The Gourmet Market Expansion and Renovation Is Underway
Dallas Market Center today announced that The Gourmet Market is undergoing an expansion and renovation in anticipation of the June Total Home & Gift Market (June 20-26). Phase One of the project will update décor to create a comfortable and welcoming space, add features to enable more interaction between exhibitors and buyers, and include new resources to offer even more reasons to shop The Gourmet Market.
Upon completion, The Gourmet Market will be nearly 30,000 square feet featuring more than 1,500 product lines of gourmet specialty foods, kitchen accessories, casual tabletop and gourmet gadgets. The Gourmet Market opened in 1988 and is the only permanent, shared- exhibit showroom for manufacturers, brokers and distributors in the gourmet industry. It is staffed and open daily Monday through Friday during non-Market times and open every day of Markets.
Updates include creating a new grand entrance, new flooring, updated paint and signage, installation of a prep kitchen and the addition of a portable demonstration kitchen. The demonstration kitchen will be featured directly outside the front entrance during special events and offer guest chefs the opportunity to interact with market customers and share new products from The Gourmet Market.
Additional exhibitors will broaden the product mix in The Gourmet Market and include leading companies in housewares such as food preparation, serving and entertaining. A complete list will be announced at a later date as well as details of Phase Two of the project, which will create even more exhibition space for gourmet and housewares.
Previously announced were category expansions to the FINDS Dallas Temp Show for food and housewares. Foodie FINDS will feature specialty gourmet food and beverage items including candies, jams, sauces, mixes, and more. Table & Houseware FINDS will include a collection of functional gifts, dining, cooking and entertaining wares, as well as clever items for the home. Many of the products in both categories include gift packaging suitable for all types of retailers.
Taken together, these additions to the Dallas marketplace will expand gourmet food and houseware resources by more than 20 percent for the June 2012 Market, with additional expansion opportunities expected for 2013.
Make plans now to attend the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market, June 20-26, 2012. Meanwhile, keep up-to-date on all market information by visiting Dallas Market Center on Facebook and Twitter or by visiting the new Know-It-All blog available at www.dallasmarketcenter.com/blogs.
About Dallas Market Center
Founded in 1957, Dallas Market Center is the world’s most complete wholesale marketplace. Within its marketplace of more than five million square feet, retailers from around the globe source products ranging from home furnishings, gifts, decorative accessories and lighting to textiles, fashion accessories and men’s, western, women’s and children’s apparel. With more than 50 markets each year attended by more than 200,000 retail buyers from all 50 states and 78 countries, Dallas Market Center offers hundreds of events and seminars geared toward helping retailers expand business and increase profits. As a result, more than $8 billion in estimated wholesale transactions are conducted annually within the Dallas Market Center complex. The Dallas Market Center website is available at www.dallasmarketcenter.com.
