Davis expands in Tupelo, adds leather
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, January 13, 2003
Tupelo, Miss. — Davis Furniture Inds. is quadrupling its space at the Tupelo Furniture Market to showcase its imported case goods line and a new leather collection.
The Davis space will go from 5,700 square feet to 25,000 square feet in Building E of the Mississippi complex. The Okolona, Miss.-based resource will take over much of that building, and several exhibitors will move to other locations.
The case goods line is the result of the earlier creation of Davis International, which imports product designed to coordinate with Davis upholstery, including bedroom, dining, occasional furniture and exposed showood for upholstery.
T. J. Schutte Jr., national sales manager, said the company is nearly at its goal of 15 complete collections and needs room to show dealers more product.
"We want to put together as much of a package as we can to make it easy for the retailer and the consumer," he said.
In addition, the company will expand its seating line at the market here. "Our goal is to kick off a new leather program," said Schutte. "We sampled four pieces at the last High Point market, so we're going to kick this off with 56 pieces, not including the four at High Point."
