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Direct from Market: National Stationery Show

Kathy Krassner, Caroline Kennedy, May 28, 2013
Quality over quantity is the best way to describe this year's National Stationery Show (NSS) held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from May 19-22. The show is large in presentation and variety; it is filled with creative new products from companies large and small, and attended by retailers of all stripes and size, as well as reps and distributors from across the U.S. and beyond. Many exhibitors can be seen at no other trade show in the country in the same breadth and depth presented here.

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Direct from Market: Hong Kong

Caroline Kennedy, May 12, 2013
The Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair, which ran from April 27-30, is one of the largest Asian sourcing shows. This is not a show for our average, smaller independent gift and home retail stores. Rather it is a show for those who purchase in large quantities. More
Direct from Market: Giftionery Taipei

Cinda Baxter, May 3, 2013
TAIPEI, Taiwan - If judging by numbers only, Giftionery Taipei might slip under a buyer's radar--while smaller than the more visible international markets (530 exhibitors representing ten countries), it lands a punch where others miss. More
Direct from Market: Tabletop

Bessie Nestoras , Caroline Kennedy, April 22, 2013
It was a good week at the Spring New York Tabletop Market held April 16-19. Buyers were greeted with an array of product and trends for the fall season. More
Direct from Market: ASD Las Vegas

Maria Weiskott, April 21, 2013
Spring shopping might be considered ‘off season' for retailers who customarily replenish their inventory during the huge summer and winter markets. But in the desert, where a welcome spring arrives early, many retailers were still searching for bargains. In bloom, along with the beautiful flowering cacti: the semi-annual Associated Surplus Dealers (ASD) show in Las Vegas, which took place March 17-20. More
Direct from Market: San Francisco

Caroline Kennedy, February 22, 2013
Apparently gift and home buyers' hearts are still in San Francisco if the recent San Francisco International Gift Fair, which ran February 26-29, is any indication. The show, which had lost some of its vibrancy a few years ago due to the unsettled economic climate, has regained its vigor, bringing together a range of exhibitors in more than 900 booths in 11 different product sections. More
Direct from Market: Frankfurt

Bessie Nestoras, February 21, 2013
Just under 4,700 vendors from 81 countries exhibited at Ambiente, held February 15-19 in Frankfurt, Germany. There were more than 140,000 visitors, with the U.S.A. being one of the top 10 visitor nations. More
Direct from Market: Toy Fair

Tina Benitez-Eves, Pamela Brill, Caroline Kennedy, February 18, 2013
NEW YORK - Despite the massive winter storm that swooped into the East Coast opening weekend, more than 1,000 exhibitors were in place inside the Jacob K. Javits Center for this year's 110th annual American International Toy Fair. More
Direct from Market: Las Vegas

Caroline Kennedy, February 5, 2013
In this industry driven by the question, "What's New?" the What's New? in Las Vegas is not as much about new products as it is about the market itself. The Las Vegas Market has gained a lot of momentum and made a giant leap forward this winter, especially on the Gift + Home side. More

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