EXHIBITORS ENTRIES DUE FOR HIGH POINT MARKET SHOWROOM DISPLAY AND MERCHANDISING IDEAS COMPETITION

The High Point Market Showroom Display and Merchandising Ideas Competition—designed to celebrate the extraordinary showroom presentations you create each and every season—is already well underway. All companies exhibiting at the Fall 2007 High Point Market are eligible and invited to enter the competition. But you must act quickly: Entries will only be accepted until 9 a.m., Monday morning, October 1, 2007.

Showroom displays will be judged on visual appeal, creativity, elements and principles of design presentation, each display’s ability to be replicated efficiently and affordably on retail floors and consumer allure. Find competition details, rules and instructions for submissions at the following web address: www.highpointmarket.org/fall07competition.

An esteemed panel of consumer and trade magazine editors from ten leading publications are serving as judges for the competition. Among these are Sarah Gray Miller, editor-in-chief, O at Home; Catherine Lee Davis, associate editor at large, Veranda; Laura Fenton, home editor, Good Housekeeping; Ray Allegrezza, editor in chief, Furniture/Today; Sheila Long O’Mara, editor in chief, Home Furnishings Business; Warren Shoulberg, editor, HFN; Julie Smith, editorial director, Furniture Style; Trish Kemerly, editor, Home Furnishings Retailer; and Jim Carper, editor, Home Décor Buyer.

The competition culminates in a gala reception for retailers, designers and exhibitors under the tent in the Century Courtyard at Market Square on Tuesday evening, October 2, 2007, beginning at 6 p.m., with competition winners recognized at 7 p.m. Along with highlights of the Market’s most compelling merchandising and design ideas, reception guests will also enjoy a tasting of award-winning wines from Biltmore Estates. And, as an added benefit, competition entries will be featured in a special Display and Merchandising Ideas Handbook for retailers to be published immediately following the Fall High Point Market. All retailers and designers are invited to attend! RSVP via email now to jan@highpointmarket.org to reserve your place at the reception and a copy of the Handbook!