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The High Point Market (formerly the International Home Furnishings Market and the Southern Furniture Market), held in High Point, North Carolina, is the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world, with over 11 million square feet (1 km 2) and about 2,000 exhibitors throughout about 180 buildings. [1]
Factories were needed to produce affordable wooden household furniture for the southern market. The first furniture company, the High Point Furniture Manufacturing Company, was formed in 1889. Subsequently, from 1890 to 1900, 38 new furniture factories opened in the state, with 13 of those in High Point. [28]
As of 2005, according to the Convention and Visitors Bureau, 200,000 people came to High Point each year to buy furniture, from locations as far away as Chicago. The High Point Market has many locations in downtown High Point, but they are not open to consumers. People coming to High Point to shop for furniture have a difficult time finding a ...
The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), formerly the American Furniture Manufacturers Association, is an industry trade group which represents manufacturers and importers of home furnishings in the United States. [1] [2] [3] It is based in High Point, North Carolina.
Starting with the Spring 2011 High Point Furniture Market, Thomasville Furniture Industries moved its showroom space from Thomasville to the International Home Furnishings Center. [4] The five-story 225,000-square-foot former headquarters building, which was built in 1958 on East Main Street in Thomasville and also housed Drexel Heritage , was ...
Feb. 25—HIGH POINT — Office furniture-maker Haworth has closed its longtime seating manufacturing facility in High Point. Julie Smith, spokeswoman for the Holland, Michigan-based company, said ...
After 27 years, the home decor and furniture store Blacklion is leaving Pineville at the end of January. The family-run store, where small businesses and merchants sell their wares, is opening a ...
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