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June 13, 2023
Beatriz Ball debuts dinnerware category at Atlanta Market

Beatriz Ball will introduce ceramic dinnerware, a new product category for the brand, at Atlanta Market this summer. Beatriz Ball is a New Orleans-based tableware company. It has showrooms in Atlanta, Dallas and Las Vegas.... more »

June 12, 2023
Permanent showrooms expand at Toronto show

This August, SHOW T.O. will expand its collection of permanent showrooms at Toronto’s International Centre to include an additional seven Canadian home décor and giftware suppliers, as well as more than 100,000 square feet of... more »

June 8, 2023
First-ever Outdoor Design Days to run concurrently with Fall Market, DISCOVER ADAC

International Market Centers (IMC) will offer a triplicity of design sourcing opportunities in Atlanta this September, with the new Outdoor Design Days and Fall Market at AmericasMart Atlanta running concurrently with DISCOVER ADAC at the... more »

June 8, 2023
Kimberly Wahlberg showroom to relocate to World Trade Center for January 2024

Kimberly Wahlberg, a sales agency in the gift and home industry, will have a new showroom at Dallas Market Center opening in advance of the January 2024 Total Home & Gift Market. The new showroom... more »

June 7, 2023
Summer 2023 Atlanta Market offers gourmet programs, demonstrations

Summer 2023 Atlanta Market will present gourmet programming, including a series of live cooking demonstrations and GCX:Connect, a full slate of education and events presented by GC Buying Group, July 11-17 at AmericasMart Atlanta. "Atlanta... more »

June 6, 2023
Dallas Market Center, Gift For Life fundraising for hunger relief

Gift for Life and Dallas Market Center, in conjunction with select showrooms, will host a summer “Feed the Hungry. Feel the Good.” fundraising campaign to support World Central Kitchen’s crisis-related hunger relief efforts. “We are... more »

June 6, 2023
Atlanta Market Magazine previews summer 2023 market

The summer 2023 edition of the semi-annual Atlanta Market Magazine is now available online and in print, giving buyers a preview of the many cross-category offerings and programming highlights available at this summer's Atlanta Market,... more »

June 6, 2023
Indie & Main to be present at Atlanta Summer Market

Indie & Main, a part of the OneCoast family of brands, will be at the 2023 Atlanta Summer Gift & Home Market. Previously shown at the Temps of the Dallas Market Center, Indie & Main... more »

June 2, 2023
Gift For Life/NY NOW team raises $44K during AIDS Walk NY 2023

The 19 members of Team Gift for Life/NY NOW raised $44,124 for AIDS Walk New York, finishing fourth overall in fundraising for the 38th annual event. Thousands of people convened in Central Park on Sunday,... more »

June 2, 2023
Consumers to spend record $22.9B for Father’s Day

Consumers will collectively spend a record-high $22.9 billion to celebrate Father’s Day this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Total expected spending... more »

June 1, 2023
Julie McCallum named publisher; Abby McGarry joins as editorial director

Great American Media Services has appointed Julie McCallum to retail group publisher, taking the helm of Gift Shop® Plus, Stationery Trends and Lawn & Garden Retailer. Certainly, McCallum is... more »

May 31, 2023
Sullivans Brands founder dies

Marian Sullivan, founder of gift and home décor company Sullivans Brands, has died. According to the company, Sullivan was an innovator, visionary, philanthropist and inductee into the 2021 South Dakota Hall of Fame. Her unique... more »

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