When I first started doing Design in 2001 things were simpler. I had a bricks and mortar store and the benefit of a community that valued its local businesses. Each trip to the High Point Furniture Market or the New York Gift show was exhilarating, informative and a bit stressful. I loved getting to meet the manufacturers. Yes, the manufacturers not the distributors. I got to see the factories, meet the designers and the buyers of the materials used to create the furniture. I