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Two’s Company forms alliance with UK greeting card line Poet & Painter

Two’s Company announced that it will be the sole U.S. representative of award-winning U.K. greeting card product line called Poet & Painter. This alliance represents the company’s recent initiative of identifying every day high-volume commodity... more »

Dallas Market Center now requires masks and temperature screenings

Next week Dallas Market Center (DMC) will begin welcoming buyers back to markets at DMC, and it’s critically important to offer an experience that offers each of you confidence in our ability to support your... more »

Abbott supports customers with new summer initiatives 

After more than 70 years in business, Abbott has learned that in order to thrive, businesses need to adapt. These are unprecedented times, and both Abbott and their retailer partners are reinventing the ways they... more »

Global Pet Expo offers flexible payment plans, safety measures for 2021 show

With plans for the 17th Annual Global Pet Expo well underway, Andrew Darmohraj, executive vice president and COO of the American Pet Products Association (APPA), announced safety and accessibility remain top priority, and that Global Pet Expo will offer 2020... more »

Atlanta Apparel Market reports strong attendance

International Market Centers (IMC) resumed market activity with a smaller, appointment-focused June Atlanta Apparel Market, presented Jun. 10-13, 2020 at AmericasMart Atlanta. The successful buying event – IMC’s first since COVID-19 forced cancelation of its... more »

ASD Market Week cancels August 2020 event

Emerald Expositions delivered the news that ASD Market Week, scheduled for August, has been canceled. Here is the full statement: Dear ASD Market Week Community, When we think about what makes ASD Market Week such... more »

Atlanta Market updates gift collection planned for this summer

Updates to the Atlanta Market gift category are underway as the next phase of International Market Centers’ (IMC) Atlanta NEXT initiative creates a lifestyle destination in Building 2 and continues to remerchandise existing resources to... more »

ASTRA unveils 2020 Best Toys for Kids award winners

The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) unveiled its 2020 Best Toys for Kids award winners. The list includes fourteen winning toys in fourteen categories. “ASTRA’s Best Toys for Kids award program is different from... more »