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Retailers could ring up more than $1.1 trillion in holiday sales, topping last year
Retail sales are expected to grow between 5 and 5.6 percent from a year ago, according to Deloitte's annual retail sales forecast for the holiday season. Sales between November of last year and January 2018... more »
Dallas Market Center shifts dates for January 2020
Dallas Market Center has announced a strategic shift of its January market dates for 2020. The Total Home & Gift Market will shift to January 8-14, 2020; Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show will take place... more »
Learn how to prepare for disasters at Twitter chat, webinar
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has partnered with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) to help businesses become more aware of their risks while also helping them develop a continuity plan. Advance preparation... more »
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal proclaims September Balloon Month
For the eighth year in a row, Maxine Burton, president and founder, and Bob Burton, CEO, ofburton + BURTON® have spearheaded the initiative to coincide “Balloon Month” in the State ofGeorgia via a balloon proclamation... more »
Joan Ulrich joins Dallas Market Center as Executive Vice President of Leasing
Dallas Market Center is pleased to announce that Joan Ulrich has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Leasing, responsible for leasing strategy across the gift, home, lighting, holiday, floral, and design neighborhoods of... more »
Las Vegas Market announces dates for 2019 shows
Las Vegas Market, an all-inclusive furniture, gift and home décor market featuring more than 4,000 resources as well as exclusive west coast lines, has announced the dates for its winter and summer 2019 shows: 2019... more »
Inklings Paperie announces Starbucks collaboration
Inklings Paperie announced an exciting collaboration with Starbucks. The new range combines Inklings scratch-offs and Starbucks coffee, and consists of a series of vibrantly-colored “Make Your Own Scratch-off” cards, a signature product in the Inklings... more »
Fall Design Week prepares buyers for what’s next
Designers and retailers gathering in Atlanta for AmericasMart’s third annual Fall Design Week featuring Gift and Home, September 24–28, 2018, will discover select trend-driven showrooms plus educational seminars, networking opportunities and more—all orchestrated to help advance their... more »
New stationery show planned for June in New Jersey
Global Products Market Expositions (GPM) is inviting stationery marketing brands, as well as buyers and attendees, to a new stationery trade show in New Jersey next summer. The Global Stationery Products Market Trade Show (GSPM)... more »
International Western/English Apparel & Equipment markets find a new home at Dallas Market Center
The Western & English Sales Association (WESA), producer of the world’s largest trade events for the Equestrian Industry, in collaboration with Dallas Market Center, the leading wholesale marketplace for buyers and sellers from around the... more »
Locally crafted products, new gourmet offerings attract retailers to August 2018 Seattle Gift Show
Special spotlights on new vendors, local resources and the debut of Northwest Flavors, a new sector featuring locally-made gourmet products, and artisan handicrafts were among the new initiatives that drew retailers from throughout the Pacific... more »
International Market Centers signs agreement to acquire Atlanta Decorative Arts Center
International Market Centers (IMC) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC), a leading design facility housing the Southeast’s largest collection of luxury furnishings for residential, hospitality and commercial applications.... more »
