Jul 13, 2010

The Chicago Market Announces Its Partnership With Traditional Home Magazine for Designer Day

Chicago, IL – The Chicago Market: Living and Giving® is excited to partner with Traditional Home magazine to bring Market attendees a day of design inspiration. Monday, July 26 will be dedicated to all things design, as The Chicago Market invites interior designers and high-end specialty retailers to shop its designer friendly resources, including new-to-Market products in the Temporary Suites HOME section and in select showrooms.

Interior Designers and high-end specialty retailers are encouraged to attend Monday’s lunch presentation entitled Traditional Now. Krissa Rossbund, senior design and style editor, Traditional Home magazine and Frank Ponterio, interior designer, Frank Ponterio Design will offer their insights on what “traditional” means in 2010. Rossbund and Ponterio will discuss how Traditional Home has redefined what traditional means now.

Presentation attendees are invited to stay for a dessert and champagne reception hosted in the Temporaries HOME section. The reception will provide an opportunity for showroom principals, exhibiters, designers and retailers to network with Traditional Home’s style editor, Krissa Rossbund and Frank Ponterio, while sourcing product.

While at Market, attendees are encouraged to visit both the Temporaries HOME section, which will feature select showrooms exhibiting in the Home section as well as experience new to market resources. Designers and retailers can also visit their favorite showrooms for designer friendly product lines showcased during Market. A product display highlighting products ranging from traditional to modern to trendy will be available within the Temporary Suites Home section to help stimulate inspiration and provide a resource list of where to find these products within the permanent showrooms and within the Home section.

Check the website to see which of your favorite chefs and restaurants will be featured this Market at www.shopchicagomarket.com/events.

For more information on The Chicago Market: Living and Giving, please visit www.shopchicagomarket.com or call 800.677.6278 (MART).

The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a trademark of MMPI. Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show is a registered trademark of MMPI. The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a quarterly wholesale tradeshow designed for store owners, retail buyers and designers to shop a wide array of quality products ranging from home accents and furniture to handcrafted or eco-friendly product to collectible items, holiday, baby/children’s product, gourmet and more. The Chicago Merchandise Mart is located at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654. For more information call 800.677.6278 (MART) or visit shopchicagomarket.com.

MMPI is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.

MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart and 350 West Mart Center in Chicago; Market Square, the Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and the National Furniture Mart in High Point, N.C.; the Architects & Designers Building and 7 W New York in New York; the Boston Design Center in Boston; the L.A. Mart in Los Angeles; and the Washington Design Center in Washington D.C.

Vornado Realty Trust, owners of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VN