May 7, 2012

California Gift Show Announces Long-Term Schedule

MMPI and L.A. Mart® announce a long-term commitment for the California Gift Show® (CGS) schedule for the Market’s Winter and Summer show dates at L.A. Mart and Los Angeles Convention Center through July 2019. This announcement comes just months in advance of the much-awaited July 2012 California Gift Show.

Hosted bi-annually in January and July, CGS is the West Coast’s preeminent Gift + Home Market underscoring the region’s distinction for both product innovation and its influence on consumer purchasing habits. CGS reinforces the mystique of the California lifestyle with a robust product presentation of 1,200+ temporary exhibitors and permanent showrooms at its two conveniently accessible downtown Los Angeles show locations.

“CGS continues to emphasize the California-centric focus that is the cornerstone of our competitive differentiation,” said Jeff Sampson, vice president of marketing, L.A. Mart/L.A. Mart Design Center/California Gift Show. “Many permanent showroom and temporary exhibitor resources are unique to the region, offering retailers selections unavailable elsewhere across the U.S. We remain confident in our Los Angeles venues as themust-shop destinations to source both innovative California designed and made products, as well as those produced internationally.”

CGS SCHEDULE THROUGH 2019

L.A. MART LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER

July 25-31, 2012 July 27-30, 2012
January 23-29, 2013 January 25-28, 2013
July 17-23, 2013 July 19-22, 2013
January 15-21, 2014 January 17-20, 2014
July 16-22, 2014 July 18-21, 2014
January 14-20, 2015 January 16-19, 2015
July 15-21, 2015 July 17-20, 2015
January 27-February 2, 2016 January 29-February 1, 2016
July 13-19, 2016 July 15-18, 2016
January 18-24, 2017 January 20-23, 2017
July 19-25, 2017 July 21-24, 2017
January 4-10, 2018 January 6-9, 2018
July 18-24, 2018 July 20-23, 2018
January 16-22, 2019 January 18-21, 2019
July 17-23, 2019 July 19-22, 2019

2012 L.A. MART/CGS SCHEDULE

JUNE
L.A. Mart Gift + Home Association Furniture Sample Sale
Friday, June 1 – To the Trade, Hours: 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday, June 2 – Open to the Public, Hours: 10 am – 4 pm

L.A. Mart Spring Gift + Home Sample Sale I Thursday, June 7 – Friday, June 8, Hours: 9 am – 5 pm

JULY
California Gift Show
Wednesday, July 25 – Tuesday, July 31
L.A. Mart Showrooms: 25 – 31
Hours: Monday – Thursday and Saturday – Tuesday: 9 am – 6 pm
Friday, Late Night Shopping: 9 am – 8 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center Temporaries: 27 – 30
South Hall Gift I Beckman’s Handcrafted Show™ L.A. I Kentia Global Marketplace
Hours: Friday – Sunday: 9 am – 6pm
Monday: 9 am – 4 pm

For information on California Gift Show and L.A. Mart Gift + Home, visit www.californiagiftshow.comand www.lamart/gift.com. Image downloads are available at: www.pressroom.mmart.com/cgs/image-gallery/ and at www.facebook.com/californiagiftshow.

ABOUT L.A. MART and CALIFORNIA GIFT SHOW
L.A. Mart® is a registered trademark of MMPI. The California Gift Show® is a registered trademark of MMPI. Beckman’s Handcrafted Show™ L.A. is a registered trademark of MMPI. L.A. Mart is home to nearly 200 permanent year-round, residential, decorative accessory and gift showrooms serving the retail and interior design industries. The California Gift Show features nearly 1,200 permanent and temporary exhibitors of gift, home décor, furniture and lifestyle merchandise at L.A. Mart and Los Angeles Convention Center, positioning CGS as the preeminent Market for gift and home furnishings products on the West Coast. L.A. Mart is located at 1933 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90007. For more information call 213-763-5800 or visit www.californiagiftshow.com or www.lamart.com.

MMPI is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.

MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart and 350 W. Mart Center in Chicago; Architects & Designers Building and 7 W New York in New York; Boston Design Center in Boston; L.A. Mart in Los Angeles; and Washington Design Center and Federal Center Southwest in Washington D.C.

Vornado Realty Trust, owner of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VNO.