I live in a small resort town (with a lot of wealthy home owners) and am considering opening a home furnishings fabric store since a person must drive minimum an hour to the nearest decorator fabric store. I would appreciate any tips or suggestions you could give me as a starting point for wholesalers, etc. Christine B.

Dear Christine: It has been my experience that wealthy home owners don’t shop for fabric. Their decorators do. Notwithstanding, visit www.itma-showtime.com. The next edition of the home furnishing industry wholesale fabric trade show is December 11-14, in High Point, North Carolina. Every company that supplies fabric to the furniture industry is represented at that show. Good Luck, Andy