CASUAL BUSINESS GETS PREVIEW OPPORTUNITY.(furniture retailers)

HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, July, 2005 by Fleischer, Jo

Byline: Jo Fleischer

HIGH POINT, N.C.-Casual furniture retailers are applauding the first officially sanctioned premarket in Chicago this week.

In the past, some casual furniture exhibitors in the Chicago Merchandise Mart opened for an unofficial event during July. However, some major manufacturers also invited retailers to fly out to their own product previews in Las Vegas and other resort locales during the month. "It just became too much for most retailers to travel to three or four different locations," said Karen Galindo, an owner of the Greenhouse Mall in ...