In 2016, Virginia Blanca Arrisueño opened Steadfast Supply to fill a void she saw in the marketplace: There weren’t many retail opportunities for small businesses to sell their products and connect with other consumers. [caption...
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“People’s Choice” voting is open now through Jan. 15 for the Winter 2024 Atlanta Market edition of Market Snapshot, a showcase of 40 new and inventive products from its gift and home exhibitors. Buyers are...
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Las Vegas Market is hosting a giveaway, offering pre-registered buyers an opportunity to win tickets to see U2 at the Sphere on Saturday, Jan. 27, the day before the winter buying event, Jan. 28-Feb. 1...
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SHOW T.O., Canada's permanent showroom venue for the gift and home trade, expanded its showroom collective with the addition of four new permanent showroom members. SHOW T.O., which already boasts over 110,000 square feet dedicated...
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ANDMORE Formal Markets and Mon Cheri Academy partnered to produce a yearlong educational program with in-person courses at two Formal Markets — April 8 in Atlanta and Aug. 10 in Las Vegas — supplemented with...
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Gift for Life, a charitable organization in the gift and home industries, is kicking off the new year with a newly redesigned website. Giftforlife.org is designed to be a clean, easy-to-navigate website that allows both...
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Winter 2024 Atlanta Market offers gourmet product sourcing and category-specific programming this January, complete with live cooking presentations and GCX: Start the Year, a full schedule of events and education presented by GC Buying Group,...
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U.S. retail sales — excluding automotive — increased 3.1% year over year this holiday season, according to preliminary insights from Mastercard SpendingPulse. This measures in-store and online retail sales, running from Nov. 1 through Dec....
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Joan Ulrich, who has spent decades in leadership roles across the market center and trade show landscape, from Chicago to New York to Los Angeles to Dallas, is retiring in March 2024. For the past...
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