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Show Highlights from the August Rocky Mountain Gift Show and Denver Apparel & Accessory Market

The Rocky Mountain Gift Show combined with the Denver Apparel and Accessory Market welcomed over 30 new exhibitors. Offering new and exciting products that enriched the show were: Apple Pie Publishing, Barking Bad Bakery &... more »

Retailers could ring up more than $1.1 trillion in holiday sales, topping last year

Retail sales are expected to grow between 5 and 5.6 percent from a year ago, according to Deloitte's annual retail sales forecast for the holiday season. Sales between November of last year and January 2018... more »

Learn how to prepare for disasters at Twitter chat, webinar

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has partnered with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) to help businesses become more aware of their risks while also helping them develop a continuity plan. Advance preparation... more »

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal proclaims September Balloon Month

For the eighth year in a row, Maxine Burton, president and founder, and Bob Burton, CEO, ofburton + BURTON® have spearheaded the initiative to coincide “Balloon Month” in the State ofGeorgia via a balloon proclamation... more »

Joan Ulrich joins Dallas Market Center as Executive Vice President of Leasing

Dallas Market Center is pleased to announce that Joan Ulrich has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Leasing, responsible for leasing strategy across the gift, home, lighting, holiday, floral, and design neighborhoods of... more »

Las Vegas Market announces dates for 2019 shows

Las Vegas Market, an all-inclusive furniture, gift and home décor market featuring more than 4,000 resources as well as exclusive west coast lines, has announced the dates for its winter and summer 2019 shows: 2019... more »

Inklings Paperie announces Starbucks collaboration

Inklings Paperie announced an exciting collaboration with Starbucks. The new range combines Inklings scratch-offs and Starbucks coffee, and consists of a series of vibrantly-colored “Make Your Own Scratch-off” cards, a signature product in the Inklings... more »

New stationery show planned for June in New Jersey

Global Products Market Expositions (GPM) is inviting stationery marketing brands, as well as buyers and attendees, to a new stationery trade show in New Jersey next summer. The Global Stationery Products Market Trade Show (GSPM)... more »

International Western/English Apparel & Equipment markets find a new home at Dallas Market Center

The Western & English Sales Association (WESA), producer of the world’s largest trade events for the Equestrian Industry, in collaboration with Dallas Market Center, the leading wholesale marketplace for buyers and sellers from around the... more »

Locally crafted products, new gourmet offerings attract retailers to August 2018 Seattle Gift Show

Special spotlights on new vendors, local resources and the debut of Northwest Flavors, a new sector featuring locally-made gourmet products, and artisan handicrafts were among the new initiatives that drew retailers from throughout the Pacific... more »