Pared-down High Point Furniture Market draws small crowds, mixed reviews

Fall market week 2020 brought a High Point Furniture Market like no other. Daily health checks, vacant showrooms, no live seminars or entertainment, uncrowded corridors and half-empty parking lots surrounding the downtown area provided reminders that life is anything but normal amid Covid-19. Following the cancellation of the 2020 Spring Market as the state imposed restrictions in response to the pandemic, the High Point Market Authority implemented a number of changes to the typical Market experience.…