Online Registration Now Open for Summer 2013 NY NOW
Online registration for NY NOW®, the Market for Home & Lifestyle (formerly NYIGF®) is now open at www.nynow.com. NY NOW runs Saturday, August 17, through Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94. The show’s website also offers a full-range of interactive planning tools as well as access to NYNOW365.com, an innovative new online product directory.
Advance registration, which is available online through 11:59PM (ET) on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, is free to qualified retailers, and $175 for suppliers to the trade. Upon completion of online registration, participants will receive a barcode, which is redeemable for a badge at any of NY NOW’s 70 self-registration terminals located onsite at the Javits Center and Pier 94. After the August 13 advance registration deadline, attendees must register onsite at NY NOW, at $60 for first-time retailers, $25 for returning retailers, and $200 for suppliers to the trade.
“Using NYNOW.com to register saves market participants both time and money,” said Christian Falkenberg, NY NOW director and GLM senior vice president. “By registering now, attendees will have ample time pre-market to access and utilize all of NY NOW’s helpful web-based planning tools.”
Through NYNOW.com, market participants can register in advance for educational seminars and “Only In New York” special events, including A Night Off-Broadway, featuring specially-priced tickets to the Monday, August 19, performance of Blue Man Group. A complete schedule of these activities is available online at www.nynow.com/programs.
Additional NYNOW.com features include a keyword search tool which returns detailed product and vendor information, and allows online users to create and save “walking lists” for use onsite during the Fair. The search feature is available atsearch.nynow.com.
In addition, the recently launched NYNOW365.com, a new image-based online product directory, offers an easily searchable, growing database of exhibitor products. Through the system, buyers can inquire about product availability and create virtual “look books” of favorites The system, which currently features 21,000 products from 450 exhibitors, also allows buyers to request product information, including wholesale pricing and availability, and request at-market meetings with exhibitors.
NY NOW, the Market for Home & Lifestyle, will run Saturday, August 17, through Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94. NY NOW’s four comprehensive collections –HOME, LIFESTYLE, HANDMADE and NEW! – will encompass 100,000 products in 400+ product categories. Some 35,000 attendees from all 50 states and more than 80 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration is available online at www.nynow.com.
Beginning this summer, the show hours have been extended on Sunday and Monday – running 9am to 7pm – allowing buyers additional time to source and shop the reorganized exhibit floor. The show, which has staggered opening and closing dates, opens daily at 9am. For a complete listing of show hours by collection and venue, visit www.nynow.com.
