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38215
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Despite not making the final bid as site for Amazon’s second US headquarters, the city of Hickory can claim fulfillment of its economic promise. Fulfillment of its promise is in industries such as furniture, which can measure success in 60% of furniture sold in the United States connected to the area. Success on a global scale can be measured in Hickory Furniture Mart’s attracting visitors from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and drawing 500,000 visits annually.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 2, February 2018,
p85-86, 88, 90-93
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Hickory--History; Hickory Furniture Mart; Furniture industry and trade; Furniture industry and trade--Hickory; Catawba County--Economic conditions; Catawba County--industry; Fiber optics industry--Catawba County; Fiber optics; Employees--Training of; Catawba Valley Medical Center (Hickory); Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory); Catawba County Community College (Hickory)
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4266
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Catawba County is at the center of the $5.5 billion global fiber optics industry, producing 40 percent of the world's cable supply. Industry giants, Siecor Corp. and Alcatel NA, built facilities here and recently expanded. Siecor and CommScope are the county's largest employers, each with over 2,000 workers.
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