AmericasMart Welcomes Buyers to Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market
AmericasMart® welcomes buyers back to its expansive campus for the Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market®, Tuesday, September 17 through Thursday, 19, 2013.
The Tuesday through Thursday timing introduces a new pattern for the fall market, which now gives attendees the added convenience of weekday access to showrooms and temporaries with Monday and Friday travel days bracketing the show.
In addition to AmericasMart’s Open Daily HOME and GIFT showrooms, buyers will have the opportunity to shop in Market-only showrooms during this last major order writing event of 2013. Highlighting AmericasMart’s world of new product is the continued integration of the home and rug collections throughout Building 1, and intriguing and easy-to-shop garden, gift, tabletop and gourmet collections in Building 2.
Complementing the permanent showrooms are the TEMPORARY home and gift collections on Building 1 Floor 2. The collections include home accents, home furnishings, linens, home textiles, garden products, holiday, floral, baskets, general gifts, and jewelry and fashion accessories.
The gourmet foods, gourmet housewares and tabletop categories are showcased in The Atlanta Gourmet Market®, held simultaneous to the Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market.
Additionally, top bridal fashions and accessories are showcased at the VOW | NEW WORLD OF BRIDAL Market occurring concurrently in Building 3. Now in its second year, VOW isquickly becoming America’s premier Bridal Market, highlighted by presentations from celebrity wedding planner David Tutera, Lara Casey, editor of “Southern Weddings Magazine”, and an Experts Panel of bridal industry thought leaders. For more information about VOW | New World of Bridal please visit http://www.americasmart.com/apparel/vow.
While exploring the permanent and temporary collections, buyers also benefit from a series of educational, entertaining and impactful events and seminars. Highlights include:
· Lindsay Roberts of The Gift Insider presents “See the Top Picks in Gift: July 2013 Edition.” Roberts presents another look at her top picks from the July 2013 Market. Tuesday, September 17, 10 a.m. Building 2, Floor 9, Escalator Lobby.
· Marketing and public relations consultant Tucker Berta presents “The Education Center: Dive Into Facebook.” Berta teaches how to set up a page, curate the proper voice and mix of content, and cultivate a strong fan base. Tuesday, September 17, 1 p.m. Building 1, Floor 2.
· Alvin Moore of Alvin Moore Florals presents “Seasonal Wreaths That Wow.” Moore shares his ideas for themes, materials and techniques for making seasonal wreaths, one of the top trends in holiday, floral and home décor. Wednesday, September 18, 2 p.m. Building 1, Floor 19, Seminar Room.
A full list of Market events is available at http://www.americasmart.com/gift/sept-market/events.
ABOUT AMERICASMART
AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 14 annual Markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January and July are the ignition switch for global retailing with buyers from every U.S. state and more than 90 countries discovering product in more than 1,400 showrooms and more than 2,500 temporary exhibiting companies.
Located in downtown Atlanta, the AmericasMart complex contains more than seven million square feet of space. It’s a huge global stage on which manufacturers, designers and sales representatives unveil new lines, launch new designs and introduce new categories – all for the benefit of buyers seeking all that is fresh and first in the home, rug, gift and apparel arenas. For more information, please visitwww.AmericasMart.com. Follow us @AmericasMartATL or @AtlantaApparel.
