Steelyard in Partnership with High Point Market Authority Introduces High Point at Home
Furniture World News Desk on
3/30/2020
Steelyard, a digital sourcing platform for designers, announced that it is partnering with the High Point Market Authority to help exhibitors showcase their April Market introductions to thousands of interior design professionals who specify products for hundreds of thousands of projects annually. Dubbed High Point at Home, the project allows brands and manufacturers who exhibit at High Point Market and who actively work with the design trade, a free online platform to present their new products, offer their market sales promotions and provide showroom videos, all at no charge.
“Our mission has always been to connect designers and brands, to facilitate positive relationships and to uplift the whole home furnishings and design industries,” notes Steelyard’s CEO Shawn Hughes. “In this most unusual time, we have the opportunity and ability to help our industry stay well-connected and moving forward.”
High Point at Home will launch in late April, giving brands time to produce their new product photography or showroom videos and to develop the sales promotions they intended to offer as part of the April 2020 High Point Market. Brands can exhibit their visual and promotional assets on a special website operated by Steelyard. From there, vetted professional designers will have access to view, source and specify those products, along with being able to interact directly with a brand for additional information, to schedule an appointment with a rep or to work with a sales service team. Steelyard will use its established programming and platform to make the upload of visuals and content simple and appealing. It will leverage its substantial marketing capabilities to promote High Point at Home’s participants and products to thousands of vetted North American design professionals. Steelyard’s secure platform is not available to consumers.
High Point at Home is being offered at no charge to either brands or design professionals because, as Hughes comments, “We are committed to supporting the Market, design-focused brands and the interior design community. We believe through partnership there’s success, for everyone.”
Brands and manufacturers can call Steelyard’s COO, Michael D’Imperio, at (410) 746-2095, or via email at
mdimperio@steelyardaccess.com immediately to participate in High Point at Home.
Designers can access all the new introductions and market special promotions available through High Point at Home and review existing product catalogs from Steelyard’s partner brands by registering at
steelyardaccess.com.
About Steelyard: For over 20 years, Steelyard has been the industry’s most comprehensive digital product resource serving the interior design trade. Digital and search technology has changed a bit since 1997 when we scanned brand catalogs page-by-page onto the first platform. But the need for a streamlined way to quickly view thousands of products has not changed, and every evolution of Steelyard — from site upgrades to rebranding to more site upgrades — has been designed to create the most efficient way to search and organize products in a password-protected, wholesale environment. At Steelyard, we’re here to connect the industry’s best brands and trade programs with design professionals like you. Whether shopping the go-to giants or hunting for bespoke and emerging artisans, we put them all at the designer’s fingertips with a single login. For more information, visit Steelyard.com.