Team of Ten Will Represent High Point for a Full Year

High Point, NC, February 6, 2014 — The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) is pleased to announce the 2014 Style Spotters Team, as follows –

• Michelle Jennings Wiebe, ASID (FL), Year 2013 Style Spotter “Emeritus”, Studio M, @StudioM_

• Shay Geyer (TX), Fall 2013 Runner-Up, IBB Design Fine Furnishings, @designerShay

• Mitzi Beach, ASID, CAPS (KS), Mitzi Beach Interiors, @mitzi_beach

• Jeanne Chung (CA), Cozy•Stylish•Chic, @CozyStylishChic

• Nicole Gibbons (NY), Nicole Gibbons Studio LLC, @NicoleGibbons

• Haskell Harris (SC) Haskell Harris Creative, @haskellharris81

• Meredith Heron (Canada), Meredith Heron Design Inc., @meredithheron

• Gary Inman (VA), Glave & Holmes, @GaryInman2

• Denise McGaha (TX), Denise McGaha Interiors, @DeniseMcGaha

• Michelle Workman (GA), Michelle Workman Interiors, @interioricon

Style Spotters, launched during the Fall 2011 Market, are home fashion trendsetters that showcase their favorite products and top trends from Market exhibitors on Pinterest, a website that lets users organize and share photos on virtual pinboards. The HPMA put the 2014 team together by using a combination of self-identified and well-known candidates, with an impartial vetting and selection commit

tee, and sought a diverse and geographically balanced group. We would like to thank both Julia Noran Johnston (The Editor at Large) and Kelli Ellis (Design Camp) for their help in assisting the selection committee.

The Style Spotter team for 2014 will work through both Markets (April and October) which affords continuity and expanded marketing possibilities for the HPMA. Style Spotters will continue to post their favorite products and top trends to the Market Pinterest board (Style Spotters will present exhibitors with signs that highlight their name with a QR code and URL) and will contribute to the two Trend Reports (April and October) that the HPMA produces.

High Point Market has received international recognition as one of the top brands using Pinterest. Social media and branding experts have touted the Market’s Style Spotters program as a unique way to take advantage of brand building on Pinterest. To discover more about the Style Spotters, go to www.highpointmarket.org/stylespotters.