Chicago Gift & Home Market A-Lure
The Second City proves a first-rate destination for buyers, with celebs and celebrations to entertain and educate
By Staff -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 7/1/2006
CHICAGO GIFT & HOME MARKET
July 19–26
Temporaries July 22–25
The Merchandise Mart
200 World Trade Center
Chicago 60654
(312) 527-4141
Show Producer: Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. (MMPI)
Show Hours: Permanent Showrooms, July 19–26, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. July 22, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. July 26, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. General Gift and What a Girl Wants temporaries, July 22–24, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. July 25, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show Chicago and Home and Urban Chic, July 22–24, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. July 25 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Travel Arrangements: Mart Travel Services, (800) 528-8700
Special Events:
• Kurt Adler Inc. July 19–26. Showroom 1481. Special events and promotions are offered throughout the show in honor of Kurt Adler Inc.’s 60th anniversary.
• NALED Achievement Awards. Friday, July 21. Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza. Celebrate NALED’s 30th anniversary at its annual awards banquet. For tickets and information, call (800) HI-NALED.
• Gift Box Corporation logo making. July 21–23. All day. Showroom 1582. Designers from The Label Factory will help invent or reinvent your company logo. Free with the purchase of labels; first-come, first-served.
• Shop Late 'til 8. Saturday, July 22. 6–8 p.m. Permanent showrooms, floors 12–15.
• The Big Night. Sunday, July 23. 6– 8 p.m. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy swings exclusively for Market guests at South Drive.
• Sizzling Retail Tour. Thursday, July 20. 5–8 p.m. Tickets: $24.99. RSVP required; call (302) 527-7885. Explore the hippest shops in Chicago’s trendiest neighborhoods while enjoying cocktails and edibles.
• Nashville Wraps Booth Talk. July 22–24, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Booth 8-3086.
• Signatures event: Ted Allen, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s food and entertaining expert. Saturday, July 22, 1–3 p.m.
• Signatures event: Joan Kohn, HGTV design show host. Sunday, July 23. 1–3 p.m.
• Cocktail party with Jackie McClure from The Cookbook Company. Sunday, July 23. 3–5 p.m. Showroom 1566. Sponsored by Michelle Levitt & Associates.
• Signatures event: Chef Carlos Nieto. Tuesday, July 25. 1–3 p.m.
SeminarsAll seminars are held on the 8th floor in Conference Room A. RSVP required for each event; call (312) 527-7885. Complimentary lunch included.
Saturday, July 22
• Forward with Fashion Presentation. Noon–1 p.m. Speakers: Becky Boswell Smith, editor-in-chief of Home Accents Today and Maria Weiskott, editor-in-chief of Gifts & Decorative Accessories.
Sunday, July 23
• How to Shop The Mart. Noon– 1 p.m. Speaker: Carol Schroeder retailer and contributing editor to Gifts & Decorative Accessories.
Monday, July 24
• Power Lunch with Barbara Baekgaard, Vera Bradley Designs. Noon–1 p.m.
LOOK FOR: Meet the Artist — Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show. Chicago — The debut of Signatures, a celebrity author event series. The new Club Chicago features local “Chicago Sounds” to help you wind down Windy City style after a busy day.
ColumbusTHE COLUMBUS MARKETPLACE JULY SHOW
July 23-25
THE COLUMBUS MARKETPLACE AUGUST SHOW
August 18-22
1999 Westbelt Drive
Columbus, OH 43228
(800) 686-6278
THE COLUMBUS MARKETPLACE TEMPORARY SHOW
August 19-21
Embassy Suites Hotel
Dublin, OH
www.thecolumbusmarketplace.com
Show Producer: Columbus Marketplace
Show Hours: Marketplace, July 23–25, August 18–22, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Temporaries, August 19–21, 9 a.m.– 6 p.m.
Travel Arrangements: Connections, (800) 262-9974
Special Events:
• Shop Late 'til 8. Saturday, August 19. Refreshments will be provided at 6 p.m.
LOOK FOR: At 3 p.m., “Buyers Breaks” with complimentary refreshments in Buyers Lounges.
OFFINGER’S HANDCRAFTED MARKETPLACE
August 19-20
Veteran’s Memorial Building
300 W. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215
(740) 452-4541
Show Producer: Offinger Mgmt. Co.
Show Hours: August 19, 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. August 20, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
