Fall Market may be a few months away, but the time to nab discounted hotel rates for your stay is now. Discounted rates are only available until July 31, 2008 or until the sub-room blocks sell out, and inventory is booking fast.

To secure one, you must book through the High Point Market website via the following link: www.highpointmarket.org/hotels. Simply click on “request a room,” enter your exact arrival and departure dates, and click “search.” All hotels that are available, for those dates, will appear. Then, just follow the prompts.

We urge all Market-goers to take advantage of these special offers. Make your plans now to join us for Fall Market, October 20-26, 2008. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact Dawn Smith, Director of Market Services, at 800/874-6492 or 336/869-1000, ext. 231. Some restrictions and minimum-night stays apply.

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The RoomPlace at Harlem Furniture has always stood out in Chicago’s highly competitive home furnishings market thanks to a long-standing emphasis on value, selection and room group concept. Now, according to chief executive Bruce Berman, the retail chain is ready to take its business to the next level.

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Welcome to the dog days of summer, at least at retail. Although millions of tax rebate checks hit mailboxes in June, consumer spending remained soft last month. Indeed, according to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for June (which exclude automobiles, gas stations and restaurants) rose 1.3 percent unadjusted over last year and increases 0.2 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month.

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Furniture: What’s Up—a series of monthly public forums examining various aspects of the North Carolina furniture business—continues this month with “The Factory Next Door: Marsh Furniture and its Macedonia Neighborhood.”

Presented by The Furniture Heritage Project of the High Point Museum, the sixth in this series of monthly discussions is set for 6:30 p.m., July 29, 2008 at the Macedonia Family Resource Center, 401 Lake Avenue, in High Point, NC. Panelists include High Point City Councilman Rev. Ronald Wilkins and Terry Dickey, president of Marsh Furniture. The discussion is free and open to the public. For more information call (336) 885-1859.