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Article: New Vegas market has high point abuzz: the impending debut of the first Las Vegas Furniture Market creates a lot of talk, but little panic, at the busy Spring International Furnishings Market.(LAS VEGAS MARKET)
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- Wood & Wood Products
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- May 1, 2005
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The prospect of competition from the new Las Vegas Market, set to debut July 25-29, failed to dim the mood at the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, NC, held April 14-20.
Buyers and sellers crowded elevators and stood shoulder to shoulder at parties. Typical attendance to the biannual High Point market is about 70,000, according to Market Authority President Judy Mendenhall, who said her conversations with exhibitors indicated attendance was equal to last April and "sales were very strong."
"What we heard this market was a whole lot of optimism from the retailers and designers, as well as the exhibitors," Mendenhall said.
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