DMC kicks off fall buying season
DALLAS – Dallas Market Center, the world’s largest wholesale merchandise resource, today announced the launch of the fall buying season at the market center. The market center offers First Monday & Tuesday Mini-Markets held on the first Monday & Tuesday of non-market months. The upcoming mini-markets will be held October 6–7, 2008 and November 3-4, 2008.
The First Monday & Tuesday Mini-Markets offer buyers the chance to place fill-in orders or make last minute inventory changes prior to the holiday season. More than 70 percent of the gift and decorative accessories showrooms participate in the First Monday & Tuesday program.
In addition to the wide range of buying opportunities many showrooms will be offering show specials during the October and November First Monday & Tuesday mini-markets. In November, Lloyd Princeton, founder and principal consultant of Design Management Company, will be a featured speaker of the Design Lecture Series. Princeton will lend his unique business perspective on where the design industry is headed on Monday, November 3rd from 11 a.m. to noon in the World Trade Center 9065. A luncheon will follow the lecture at noon on the World Trade Center 9th floor atrium.
Attendees may contact the Dallas Market Center’s in-house travel agency, MarketTravel, for hotel rates starting at $89 and other substantial travel discounts by calling 1-800-DAL-MKTS.
Make plans now to attend the next Dallas Total Home & Gift Market taking place January 14-20. 2009.
About Dallas Market Center
Founded in 1957, Dallas Market Center is the world’s largest wholesale merchandise resource. Within its marketplace of more than five million square feet, retailers from around the globe source products ranging from home furnishings, gifts, decorative accessories and lighting to textiles, fashion accessories and men’s, western, women’s and children’s apparel. With more than 50 markets each year attended by more than 200,000 retail buyers from all 50 states and 84 countries, Dallas Market Center offers hundreds of events and seminars geared toward helping retailers expand business and increase profits. As a result, more than $8 billion in estimated wholesale transactions are conducted annually within the Dallas Market Center complex. Thewww.dallasmarketcenter.com.
