

By Thomas Russell -- Furniture Today, March 23, 2009

HIGH POINT — Nearly 70 companies will open their doors for the March 23-24 premarket event here.

The list includes 26 furniture companies who are official event sponsors identified on a list released last week by the High Point Market Authority.

The list of sponsors also includes three major showroom operators — 220 Elm, the International Home Furnishings Center and Merchandise Mart Properties — that have tenants participating in the event.

Sponsoring exhibitors and their showroom locations are:

American Drew/Lea Inds. – IHFC C-926

A.R.T. Furniture – 222 S. Main St., suite 200

Aspenhome – IHFC C-1258

Bernhardt – IHFC D-601

Broyhill – IHFC C-600

Casana – 220 Elm, space 400

Hammary – IHFC C-354

Hekman/Woodmark – IHFC C-735

Hooker – IHFC W-1047

Howard Miller – IHFC C-402

Kincaid – IHFC H-1204

Leather Trend – Plaza Suites 300

Legacy Classic – Plaza Suites C-100

Magnussen Home – IHFC M-1010

Natuzzi – 130 W. Commerce

Palliser – 220 Elm 400

PR I-Prime Resources International – 220 Elm 106

Pulaski – 220 Elm 220

Riverside – IHFC C-302

SLF – 220 Elm 100

Stanley – IHFC C-1158

Universal – 2622 Uwharrie Rd.

Vaughan-Bassett – IHFC C-1000

Sponsors provide funds for meals, lodging and ground transportation for buyers. Officials did not say how many buyers they expected to attend the event, other than to say they expected it to meet or exceed last September's attendance.

“The idea of this is not to have an incredibly large number of exhibitors, but to work with those companies that are primarily in case goods, but also some upholstery, to create efficiency and value for the buyers that are here,” said High Point Market Authority President and CEO Brian Casey.

As of late Thursday, another 43 companies that are not official event sponsors had told Furniture/Today that they too will be open during market. They are:

Affordable Furniture – 329 S. Main St.

American Woodcrafters – Center Point 103

Amisco – IHFC D-541

BKind3 – Showplace 3416

Bailey Street – IHFC H-245

Bernard Christianson – 425 S. Main St.

CMI/Container Marketing – Furniture Plaza 303

Chateau D'Ax – IHFC D-1224

Cheers/Man Wah – Furniture Plaza 412

Classic Concepts – Showplace 3326

Domus Ventures – 215 Church Ave. suite 103

Fairmont Designs – National Furniture Mart 610

Fine Furniture Design & Marketing – 1107 N. Main St.

Intercon – IHFC W-941

In-Room Designs – IHFC D-1035

Hackney Home Furnishings/Pioneer Furniture – Center Point Centennial space 10

Hamilton Spill – Plaza Suites 310

Largo International – Center Theater Tower S-100

Jofran – Furniture Plaza 210

Lazar – IHFC D-817

Liberty Furniture – Center Point on Manning 260

Ligna USA – IHFC H-541

Ligo Products – NFM 102

Max Home – 103-105 N. Main St.

Michael Thomas/Miles Talbot – 1690 English Rd

Millennia USA – 156 S. Main, Profit Center Building

Oomph! Inc. – 500 N. Wrenn

Orleans Furniture – Market on Main 3rd floor

Paragon – IHFC C-203

Pinewood International – NFM 200

Prestige Furniture – IHFC W-648

Progressive – 220 Elm 218

Propac – IHFC W-243

Scott Thomas – 200 Steele 136

Slate Vision – 220 Elm 332

Terry Seitz & Associates/Woodbrook Designs – 220 Elm 332

Trayton/Simon Li – Showplace West S-101

Southern Motion – Center Point 1102

Sunrise Home Furnishings – IHFC M-630

Synergy Home Furnishings – 114 N. Main St.

Trade Masters – Center Point, 401 Russell Ave.

Virginia Sterling – Market Square 204

W. Schillig – 220 Elm space 316