Direct from Market

Direct from Market: New York
By Caroline Kennedy, Bessie Nestoras and Meredith Schwartz - 08/21/2008
August 21, 2008 — Traffic continued to be steady during New York Market Week. All venues of the New York International Gift Fair continued to see a steady flow of buyers populating the aisles and most exhibitors told Gifts & Decorative Accessories that sales were good. Over in the showrooms at 7W New York, the buyer traffic was up and business was also steady. More

Direct from Market: New York
By Caroline Kennedy and Bessie Nestoras - 08/18/2008
August 18, 2008 — The New York Gift Market has gotten off to a brisk start. To all appearances, buyer traffic seems somewhat better than we have seen this summer. Saturday was the kind of day you would call in sick to work. But, the sunshine didn't keep attendees of the New York International Gift Fair away. More
Direct from Market: Las Vegas Market
By Caroline Kennedy and Meredith Schwartz - 07/30/2008
July 30, 2008 — The Las Vegas Market is rocking; the champagne is flowing and there is plenty of celebrating. The newest addition to the World Market Center campus, Building C, was officially opened with a bang! More
Direct from Market: Chicago Living & Giving
By Caroline Kennedy - 07/22/2008
While the buyer traffic at The Chicago Market: Living and Giving was noticeably lighter than in past years, the order-writing on the whole was solid. And there was definitely more activity on the floors over the weekend, than had been during the earlier opening days. More
Direct from Market: Atlanta
By Staff - 07/14/2008
Buyer traffic picked up over the weekend at the Atlanta Gift & Home Furnishings Show, with longer lines in the registration area and busier escalators and elevators. More
Direct from Market: Atlanta
By Staff - 07/11/2008
It’s summertime and the weather is sultry. At the Atlanta International Home Furnishings Market, normally the buyers are jumpin’ and the sales are high. But this summer, the traditional crush at the elevators in the morning and the traffic in the halls of AmericasMart is perceptibly down. More
Direct From Market: Dallas
By Caroline Kennedy and Bessie Nestoras - 06/22/2008
The Dallas Market Center put on its best new red trimmings to greet buyers attending the Dallas Total Gift & Home Market. Vignettes along the entry corridor to the World Trade Center’s Hall of Nations were a striking eyeful highlighting a range of bright red merchandise, reinforcing the DMC’s rebranding Red campaign More
Direct From Market: Hong Kong Gifts and Premiums Fair
By Cinda Baxter - 05/27/2008
May 27, 2008 — Nearly 4,000 vendors participated in the Hong Kong Gifts and Premiums Fair earlier this month at the expansive Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. More
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