March 07, 2010
Billerica, MA New England Products Trade Show
March 13, 2010
Portland, ME Boston Gift Show
March 21, 2010
Boston, MA Halloween & Attractions Show
March 25, 2010
St. Louis, MO SPREE: Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo and Conference
April 13, 2010
Las Vegas, NV Jewelry, Fashion & Accessories Show
April 15, 2010
Rosemont (Chicago), IL The National Stationery Show
May 16, 2010
New York, NY Mississippi Market Wholesale Show
June 03, 2010
Jackson, MS American Craft Retailers Expo (ACRE)
June 05, 2010
Las Vegas, NV World Tea Expo
June 11, 2010
Las Vegas, NV June Total Home & Gift Market
June 23, 2010
Dallas, TX
Gift Shop Magazine - Press Releases
Press Releases
LA Mart Design Center Ushers in 2010 with New Showroom Openings
Los Angeles, CA - L.A. Mart® Design Center (LAMDC) is proud to announce a powerful leasing start for 2010. Four new tenant-partners with significant regional/national import confirm their confidence in both LAMDC as a premiere design destination and the downtown market’s vitality with long-term lease commitments. Read more...
NYIGF Accepting Applications for Design-Focused Divisions
White Plains, NY — Designers, artists and manufacturers are invited to submit summer 2010 market applications for three juried, design-focused divisions of the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®): Accent on Design®; A+™: The Young Designer’s Platform at Accent on Design and Handmade®. The summer 2010 NYIGF runs Saturday, August 14, through Thursday, August 19, 2010, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 and 94. Read more...
ASD Las Vegas Reports Significant Increase in Attendance
Los Angeles, CA - Over 2,400 exhibitors displayed hundreds of thousands of products across 100 categories including Gift, Jewelry, Style & Beauty and Value & Variety at the Sands Expo Center and Las Vegas Convention Center February 28 – March 3rd. Covering just over 610,000 net square feet of exhibit space the nation’s longest running merchandise trade show continued its “evolution of ASD” with specialized sections attracting every type of buyer including independent retailers, department stores, national chains and internet retailers amongst the over 45,000 attendees. The total number of buyers in attendance increased 15 percent over the previous year. Read more...
C.R. Gibson Celebrates 140 Years of Memory Making and Preservation
Nashville, TN — C.R. Gibson, a leading manufacturer of fine gifts commemorating life’s celebrations, observes its own milestone this spring: 140 years of making and preserving memories throughout the generations. From simple beginnings as a printer of birth and marriage certificates, C.R. Gibson has grown into a memory book, social stationery and gifting powerhouse operating four unique brands under its umbrella: Markings® journals, photo books and stationery, Tapestry® scrapbooking and craft products, Creative Papers® fine stationery and iota® stationery and gifting essentials. C.R. Gibson products are available today at over 10,000 gift retailers in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Read more...
The Chicago Market: Living and Giving Announces New Additions to its Executive Advisory Board
Chicago, IL – The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is proud to announce the addition of Paul Borejsza of Euroline Ltd. and Frederic (Rick) Contino, President of Midwest-CBK to its Executive Advisory Board. The Executive Advisory board is made up of key gift industry leaders and was founded to address strategic issues in Chicago and the broader gift industry. Read more...
Douglas Cuddle Toys Joins the Facebook Community
Keene, NH - Douglas Cuddle Toys, known for their fine quality breeds of cats, dogs, horses, sealife and wildlife, the company that made Sassy Saks™ a notable brand in the handbag world, a company that has an ever expanding Baby Collection of plush toys and lifestyle gifts, is now a member of the Facebook community. Read more...
Charisma assembles high profile industry doll professionals to raise money for the children of Haiti
Charisma Brands LLC -- an Irvine, California-based designer, developer, and marketer of award-winning dolls – launches two unique fine-porcelain collectible art dolls, "Help for Haiti". Brother and Sister, "Emmanuel and Johanna" have been sculpted and donated to the project by Award-Winning Master Artist, Susan Krey. These special siblings capture so perfectly the innocence of the children during the time of disaster and the hope of children to find some joy, while surrounded by such tragedy. Children are often the most vulnerable in any natural disaster. The collaborative project hopes to help "Relieve, Recover and Rebuild" the lives of innocent children. Read more...
National Stationery Show Pre-Show Report
The full spectrum of the social stationery industry will convene at the 64th annual National Stationery Show® (NSS), taking place May 16-19, 2010, at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Hundreds of new products timed specifically to launch at the NSS, aisles of brand new, trend-setting companies, content-rich education, a national stamp dedication featuring the U.S. Postmaster General, and a host of parties and events will highlight this international marketplace. The NSS will present nearly 900 exhibitors and attract some 12,000 industry professionals throughout the 3 ½ days of the Show, including retailers, distributors, importers/exporters, manufacturer's representatives, designers, suppliers and press. Read more...
RUSS Unveils Exciting Barbie Pet Plush Collection
RUSS proudly introduces Barbie™ doll’s Pets featuring three of her favorites in loveable, huggable plush that is sure to delight little girls. Licensed from Mattel, Inc. under the APPLAUSE® brand by RUSS, Barbie® remains the number one fashion doll and a pop-culture princess. This new partnership between RUSS and Mattel adds an exciting new dimension to the Barbie® franchise allowing girls to build their existing collection and play with Barbie™ doll’s pets. Read more...
Craft Industry Leader, Wholesalecrafts.com, Announces a New Show in Orlando Each Winter
Wholesalecrafts.com, Inc., producers of the American Craft Retailers Expo (ACRE) in Las Vegas (ACRE Las Vegas), June 5 - 7, 2010, announces a new show in Orlando each winter. The first annual ACRE Orlando show will take place January 22 - 24, 2011 at the Orange County Convention Center and will be cooperatively collocated and co-marketed with Urban Exposition's established gift show, The Orlando Gift Show including Orlando Cash & Carry Show. Read more...
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