July 2010 Chicago Market Recap
Chicago, IL – The Chicago Market: Living and Giving® delivered a comprehensive line-up of brand named products and new to market resources during the July Market. With new showrooms added to its permanent collection and sold out Temporaries, The Chicago Market offered buyers and retailers highly sought after product lines and unique specialty resources that helped differentiate retailer and buyers’ business.
The Chicago Market also offered retail driven business seminars to help retailers grow their businesses in a variety of strategic areas. Highlights included an inspirational and educational keynote presentation with Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, and retail seminars with relevant topics ranging from Fair Trade, merchandising, sales techniques, latest trends and more.
Additional highlights included a Designer’s Day seminar sponsored by Traditional Home magazine, a Chicago Market Twitter campaign sponsored by Midwest – CBK, and a First Floor Lake Living display created by Chicago-based designer Mick Santiago.
The Chicago Market also welcomed new showrooms this July, including Wilco Imports, Hanna’s Handiworks, and!Sales and Diverse Marketing, TJ’s Christmas and Pictures and More.
For more information on The Chicago Market: Living and Giving, please visit www.shopchicagomarket.com or call 800.677.6278 (MART).
The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a trademark of MMPI. Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show is a registered trademark of MMPI. The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a quarterly wholesale tradeshow designed for store owners, retail buyers and designers to shop a wide array of quality products ranging from home accents and furniture to handcrafted or eco-friendly product to collectible items, holiday, baby/children’s product, gourmet and more. The Chicago Merchandise Mart is located at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654. For more information call 800.677.6278 (MART) or visit shopchicagomarket.com.
MMPI is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.
MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart and 350 West Mart Center in Chicago; Market Square, the Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and the National Furniture Mart in High Point, N.C.; the Architects & Designers Building and 7 W New York in New York; the Boston Design Center in Boston; the L.A. Mart in Los Angeles; and the Washington Design Center in Washington D.C.
Vornado Realty Trust, owners of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VN
