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High Point Market holding showroom display competition

Entries must be received before Oct. 20

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, October 3, 2008

HIGH POINT — High Point Market exhibitors can show off their showroom displays and great merchandising ideas in the second annual High Point Market Showroom Display and Merchandising Ideas Competition.

All market exhibitors are eligible to enter the competition, put on by the High Point Market Authority.

Competition details, rules, criteria for judging, and instructions for submissions are available online at www.highpointmarket.org/competition. Entries must be made through the Web site and received before 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 20, the market's opening day.

"We instituted this very special event to celebrate the extraordinary creativity and inventiveness of our exhibitors," said Brian Casey, Market Authority president and CEO. "For years, designers and retailers have known that the High Point Market is the place where trends begin - and a great place to discover fresh, new merchandising ideas.

"The showrooms at the High Point Market are unlike any other in the world, so this is really the only place an event like this can be held," said Casey. "By showcasing and honoring our exhibitors in this way, we hope to provide retailers with a source of ideas, inspiration and techniques that they can use on their floors throughout the year as they work to deliver the ultimate shopping experience to their customers."

The competition will showcase several categories: visual appeal, creativity, elements and principles of design, retail application and consumer allure. Additionally, this year's competition adds a new standard: sustainability.

An award reception will take place in the tent in the Century Courtyard at Market Square here on Tuesday evening, Oct. 21. The event will begin at 6 p.m. and winners will be recognized at 7 p.m. Winning entrants in each category will be presented with a crystal trophy cup for display in their showrooms, will be showcased on "High Point Market Live" and highlighted in market press materials, and will be featured on the market Web site after market as a resource for retailers.

Judging will be led by Jane Matteson, executive director of the American Society of Furniture Designers. Judges will be editors from home furnishings publications including Mark McMenamin of Interior Design and Sheila Long O'Mara of Home Furnishings Business in the United States; Takayoshi Nagashima of The Home Living, Japan; and Sylvia Khan of Index Furniture Journal, India.

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