Here comes a mini-market
Will the furniture mini-market Jan. 16-18 start a trend?
If so, will that help or hurt the spring and fall markets in High Point?
Furniture/Today's David Perry thinks Lifestyle is making a smart move with its Forbidden City Furniture Show.
Well, having your own mini-market is one way to avoid the jacked-up prices at hotels and restaurants and beat the traffic and parking problems that come with the twice-yearly megamarkets.
If the idea catches on, could High Point ultimately benefit from a multitude of mini-markets that bring a few thousand furniture folks to town 20 or 30 different weeks of the year, even if some business at the main markets is lost?
Or is this a sign of fatal fragmentation?
The market authority, and its new president, will have to study the implications. If they can find a way to make mini-markets pay off for High Point, they should embrace this innovative development. If not, they'll have to impose some discipline and put an end to renegade scheduling -- if they can.