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Gift and Home Trade Association secures Will Bowen as keynote speaker for annual conference
The Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA) announced the keynote speakers for its Annual Conference to be held online Nov. 3-4, 2021. Keynote Speaker Will Bowen will be the keynote speaker at the virtual Annual... more »
Clarion Events and Atlanta Market collaborate to offer Coffee Fest
Clarion Events and International Market Centers (IMC) have announced a first-time partnership between the Summer 2021 Atlanta Market and Coffee Fest Atlanta 2021, offering buyers and suppliers in both B2B buying events new cross-category exposure... more »
Atlanta Market continues its positive momentum with its Summer edition
Atlanta Market continues its positive momentum with an engaging Summer edition presenting expanded resources bolstered by the return of in-person industry events and celebrations set for July 13-19, 2021 at AmericasMart Atlanta. “As conditions have... more »
Northwood Retail launches a podcast initiative that aims to inspire shoppers
Eighty million Americans are now weekly podcast listeners, which is a 17% increase over 2020. Playing off this trend, Northwood Retail launched a unique podcast initiative, Backstory Beginnings, aimed at engaging this growing audience, supporting... more »
Faire launches Apparel Week this August
This August Faire is launching its first Apparel Week, which will be held Aug. 30 through Sep. 3, 2021. During the last year, Faire saw significant increases in apparel pre-orders. Faire's Apparel Week will offer... more »
Dallas Market Center experiences record-setting month
The recently completed month of June was the biggest summer month of buyer traffic in more than 10 years, according to Dallas Market Center. The Apparel & Accessories Market, Total Home & Gift Market, KidsWorld,... more »
About Face Designs welcomes Janie Cheek
About Face Designs announced that Janie Cheek has joined the company as its national sales manager. Cheek has worked in the gift and housewares industries since 2008 and most recently served as national sales manager... more »
Atlanta’s Market Snapshot Program showcases 40 top products
Atlanta Market announced that 40 exhibitors are finalists for the Summer 2021 Market Snapshot program including five products selected by Oprah Daily Creative Director Adam Glassman to raise awareness for Gift for Life's Feed the... more »
Nominations open for the 2021 Toy & Game International Excellence Awards
Now entering its fourteenth year, the TAGIE Awards, presented by People of Play (POP), will once again honor the best and brightest innovators, designers and marketers in the toy and game industry. Each year, the... more »
DMC’s June Total Home & Gift Market experiences biggest summer show in years
A surge of enthusiastic buyers from across the country arrived early in Dallas for the first show of the summer season, Total Home & Gift Market, driving record attendance including a historic number of new... more »
NRF says retailers’ uncertainty transforms into recovery
As retailers head into the second half of 2021, the “great uncertainty” that clouded the nation’s economic outlook earlier in the year has transformed into evidence of an unprecedented recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, National... more »
Influencers showcase summer 2021 Atlanta Market finds
Five home décor and lifestyle influencers – with a combined 570,000+ followers – will share their favorite highlights and discoveries from the Summer 2021 Atlanta Market. Valerie Darden of Stafford, Virginia; Brittany Hayes of Monroe,... more »
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The Pantone Color Institute named Peach Fuzz (PANTONE 13-1023) its 2024 Color of the Year, and the hue is already permeating retail. Here we present the latest products adorned in the peachy hue, as well as four complementary hues selected by Pantone for 2024. Read the Spring 2024 Trend Report here: giftshopmag.com/article/spring-2024-trend-report-peach-fuzz-and-its-supporting-cast/![]()
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