JPMA to Help Promote PB&J: The Preview for Baby & Juvenile

Press Release

Dallas Market Center, the world’s most complete wholesale resource, today announced that the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) has agreed to help promote PB&J: The Preview for Baby & Juvenile to its members. PB&J is a new Dallas trade event for mass market retailers created as a joint venture with the Toy Industry Association (TIA). The show will debut and run concurrently with TIA’s annual Fall Toy Preview, October 2-4, 2012, on the Dallas Market Center campus.

Dallas Market Center was the long-time host of JPMA’s annual trade event, in addition to managing a full calendar of trade events bringing manufacturers and retailers together.

“We are offering our assistance by promoting PB&J and the new Dallas show that is intended to offer the mass market a successful formula for better business,” said Robert Waller, Jr., president of JPMA. “Dallas Market Center has a unique history and understanding of our industry that should help them create a show respected by manufacturers and decision makers from major stores. We are promoting this event to all JPMA members and mass market retailers.”

PB&J will offer a focused selection of baby and juvenile resources from leading manufacturers, with an emphasis on companies in the following categories: furniture, bedding, gifts, décor, baby care, accessories, strollers, high chairs, nursing/feeding. Together, PB&J and the TIA Fall Toy Preview will create the most important event in the United States for retailers seeking to maximize the buying experience for a more than $9 billion industry.

“We welcome the support of JPMA, which has long represented the best interests of the industry,” said Bill Winsor, president and CEO of Dallas Market Center.

Echoing Fall Toy Preview’s model, PB&J will be a by-appointment-only event that brings together vendors with mass retailers for private meetings as well as networking events. Dallas Market Center will provide meeting rooms, WiFi, special hospitality and other amenities. Dallas enjoys easy access from around the world, low travel costs, award-winning restaurants, and numerous entertainment options.

For more information about PB&J, visit www.pbandjshow.com and follow @pbj_show on Twitter.

About Dallas Market Center
Founded in 1957, Dallas Market Center is the world’s largest wholesale merchandise resource. Within its marketplace of more than five million square feet, retailers from around the globe source products ranging from home furnishings, gifts, decorative accessories and lighting to textiles, fashion accessories and men's, western, women's and children's apparel. With more than 50 markets each year attended by more than 200,000 retail buyers from all 50 states and 78 countries, Dallas Market Center offers hundreds of events and seminars geared toward helping retailers expand business and increase profits. As a result, more than $8 billion in estimated wholesale transactions are conducted annually within the Dallas Market Center complex. The Dallas Market Center website is available at http://www.dallasmarketcenter.com/.

About the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association
The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) is a national trade organization of more than 250 companies in the United States, Canada and Mexico. JPMA exists to advance the interests, growth and well-being of North American prenatal to preschool product manufacturers, importers and distributors marketing under their own brands to consumers. It does so through advocacy, public relations, information sharing, product performance certification and business development assistance conducted with appreciation for the needs of parents, children and retailers. Each year, JPMA sponsors Baby Safety Month in September to educate parents and caregivers on the importance of the safe use and selection of juvenile products.

To find out more information about the JPMA Certification Program, the productscertified and for a complete listing of JPMA members, please visit www.jpma.org. FollowJPMA on Twitter @JPMA, connect with JPMA on Facebook or on YouTube and visit www.jpma.org to learn more about additional safety tips and other JPMA initiatives.