Apr 24, 2014

Las Vegas Market Increases Specialty Tabletop Resources

Las Vegas Market announced today that six leading specialty tabletop brands are opening and expanding showrooms or temporary exhibit spaces as part of the c-ONE cross-category showcase during the upcoming Summer Market, Sunday, July 27, to Thursday, July 31, 2014.

Well-known lifestyle provider Lunares and prominent Los Angeles-based sales representative group Vest & Associates are opening showrooms for the Summer Market; tabletop powerhouse Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton (WWRD) is expanding its presentation, moving from a temporary exhibition to a permanent showroom space; and gift, tableware and home furnishings leader Andrea by Sadek is relocating to c-ONE from the seventh floor of building C. Additionally, Couleur Nature and SABRE are making their Las Vegas Market debuts in new temporary exhibit spaces on c-ONE. These enhancements further extend c-ONE’s unique cross-category presentation of more than 45 iconic and inspirational design resources in both permanent showrooms and temporary exhibitions on the first floor of World Market Center’s Building C.

“Las Vegas Market is continuing to build momentum within the specialty tabletop category,” said Dorothy Belshaw, president of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers. “The addition and expansion of showrooms by these prestigious tabletop brands reinforces Las Vegas Market’s strategic positioning as the leading furniture, home decor and gift destination in the western United States.”

Newcomer Lunares is taking a 1,224-square-foot showroom on C-ONE, showcasing its more than 600 exclusive, artisan-crafted designs. Founded in 1996 by Indian-born designer Nima Oberoi, Lunares is a lifestyle-driven company focusing on organic and sensuous handcrafted tabletop, serveware and home décor pieces.

Additionally, Vest & Associates, is bringing high-end tabletop and home fragrance lines, including Agraria, French Bee, Michael Wainwright, Red Pomegranate, Vista Alegre and more to a new 2,506-square-foot showroom on c-ONE. Vest & Associates is a 30-year-old Los Angeles-based sales agency.

Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton (WWRD), a preeminent crystal, china and decorative accessories supplier, is expanding its Las Vegas presence from a temporary space on c-ONE to a new 2,479-square-foot permanent showroom. WWRD is a leading provider of luxury home and lifestyle products worldwide, with a portfolio of luxury brands and designers including Vera Wang, Jasper Conran, Monique Lhuillier, John Rocha, Gordon Ramsay and Donna Hay.

Andrea by Sadek is relocating from its current location on C7 into a new 586-square-foot showroom on c-ONE to be part of the Las Vegas Market’s growing specialty tabletop presentation. The 78-year old gift, tableware and home furnishings industry leader produces 2,000 products in 20 categories, including casual tableware, decorative accessories, silver plate, j willfred Ceramics and more.

Couleur Nature, producer of fine, French-inspired Indian woodblock-printed linens and home accessories, will make its Las Vegas Market debut in a 370-square-foot temporary exhibit space on c-ONE. Exclusively designed by Bruno Lamy Couleur Nature’s table linens celebrate flowers, fruit and fauna, and fuse a European fine arts aesthetic with Eastern motifs and hues.

SABRE, a Parisian-based manufacturer of decorated porcelain, textiles, glassware and acrylic cutlery, is making its Las Vegas Market debut in a 200-square-foot temporary exhibit space on c-ONE. For 17 years, SABRE has been known through Europe and the US for its chic and off-beat tableware, which blends patterns and colors.

Las Vegas Market’s Building C has experienced dramatic growth in the gift and home décor product categories since 2013, with 550,000 square feet of expanded showrooms as well as the addition of new resources and categories, such as specialty tabletop, lifestyle merchandise, fashion accessories and artisanal crafts. Leading tabletop brands among the 900 new suppliers added in the last year in Building C are: Abbiamo Tutto, Alessi, Arte Italica, Certified International, Childs Studio, Iittala, Lenox, Michael Aram, MATCH, Rolf Glass, Royal Copenhagen, SkLO, Skyros/Bodrum, Totally Bamboo, Vagabond House, VIETRI, and many more.

Las Vegas Market is the leading furniture, home decor and gift marketplace in the western U.S., presenting 2,000+ gift, home décor and furniture resources in an unrivaled market destination. Las VegasMarket features thousands of gift, furniture and home décor lines, allowing for cross-category commerce among these industries. The Summer 2014 Las Vegas Market runs July 27-31, 2014, at World Market Center Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com.

ABOUT LAS VEGAS MARKET AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET CENTERS, L.P.

Las Vegas Market is the most comprehensive furniture, home décor and gift market in the United States, presenting a unique cross-section of 2,000+ resources in an unrivaled market destination. With two markets each year, retailers and designers can shop a broad assortment of product from thousands of manufacturers of furniture, mattress, lighting, decorative accessories, floor coverings, home textiles, tabletop, general gift and more – delivering the most complete, cross-category wholesale tradeshow for the furniture, home décor and gift industries in the United States. For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com. Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Las Vegas Market is produced by International Market Centers, L.P. (IMC), the world’s largest operator of premier showroom space for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. International Market Centers owns and operates 11.5 million square feet of world-class exhibition space in High Point, N.C. and Las Vegas. IMC’s mission is to build and operate an innovative, sustainable, profitable and scalable platform for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. For more information on IMC, visit http://imcenters.com/.