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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 »
Hallmark introduces a new way to send greeting cards
Hallmark Cards, Inc. is launching a new innovation that makes it easier than ever to send a physical Hallmark greeting card. Sign & Send, a new service now available on Hallmark.com, allows users to have their... more »
Retail professionals say tech product launches accelerated during pandemic
Approximately 58% of retail professionals say the pandemic accelerated new technology-related product launches at their company, according to the new report, Using Retail Tech Innovation to Enhance the Customer Experience, released by global market research company... more »
