New Great Lakes Gift Show shows success
The new 2025 Regional Great Lakes Gift Show debuted at the Kalamazoo Expo Center on Feb 25–27, 2025 was a great success. A variety of industry newcomers and first-time exhibitors, local, regional and national companies and manufacturer rep groups were on hand to exhibit from around the Great Lakes, Midwest and East Coast states.
The show attracted around 400 attendees from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. A variety of different businesses included: boutiques, bookstores, campgrounds, florists, gift shops, gourmet, hospital gift shops, lighthouse, museums, resorts, seasonal, sporting goods and zoos attended the show.
The gift show introduced a wide assortment of new gift lines, bath & body, home décor, holiday, resort apparel, souvenir and tourism with many different unique product lines and much more, Exhibitors had great buyer interaction, many forging new business partnerships and wrote orders with new customers throughout the three day show.
Exhibitors Jeanne Claire, the CEO of andSales!; Sun Your Soul’s owner Robert Montalvo; and Jeanette Speenburgh, executive vice president of the brands Buddy by the Sea & Buddy by the Lake, were optimistic and stated the show’s success reiterates the need for a regional show in the Great Lakes Region and are excited to see the show grow. Exhibitors have already started to reserve their booths for the 2026 Great Lakes Gift Show on March 3-5, 2026 and is 85% full.
The Great Lakes Gift show is one of three exciting gift shows in the Great Lakes Promotions portfolio: Great Lakes Gift Show, Wisconsin Gift Show and the Great Lakes Apparel Show. After a huge success and a strong turnout of the new Great Lakes Gift Show this past February, exhibitors and manufacturer rep groups approached the show promoters and asked them to move the 2026 fall gift show up a year sooner. The fall Great Lakes Gift Show will be held at the Kalamazoo Expo Center on Oct. 14-16, 2025. This will be the first fall show in over 14 years, and we are very excited it’s gaining a lot of attention.
Information about the show or interested in exhibiting you can sign up: greatlakespromotionsllc.com
