Jul 20, 2007

This Summer, Americasmart Exhibitors Presented Boldest, Best in Product Merchandising

Atlanta – Each January and July—during The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market, more than 2,000 showrooms and 4,400 temporary booths are judged on their creative efforts, including use of space, product display and placement, signage, flooring and lighting.

The winners are selected by an independent panel of judges who bring passion and decades of visual display expertise to the Program.

For July 2007, the Visual Display Awards winners are:

Permanent Exhibitors:
AmericasMart – (The Merchandise Mart)
K&K Interiors—Best of Show, Holiday, Floral & Home Decor Center/20th floor
Galt International—Best of Show, Holiday, Floral & Home Decor Center/19th floor
Jim Marvin—Best of Show, Holiday, Floral & Home Decor Center/18th floor
Windward International—Best of Show, Holiday, Floral & Home Decor Center/17th floor
Midwest of Cannon Falls—Best of Show, Holiday, Floral & Home Decor Center/16th floor
Atuto—Best of Show, The Gardens/15th floor
Summer Classics—Best of Show, The Gardens/14th floor
Jeffan International—Best of Show, Home Accents & Furnishings Center/13th floor
Lampworks/JM Piers—Best of Show, Home Accents & Furnishings Center/12th floor
Four Hands Imports—Best of Show, Home Accents & Furnishings Center/11th floor
Lamoon—Best of Show, Home Accents & Fine Linens Center/10th floor
BoBo Intriguing Objects—Best of Show, Home Accents & Fine Linens Center/9th floor

AmericasMart – (The Gift Mart)
Appelman/Schauben & Co—Best of Show, General Gift/18th floor
Sterling Industries—Best of Show, General Gift/17th floor
Diamond Star—Best of Show, General Gift/16th floor
Three Hands—Best of Show, General Gift/15th floor
Pacific Sunshine—Best of Show, General Gift/14th floor
Couronne Co.—Best of Show, Home Accents & Gift/13th floor
Andrea by Sadek—Best of Show, Home Accents & Gift12th floor
Vera Bradley—Best of Show, Home Accents & Gift/11th floor
Creative Co-Op—Best of Show, Home Accents & Gift/10th floor
MoMo Panache—Best of Show, Tabletop, Fine Gifts & Accessories/9th floor
Lalique—Best of Show, Tabletop, Fine Gifts & Accessories/8th floor
Kubla Crafts—General Gift/Best of Show, 7th floor
Harvey Canes—Best of Show, General Gift/6th floor

AmericasMart – (The Apparel Mart)
The Petting Zoo—Best of Show, Gift & Resort Center/14th floor
Indianola Pecan House/Mississippi Cheese Straw Factory/Bear Creek Kitchen—Best of Show, The Gourmet Gallery/14th floor
Common Ground—Best of Show, Children’s World
HOBO International—Best of Show, Fashion Accessories & Fine Jewelry Center/8th floor
ZOCO Accessories to Go—Best of Show, Immediate Resources/Apparel, Accessories & Jewelry Center/7th floor
Diamond View—Best of Show, Fashion Accessories & Fine Jewelry Center/6th floor

Temporary Exhibitors – Market Temporaries:
PTMD USA—Best of Show
Hilary London—Best in Category/Europe’s Finest
Melia Luxury Pet—Best in Category/Pampered Pets
Simply Primitives—Best in Category/Distinctly American
Magnolia Co.—Best in Category/Garden Products
Mummert Sign Co.—Best in Category/High Country Lodge
Plush Living—Best in Category, floor 7/Home Accents & Fine Linens
Dutch Touch Decor—Best in Category, floor 7/Home Accents & Home Furnishings
Groundwork Corp.—Best in Category, floor 8/Home Accents & Home Furnishings
Natural Curiosities—Best in Category/HIGH DESIGN
AJ Floral Supply—Best in Category/Holiday, Floral & Baskets
Heritage Family Specialty Foods/Country Living Collection—Best in Category/Gourmet
Tomasi Designs—Best in Category/Handcrafted Design
Impulse! Enterprises—Best in Category/Tabletop, Fine Gifts & Housewares
Gift Giant Ltd.—Best in Category/Children’s World
Rebecca Moss Ltd.—Best in Category/Write On!
Eye-Kandy—Best in Category/Jewelry & Fashion Accessories
Elite Model Fashions—Best in Category/Boutique
Nougat London—Best in Category/Body & Soul
Insight Imports—Best in Category/General Gift & Resort
Magnetic Memories—Best in Category/Collegiate Products Licensee Pavilion

For more information on AmericasMart Atlanta and its annual markets, please call1-800-ATL-MART or visit the AmericasMart website.

AmericasMart Atlanta is the largest wholesale marketplace of its kind in the world and is a leading international market source for a wide variety of consumer goods. It hosts 23 wholesale markets and six Market Wednesdays that annually attract more than 548,000 attendees from every U.S. state and 80 countries.

Retailers attending its markets identify AmericasMart as the gift/home furnishings/area rug wholesale marketplace most important to their business—as compared to all competing U.S. wholesale markets—in independent research conducted by Moore & Symons, Inc.

Contacts:Keri Hanenkrat Arroll
404.220.2106
Mike Turnbull
404.220.2101