Checking in on North Carolina鈥檚 furniture industry after the High Point Spring Market

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Due South

Checking in on North Carolina鈥檚 furniture industry after the High Point Spring Market

By Leoneda Inge,

Published May 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM EDT

Every spring, High Point, North Carolina becomes the center of furniture design and manufacturing during the Spring Market. This year there was a twist 鈥� a looming tariff war threatens to shake global trade. A reporter, consultant, and folks in the biz share the latest about the present and future of NC鈥檚 role in furniture making.

Guests
Tammy Covington, President and CEO
Paul Garber,
Mark S. Laferriere, Assurance Partner at and writer of its monthly furniture industry newsletter

Due South

Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 深夜福利's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 深夜福利 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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