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Originally Posted by KC911
High end furniture is marked up 4-500% if one is shopping in a retail store. In a few weeks, 100k industry insiders will be visiting High Point to decide what the stores that Tabby visits will offer their customers. Hopefully the representatives of Tabby's stores don't come to town wearin' draggin' azz jeans....that might work at the second tier LV furniture trade show...but not here  . These shows aren't open to the publc....literally millions of square ft. of permanent showrooms here. High Point is called "the furniture capital of the world" for a reason. I'm pretty sure the cream of the selections never see a retail store. To be clear...I don't run in those circles....neither does Julia Roberts evidently.
Now I'm outta here...this thread has been a hoot |
Really now...40% plus 10% off that off retail is about right.
A good portion of American made furniture is made in North Carolina, they have their showrooms (mostly to the trade) in Hi Point, NC. They also have showrooms in San Francisco and NOW LAS VEGAS. LV will supplant the to the retail trade business as there as so many diversions for the visiting trade buyer. That is coming. That said NC made furniture is NOT THE HIGH END stuff it is the commercial B grade stuff. Drexel Heritage, Thomasville, Hickory and Century while being nice is still B Grade furniture.
Baker Furniture also has their B line, but their cream Stately Home Collection is or was made in Holland Michigan. The Baker arm to
the Trade is Baker Knapp and Tubbs. Baker I believe has a BKT showroom in Hi Point as well as in all the major cities in the US. BKT is to the Trade ONLY (Interior Designers) showroom, no retail sales and they are located in to the Trade only DESIGN CENTERS (Blue Whale in LA) and BKT only carry's HIGH END furniture...or the best of the best. No schlock...like Thomas Ville.
So KC your "pretty sure" is
just not good enough...Now this is all very old news to me, as I stopped buying and following the furniture trade a long time ago.