Retailers want market spaces staffed all week
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 20, 2008
High Point — Retailer members of the High Point Market Authority board said during a market meeting that they'd like to see showrooms here staffed and open through Sunday, the official close of market.
Instead, they said that many executives desert the market before it's over, reducing the time retailers have to effectively work the show.
"It has become a four-day market. A lot of showrooms are closed after Thursday. That's just not enough time for us to shop," said David Price, president of Wheaton, Ill.-based Toms-Price.
The board's other retail member, Keith Koenig of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based City Furniture, agreed. He said he used to bring some of his staff to High Point late in the market, but now he doesn't bother.
Market Authority staff said they would look into the situation and may conduct marketing efforts to get exhibitors to keep showrooms staffed until the close of market.
In other business, Market Authority President Brian Casey said he thought the Authority's branding initiative "is starting to catch on." One goal is to attract more designers and small retailers.
Board member Art DeFehr, president of manufacturer Palliser and owner of the 220 Elm showroom building, said he believed traffic at 220 Elm this market would wind up slightly ahead of last spring.
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