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More Americans plan cookouts, fireworks, road trips for Independence Day

Americans are expected to spend $7.1 billion on food for cookouts and picnics as they celebrate the Fourth of July this year, up from $6.8 billion in 2016, according to the annual survey released today by the... more »

ASD Market Week: nine shows in one

ASD Market Week is a comprehensive B2B trade show that brings a variety of retail merchandise from all over the world together in one efficient shopping experience. The ASD Market Week show floor is filled with... more »

Fresh advice for retailers from trend forecasting firm, TOBE

Leslie Ghize has some fresh advice for retailers.She's executive vice president at The TOBE Report, a think tank owned by The Doneger Group that has been tracking and interpreting trends in fashion, culture, and retail and advising leading retailers for... more »

Las Vegas Market debuts, expansions, renewals reflects home furnishings industry confidence

Las Vegas Market announced that furniture leasing activity continues to intensify, with more than 300,000 square feet of new, expanded and renewed showrooms already committed in advance of the Summer 2017 Las Vegas Market, July 30-August... more »

Douglas Company is flipping for mermaids, narwhals

Embrace the fantasy out of the water with DOUGLAS Company’s newest plush Mermaids with brushable hair! These latest sirens of the sea are here to join last year’s Ciara and Serena and take your breath... more »

Visual Comfort & Co. debuts largest showroom in the world in Dallas

Visual Comfort & Co., the premier resource for signature designer lighting, celebrates the grand opening of its largest showroom in the world, located in the newly opened Interior Home + Design Center at Dallas Market... more »

Grand Strand Gift & Resort Merchandise Show returns December 3-6, 2017

The nation's largest, longest-running coastal souvenir, resort gift show, the Grand Strand Gift & Resort Merchandise Show, returns December 3-6, 2017 to South Carolina's Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Known among exhibitors and attendees as the... more »

Las Vegas Market gourmet reproduces top 500 for first time ever

Las Vegas Market announced today that another round of commitments from another five new and expanding showrooms and another 15 temporary exhibitors has pushed gourmet resources over 500 for the first time ever for the... more »

Dallas Market Center presents Hermes Mallea speaking on great houses of Havana

Dallas Market Center proudly presents architect Hermes Mallea, AIA, speaking on Thursday, June 22 as part of the grand opening of the Interior Home + Design Center. Mallea will discuss “Great Houses of Havana” at noon on the first floor of... more »

Mud Pie signs on as gold sponsor of Gift + Stationery 40 Under 40 Awards

The inaugural Gift + Stationery 40 Under 40 Awards, presented by leading specialty retail magazines Gift Shop, Stationery Trends and Museums & More, is excited to welcome Mud Pie as a Gold Sponsor. As a... more »