NYIGF Updates Website, Exhibitors, Seminars and Events
GDA Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 11/29/2010 3:58:28 PM
White Plains, NY - The New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) website will include more interactive search tools designed to deliver more targeted and comprehensive search results. Keyword searches will now extend beyond exhibitor-supplied product category designations to include relevant product listings found in exhibitor catalogs posted to NYIGF's Online Catalog Gallery. Search results are now weighted based on relevance and prioritized based on the greatest number of product matches. Buyers also will be able to identify which field matched their request. Following product searches, buyers can create and save "walking lists" of NYIGF exhibitors, which can be used onsite during the Fair.
Also new for the January show is the Baby & Child "Peek-A-Boo" display, previewing new gear, décor, accessories and wearables from exhibitors in this new division. Editors of leading trade publications and representatives from top parenting blogs and websites will select their top picks in several categories.
New and Expanded Exhibitors
The Extracts division welcome new exhibitors Aquiesse, Bare Kiss Skincare, FarmHouse Fresh and Le Angelique. Caren Products will return following an absence. Expanding exhibitors include Aspen Bay Candles, Simpatico and Xela Aroma.
Companies returning to the At Home division include Elegant Earth, FermobUSA, Mainly Baskets and Orlandi. Expanding At Home exhibitors include Amity Home, Bliss Studio, Jamie Young Co., Jones & Jones Abode, Kevin O'Brien, Moss Studios, Roost, Ro-Sham-Beaux and Zentique. New companies will include Aviva Stanoff, relocating from Handmade, and Gatelier and Richard Parkman Furnishings, both returning following an absence from the New York Market.
At Home featuring Home Textiles expanding exhibitors include Allem Studio, Brahms Mount and Busatti. Afera Designs, Boca Grande Furnishings, DownRight, Madeira Embroideries Institute and Marcel Miller will return following an absence from the market, and newcomers include Aalamwaar, Dr eam Designs and Pluto.
Expanding Tabletop & Housewares exhibitors include Deborah Rhodes, Joseph Joseph, Mastrad, Picnic Time and Reed & Barton. Companies returning after an absence include Alexandra Von Furstenberg, Mane Lion and Scantrends. Arbiter, a new wholesale division of Salt of the Earth and Make International will debut within Accent on Tabletop.
Seminars and Events
The NYIGF will offer nearly 30 seminars, plus special events such as the "Night on Broadway" and "Party For Life" and a variety of awards. Programming begins on Thursday, January 6, with the first NYIGF Orientation Webinar.
SEMINARS
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 onsite unless otherwise noted. Advance registration is required. To register, visit www.nyigf.com/programs.
Saturday, January 29
• NYIGF Orientation
8:30-9:30 a.m., 1E04
Free
• American Craft Week Tutorial, hosted by CRAFT
11-11:45 a.m., Javits Center North
Free
Sunday, January 30
• GHTA Retailer Consulting Sessions: Ask Your Industry Experts!
8-9:30 a.m., Javits Center
• Home Trends 2011-2012 presented by WGSN-HomeBuildLife.com
8:30-9:30 a.m., Javits Center, 1A02-03
• CRAFT Power Hour Table Topics - How to Use Facebook to Build Your Business
10-11 a.m., Javits Center North
Free
• Visual Merchandising Trends with WGSN-HomeBuildLife.com
noon-1 p.m., Javits Center, 1A02-03
• CRAFT Power Hour Table Topics - Making the Move from Outbound to Inbound Marketing
noon-1 p.m., Javits Center North
Free
• CRAFT Table Topics - Public Relations Strategies for Craft Retailers
2-3 p.m., Javits Center North
Free
• Successful In-Store Events: Retailer Excellence Award Winners Share Their Secrets!
3-4 p.m., Javits Center, 1A02-03
Presented by Gift & Decorative Accessories' editor in chief, Caroline Kennedy
• CRAFT Table Topics - How to Revive a Faltering Business
4-5 p.m., Javits Center North
Free
Monday, January 31
• Color Pulse 2012, presented by IFDA
9-10:30 a.m., with continental breakfast and networking starting at 8:30AM, Javits Center, 1A02-03
Tickets are $30 for IFDA members and $45 for guests.
• Boost Your Spa Retail Profits - A three-part session, presented by the Day Spa Association
9 a.m.-noon, with continental breakfast and networking starting at 8 a.m., Javits Center
Tickets $40 advance/$50 onsite. Each registrant will receive a free one-year membership in the Day Spa Association (value $195).
• CRAFT Table Topics - Finding New Subject Matter for Social Media Marketing & Using it in E-newsletters
10-11 a.m., Javits Center North
Free
• ART / Retailer Forum.biz Roundtables - Gather. Share. Network at NYIGF
10-11:30 a.m., Javits Center
Free
• It's Easy Being Green - Just Ask the Experts!
noon-1:30 p.m., Javits Center 1A02-03
• CRAFT Table Topics - Getting Started: Business Blogging & Twitter
noon-1 p.m., Javits Center North
Free
•CRAFT Table Topics - Building Designer Jewelry Business
2-3 p.m., Javits Center North
Free
• Guerilla Marketing: Strategies for Expanding Your Customer Base
3-4 p.m., Javits Center 1A02-03
• CRAFT Table Topics - Ask An Artist!
4-5 p.m., Javits Center North
Free
Tuesday, February 1
• Exhibitor Seminar: Ask the Experts - Business Strategies for Gift & Home Suppliers
8-9 a.m., Javits Center
• Demystifying Fair Trade
noon-1:30 p.m., Javits Center 1A02-03
EVENTS
Saturday, January 29
• Handmade Networking Breakfast, sponsored by The Crafts Report
8:30-10 a.m., Javits Center North and Javits Hall 1D
Free
• New York's Newest Welcome Reception, hosted by Gifts & Decorative Accessories
8:30-10 a.m., Pier 92.
• Baby & Child Hot Cocoa Break, hosted by Earnshaw's
3-4 p.m., Javits Center, Hall 1E
• At Home Welcome Reception, hosted by Home Accents Today
5-6 p.m., Pier 94
Sunday, January 30
• Gift For Life "Party for Life" Annual Fundraiser
6:30-10 p.m., Central Park Boathouse
Gift For Life presents awards to Kathy Ireland of Kathy Ireland Worldwide (Design for Life Award); David Moses of Lazy Susan USA (Bert Tonkin Gift of Giving Award); and Marcia Miller of Mud Pie (Trail Blazer Award). All proceeds benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Tickets are $150, with sponsorships available from $500 through $25,000. For details, contact Steven Williams at swilliams@diffa.org, (212) 727-3100.
Monday, January 31
• Museum Buyer Networking Breakfast
8:30-10 a.m., Javits Center, 1E04
Free, with advance registration required. RSVP by January 17 to info@artob.com or hello@carolynforsman.com, or call 212.595.7122.
Tuesday, February 1
• A Night on Broadway, featuring MEMPHIS
7-10 p.m., Shubert Theatre, 225 West 44th Street
Tickets, normally priced at $126.50, are specially priced at $90 for NY Market participants, with the difference being absorbed by NYIGF.
Wednesday, February 2
• 2011 Housewares Design Awards Gala & Ceremony
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Marriott Marquis
The 8th Annual Housewares Design Awards will honor the best products in 13 categories including Tabletop, Cookware, Bakeware, Lighting, Home Décor and Outdoor Living. Tickets, which cost $75, are available through Judy Colitz at 847.692.0126 or jcolitz@housewares.org.
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