Nov 11, 2014

Gourmet Catalog Renews Partnership with AmericasMart

Gourmet Catalog, the housewares industry’s original and leading buying group, has renewed its longstanding partnership with AmericasMart® and will hold its first meeting of 2015 in conjunction with The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market® (Showrooms: Tuesday, January 6 – Tuesday, January 13; Temporaries: Thursday, January 8 – Monday, January 12).

Founded in 1981, Gourmet Catalog represents more than 325 independent retail locations across the United States. The group facilitates exclusive merchandise terms with its over 200 vendor members, exclusively for its retail members. Gourmet Catalog hosts gourmet retailer-focused educational seminars as well as vendor and retailer networking opportunities during its meetings. The January 2015 meeting will be held on AmericasMart Building 1 Floor 8.

“Our continuing growth is fueled in part by the large and expanding product resources and networking opportunities the Atlanta Markets deliver,” says Janis Johnson, Gourmet Catalog founder. “Year after year, AmericasMart helps create an industry stage to showcase the newest and most innovative merchandise that is so vital to the future of independent kitchenware retailers. This incredibly productive partnership adds great value to Gourmet Catalog and our entire membership,” Johnson adds.

“Ten years and growing. That’s the story of our long partnership with Janis and her team,” says Kristi Forbes, AmericasMart vice president for Gourmet, Housewares, Tabletop and Gift leasing. “The energy and connectivity the Gourmet Catalog community creates at Market is unmatched in scope and influence. We are constantly amazed at the creativity and innovation they bring to our marketplace,” Forbes notes.

AmericasMart’s permanent Gourmet & Housewares collection is location on Building 2 Floor 8. The permanent Living and Entertaining: Gifts, Tabletop & Accessories collection is located on Building 2 Floors 8 and 9. The collections are complemented in January 2015 by the temporary Gourmet Foods and Gourmet LUXE collections on Building 2 Floor 2 and the temporary Gourmet Housewares, Living and Entertaining: Gifts, Tabletop & Accessories, and Tabletop LUXE collections on Building 3 Floor 3.

For more information about Gourmet Catalog, please visit http://gourmetcatalog.com.

ABOUT AMERICASMART

AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 14 annual Markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January and July are the ignition switch for global retailing with buyers from every U.S. state and as many as 90 countries discovering product in more than 1,400 showrooms and more than 2,500 temporary exhibiting companies. ICON HONORS, the home and gift industry’s most celebrated recognition program, is produced and staged annually by AmericasMart.

Located in downtown Atlanta, the AmericasMart complex contains more than seven million square feet of space. It’s a huge global stage on which manufacturers, designers and sales representatives unveil new lines, launch new designs and introduce new categories – all for the benefit of buyers seeking all that is fresh and first in the home, rug, gift and apparel arenas. For more information, please visit www.AmericasMart.com. Follow us @AmericasMartATL or @AtlantaApparel.