Propac Images and Paragon Establish Corporate Showrooms at AmericasMart
Propac Images and Paragon, two prestigious wall art companies, signed leases to establish side-by-side flagship showrooms on Floor 12, Building 1 of AmericasMart® Atlanta. The showrooms will be newly constructed and ready for The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market®, Jan. 9-16, 2013.
The closely held companies are run by second generation siblings: Vince Glassco is the president of Propac Images, Lendell Glassco is the president of Paragon, and Malanta Glassco-Knowles is vice president and works with both companies in product development and marketing. Together the companies will occupy 8,400 square feet. Propac will exhibit its full line in 12-A-2, and Paragon will exhibit in the showroom next door – 12-A-8. Leasing adjacent showrooms means the companies can share technology, hospitality facilities, meeting space and customer service desks, creating a superior, seamless experience for buyers.
“We are excited about the prospects both these powerful companies bring to the 12th Floor,” says Dave Savula, executive vice president of leasing, AmericasMart. “These are long-time successful, family-owned companies that offer diverse product collections, which helps ensure our buyers can find the breadth of wall décor product they look for when shopping in Atlanta.”
As more retailers look to provide their customers with products that are Made in America, these two companies are proud of their U.S.-based production. “We are based in Alabama so the southeast is our prime customer base, and we want to provide the best showroom experience possible in Atlanta,” says Lendell Glassco, president of Paragon. “Paragon’s first show was in the temporaries in Atlanta over 37 years ago, so we are extremely proud to offer a permanent, corporate showroom in AmericasMart.”
In addition to their Market presence, the showrooms offer buyers an opportunity to shop throughout the year, ensuring continued access to the full collections in both showrooms – an option especially important to the interior design community. “We also look for increased exposure as the showroom will be open on a daily basis,” says Vince Glassco, Propac president, “which will allow for more opportunities for us to work with the area’s residential and hospitality designers on projects.”
Together Paragon and Propac add to the already extensive lineup of home décor lines represented throughout the Home center at AmericasMart, presenting a year-round resource for wholesale buyers from around the world.
About AmericasMart
AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 14 annual Markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January and July are the ignition switch for global retailing with buyers from every U.S. state and more than 90 countries discovering product in more than 1,400 showrooms and more than 2,500 temporary exhibiting companies. Located in downtown Atlanta, the AmericasMart complex contains more than seven million square feet of space. It’s a huge global stage on which manufacturers, designers and sales representatives unveil new lines, launch new designs and introduce new categories – all for the benefit of buyers seeking all that is fresh and first in the home, rug, gift and apparel arenas. For more information, please visit www.AmericasMart.com. Follow us at #americasmartatl or #atlapparel.
