Davis Celebrates 75 Years

Three quarters of a century is an extraordinary achievement for any company to reach. It is a milestone that requires continuity in outstanding leadership, astute market analysis and knowledge of customer needs, an ability to adjust to those changing needs, and of course, a small bit of good fortune. This year, the contract furnishings manufacturer Davis celebrates its 75thanniversary. 2019 commemorates 75 years of one family owning and operating a business that began as a war-era reupholstery company and has grown through phenomenal success in contract furnishings. We spoke with the Davis family to peer back in time, to see how this company came to be a leading contract furnishings maker. During World War II in 1944, it was that astute market analysis and understanding of customer needs that first moved John T. Davis, Sr. to start his own company in High Point, North Carolina. “During the war, Americans were not …