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#5 ANTHEM LEATHER INC.
Description: Marketer and distributor of upholstery leather
Address: 512 Townsend Ave., High Point 27263
Phone: (336) 861-0075
Web site: www.anthemleather.com
2002 revenues: Declined to disclose
Year founded: 1997
No. of Triad employees: 28
No. of employees total: 28
Offices outside Triad: None
Top executive: President and CEO Robert Wilson
HIGH POINT - Anthem Leather Inc. was built to handle market pressures that continue to reshape the furniture industry
The leather upholstery distributor has become a Fast 50 regular by helping its customers - leather furniture manufacturers - deliver high-fashion, value-priced leather products that consumers want today.
The company has also been fortunate to be in a resilient segment of the industry. Robert Wilson, president and CEO, says leather furniture sales have remained buoyant as other product categories have sunk.
"People are still fascinated by leather," he says. "No matter what happens with the economy, leather still has...