High Point, NC. Furniture28, importer and designer, debuts its contemporary collections at this Fall High Point Market with a "boutique" approach to supplying the medium-sized retailer. According to Jim Collins, President, this means that once an annual pace of 250 containers is reached, no more accounts will be added, and furniture28 will concentrate on servicing and growing the existing accounts. "This way we can devote our efforts to just a few customers." Collins is himself a medium-sized retailer in Baltimore, MD and knows the challenges involved in importing after doing it since 1987.

Product comes from Vietnam, Malaysia, and China, and furniture28 has its own quality control personnel to inspect shipments, based in its branch office in Singapore. Kit Yeoh, VP, Singapore, states "we want to provide to the medium-sized retailer the service and value only the largest retailer usually receives." furniture28 features unique designs, market exclusivity, and 30-day terms, and the company permits much more mixing than ordinary on containers. furniture28 is displaying at the new Centennial Center, Space 100, 325 E. Russell Ave. in High Point.