Oct 17, 2008

Explore New Markets: Home/Gift and Area Rug together

(ATLANTA, Ga.) — Beginning January 2009, the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and the Atlanta International Area Rug Market featuring the National Oriental Rug Show come together under one roof… at one time… for one unmatched home furnishings market experience.

For furniture retailers, interior designers, area rug stores and more, it’s one destination for the world’s largest collection of area rugs and more than two million square feet of home furnishings merchandise—all together to maximize buying and selling on a historic scale, including:

More than 450,000 square feet of Area Rug product… with more than one-half of exhibitors showing exclusively in Atlanta.

Five floors of permanent area rug showrooms and temporary booths… home to more than 125 importers and manufacturers.

The 27th annual-and-growing edition of the National Oriental Rug Show sponsored by the Oriental Rug Importers Association (ORIA).

More than 20 full floors of furniture, home accents, home/holiday, fine linens and casual furnishings product.

The Home temporaries, featuring the renowned HIGH DESIGN juried collection, plus Coastal Lifestyles, Fine Linens, High Country Lodge and more.

Hundreds of area rug and home furnishings product premieres, line introductions and launches.

All this, together with the acclaimed 2009 Area Rug Museum of Introductions, America’s Magnificent Carpets Awards and AmericasMart-exclusive interior designer events, make the January 2009 Markets the epicenter of area rug and home furnishings buying and selling. AmericasMart Atlanta—where the area rug business does business—is the one marketplace the area rug industry calls home. And, starting January 6, 2009, home takes on a whole new meaning. More to explore. And much more do discover. Only here.