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The High Point Market has been noted for being a significant part of the region's furniture business cluster, which was discussed by urbanist Richard Florida [10] and initially by economist Michael Porter. [11] The High Point Market's relationship to downtown High Point is the focus of the book "Showroom City" by urban sociologist John Joe ...
Meanwhile, the High Point Market continued to set furniture trends and to be a national economic indicator; the $5 billion in sales in 1947 after World War II forecast a postwar boom. [28] The 1950s' growth of the furniture market mirrored that of High Point's second population boom from 39,973 in 1950 to 62,063 in 1960. [27]
In July 1981, a group of businessmen bought [12] the 650,000-square-foot [7] complex, with plans to turn it into a furniture showroom building. [12] Market Square opened for the Spring 1982 Furniture Market. Jake Froelich, one of the owners, hoped furniture manufacturers would move their showrooms to the city. [13]
Held twice a year, the High Point Market is the largest furniture trade show in the world. Epperson attended his first market fresh out of graduate school in 1971. Back then, only about 10% of ...
The High Point Furniture Market comes to High Point, North Carolina twice a year, and you may get lucky and find some pieces that makers didn’t want to pay to ship back home after the show, ...
The A-List Designer created a party to remember. With its showrooms styled to the nines, every High Point furniture market is an event—a chance for North Carolina's famed industry to show off ...
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 ...
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 ...