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July 8, 2020
Online PoshPuppyBoutique.com sees record retail growth

Online dog boutique, PoshPuppyBoutique.com, sees record retail growth during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, reflecting dramatic rates of new pet adoptions. Jennifer Kirk, owner and founder of PoshPuppyBoutique.com, a large online pet boutique, and board member on the VanderpumpDogs... more »

July 7, 2020
Sullivans offers a new way to shop with its virtual marketplace

Sullivans, a designer and marketer of home décor products, permanent botanicals, and giftware, revealed a new way to shop this market season through its new virtual marketplace. “2020 has been a year unlike any other. Full... more »

July 6, 2020
Las Vegas Market enlists 12 designers to create its Virtual Showhouse

Las Vegas Market announced its first-ever Build the Room: Virtual Showhouse, a project in which 12 well-known designers use cross-category exhibitor product to create a show-stopping room. The program, which will soon be live on... more »

July 2, 2020
2020 TAGIE Awards open nominations and celebrate new name

In the spirit and theme of Celebration, the TAGIE Awards has expanded its platform this year and will again honor the best and brightest innovators, designers and marketers in the toy and game industry. The... more »

July 1, 2020
Dallas Market Center welcomes buyers to its June Apparel & Accessories Market and KidsWorld Market

Dallas Market Center (DMC), a lifestyle marketplace in North America, supported retail’s rebound with a successful Apparel & Accessories Market and KidsWorld Market, June 23-26. The concurrent events, which were the first held since retail... more »

July 1, 2020
Share Your Story: Simply Say

This online greeting card business shares how it is coping with the current retail climate With so many retailers facing similar challenges right now, we encourage you to Share Your Story so we may share... more »

June 30, 2020
Share Your Story: Anna+Pookie

This online retailer shares how they are coping with COVID-19 and the current retail climate With so many retailers facing similar challenges right now, we encourage you to Share Your Story so we may share... more »

June 30, 2020
Atlanta Market offers virtual programming events for Summer 2020 Market

Atlanta Market announced a seven-week schedule of virtual programming leading up to the Summer 2020 Atlanta Market, Aug. 13-18, 2020. Timely topics for the webinars, presented Jul. 1-Aug. 10, 2020, include business strategies for a post-pandemic world,... more »

June 29, 2020
GCA opens registration for Virtual 2020 LOUIE Awards

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) shared that the Virtual 2020 LOUIE Awards, brought to a webcam near you in partnership with Atlanta Market and International Market Centers (IMC), has opened registration for this event. This... more »

June 29, 2020
Brandwise welcomes 50k retailers to Brandwise Passport

Phase III of Brandwise 2.0 rolled out last week with the migration of credentials for 50,000 registered Reach B2B Retailer Connections to the Brandwise Passport. This step is an important milestone for both the Brandwise... more »

June 29, 2020
IMC receives temporary certificate of occupancy for World Market Center

International Market Centers (IMC) received a temporary certificate of occupancy for the Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas, its new 315,000-square-foot tradeshow facility in downtown Las Vegas. The Expo officially opens for business on... more »

June 27, 2020
Dallas Market Center reveals Lightovation’s 2020 Showroom of the Year winners

Dallas Market Center, a residential lighting marketplace in North America, announced the winners of the 11th annual Showroom of the Year Awards on June 24 in a Facebook Live event on the Lightovation Facebook page.... more »

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