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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 ...
The High Point Market 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. The market holds two major shows each year, and attracts between 70,000 and 80,000 attendees. [37]
Nov. 16—HIGH POINT — A stainless steel sculpture that will be presented in the coming weeks to a popular N. Main Street restaurant for contributions to the success of the High Point Market ...
The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High ...
Sep. 15—HIGH POINT — The High Point Market Authority will debut a custom-built structure and host educational and social programming at The Point during the Oct. 16-20 High Point Market.
March 17, 1983. Market Square is a furniture showroom complex in High Point, North Carolina, owned by International Market Centers which is the largest building in North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the sixth largest in the United States. [2] Known also as Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Company Complex, it was ...
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 ...
Furnitureland South in Jamestown, North Carolina is the largest retail furniture store in the United States [1] with 1.3 million square feet and $180 million in sales as of 2004. Called "the Walt Disney World of Furniture", [2] the store is known for its 85-foot-tall highboy, and is the first of the group of stores which in 2004 came to be ...