Best of Market: High Point
Highlights of latest furniture introductions
Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, October 30, 2009
HIGH POINT — A wide variety of fresh styles, functions and features were in the spotlight at the October High Point Market. Here are some of the new products that were particularly well received by buyers.
 The Carson dresser from Henredon's Artway collection has a distinctive, sculptural feel. |
 Kincaid's Destin sofa makes a strong coastal statement with its soft gray-blue stripes accented with red and cream. |
 Taracea's Hearst Castle-licensed collection includes this buffet with Spanish and Old World style elements. |
 Furniture Classics features reclaimed timber in its Old Elm Trunk design, suitable for a variety of uses. |
 Pearson uses dramatic scallops and an exclusive linen fabric to draw attention to its No. 2484-1 sofa. |
 Glass tops, curved stretchers and transitional styling proved a success for Klaussner's Trilogy occasional tables. |
 This Tagara cocktail table from Acacia comes with a top made of six-millimeter, herringbone-woven rattan peel and veneer. |
 Broyhill's Bryson bedroom collection, which includes this arched panel bed with underbed storage, was well received at market. |
 A-America had good success at market with its Echo Lake oval table. The buffet features an intricate inlay. |
 Dealers responded well to Chelsea House's Italian carved console table, available in several Old World finishes and a solid or faux marble top. |
 Moretti's chaise, upholstered in cowhide with a white lacquer frame, was very well received by designers. |
 The thick, planked top on this contemporary-styled Canadel table drew strong interest. |
 A different approach to legs gives Acrylicore's Romeo chair a different approach to contemporary living. |
 MacKenzie-Dow's Twisted Pedestal table, part of its English Pub collection, was a hit. |
 This chair with wool cover from TRS Furniture & Textiles draws inspiration from the glamorous age of Deco. |
For more Best of Market coverage, don't miss Furniture/Today's Nov. 2 print issue. Also, we've posted some additional photos of well-received introductions in the Slideshow area of the Furniture/Today Web site. You can view those by clicking here.
Talkback
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Our online Best of Market presentations (there are two on the site, a Slideshow in the Photo area and another in the Market News area) are intended to complement the eight pages of highlight photos in our November 2 print edition (pages 26 to 33). Since print space is limited, we're seeking with our online presentations to give additional exposure to products that generated strong dealer interest during market. Our goal is to identify those products that drew a lot of activity and interest during the show. We depend on the expertise of our writers and editors to make these selections. Their selections are intended to reflect the wide scope of a very fragmented, diverse industry and represent a range of price points, product categories and styles. Taken as a whole (print and online), our presentations show more than 100 examples of market winners. Are there other interesting products not shown in these presentations? No question, and that's why it's important to attend markets. But Furniture/Today provides the best after-the-show roundup of key style and product directions, showing introductions from niche fashion leaders as well as more commercial, big-volume sources, in the industry.
Gary James - 2009-4-11 14:57:30 EST -
Matthew, I'm sure we could get into some kind of circular debate on this, but plainly said, Furniture/Today has several editorial invitations and this is one of them. Companies are invited to send us the names of product introductions prior to market to give retailers a heads up of what will be in their showroom. It's a free service the paper does for an industry that allows us close access. They submit their Best of Market, which is supposed to give a good reflection of what did well. So, you say tomato...
Heath Combs - 2009-4-11 11:09:51 EST -
No we don't know how it works Mr.Combs, now we do-its not a BEST OF MARKET then is it?
If there is no qualifying of the product and merely product submissions for manufacturers, whats the point??
Lazy, Lazy
Matthew - 2009-4-11 10:13:57 EST -
The comments here seem to indicate that you don't understand how our Best of Market process works. We have an open invitation for companies to send in product that was well received in their showrooms during market. Most of the photos are in our Nov. 2 print edition and several others we've printed on this page. No need to get all mean about it.
Heath Combs - 2009-4-11 09:57:49 EST -
I agree as well. Ft Come on you can do better than that. There was so many products that had a wow factor and at the end you only publish this dull looking old junk.
Seems like for me the one responsible for selection was very lazy and only visited showrooms in a radius of 100 meters where he was staying.
Being a leading magazine , keep up your game
Pumpido - 2009-3-11 21:57:35 EST
