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AmericasMart Atlanta

hrough a partnership with AmericasMart, Association for Christian Retail (CBA) retailers will be able to easily see their suppliers as well as 4,400 temporary booths and 2,100-plus permanent showrooms at the January 11-15 Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market in Atlanta, Ga.

The show, which will highlight CBA member suppliers, will feature an Inspirational Gift section. CBA has worked with AmericasMart to present Christian retailers with the opportunity to enjoy money-saving benefits such as a CBA Member breakfast, a worship gathering, and training opportunities.

“Any Christian retailer attending AmericasMart is serious about growing their gift department,” said CBA President Bill Anderson in a press release. “So we are providing targeted education for these gift buyers at the opportune time and place they are focused on their gift departments.”

AmericasMart announced the winners of the Best of Atlanta Awards at the Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market® featuring The Atlanta Gourmet Market®.

The first place winners are: Best Packaging, Old World Gourmet; Best Gourmet Gift, Ms. Chocolate; Best Spice/Rub/Oil, Raven’s Nest Specialties; Best All Natural/Organic, The Artisan Cookie Co.; Best Chocolate, Graffiti Zoo; Best Candy, Mascot Pecan Shelling Co.; Best Condiment, Not Yo’ Mama’s Gourmet Foods; Best Salad Dressing, Coastal Classics; Best Dessert, The Sweetery; Best Snack, The Great San Saba River Pecan Company; Best Jam/Jelly/Preserves/Honey, Not Yo’ Mama’s Gourmet Foods; Best Healthy/Low Fat, Leonard Mountain; Best Beverage, Raven’s Nest Specialties; Best Soup/Base Mix, Leonard Mountain; Best of Show for Outstanding Visual Display, The Atlanta Gourmet Market, Low Country Produce, Lobeco, S.C.; and Best of Show for Outstanding Visual Display, Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market, Lagniappe Designs, Marshall, N.C.

Dallas Market Center

Dallas Market Center and ART have been partners since 1989, working together to support manufacturers, retailers, sales representatives, designers, and other industry partners via conferences, seminars, business assistance programs, and special events such as the ARTS Awards, according to a press release from the center.

Denver Merchandise Mart

The show has over 600 exhibitors representing more than 6,000 lines, and is a major destination in the country for lodge, rustic, western, and Native American products. The Denver Show is also a major market for the souvenir and resort industry and offers an unsurpassed variety of products, featuring regional product lines not available at other major markets as well as gourmet, decorative accessories, collectibles, stationery, home furnishings, jewelry, resort apparel, toys and many traditional upscale gifts and handicrafts, according to a press release from the mart.

George Little Management, LLC

A list of companies offering museum resources and special programming on museum store profitability will complement a market spotlight on The Museum Source® division. A “Green Display” will highlight eco-friendly merchandise.Buyers will also get a green resources list, according to a GLM press release.

GLM has announced that the Winter 2008 edition of EX•TRACTS®: New discoveries in beauty and wellness, will run Saturday, February 2, through Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Venue availability in the city necessitated this one-time shift to a Saturday-Wednesday date pattern.

The vibrancy of the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) will increase exponentially with new developments in every division and at all locations - including the launch of STUDIO™, a new lifestyle division at Pier 92, incorporation of EX·TRACTS®: New discoveries in beauty and wellness into the Javits Center, expansion of New York’s Newest at the Metropolitan Pavilion and Personal Accessories featuring Details ® at the Javits Center, and refinements to Accent on Design, At Home, General Gift, Handmade and Tabletop and Housewares. The 154th semi-annual edition will run Friday, February 1, through Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Metropolitan Pavilion and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 and 94.

The California Gift Show® will unveil a “lifestyle- inspired” layout and a new show floor venue for complimentary programs called “The Platform.” Set against a backdrop of extraordinary beaches and an exciting new downtown, the show will attract 22,000 buyers and feature 1,200 exhibitors of the gift industry’s latest creations, January 18-21, 2008, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

GLM and dmg world media have finalized an acquisition agreement — seven years after their initial partnership and three years ahead of dmg world media’s option to purchase a majority interest - to make GLM a wholly owned subsidiary of the global exhibition and publishing company, as of October 1, 2007.

TransWorld Exhibits, Inc.

The show, owned by HIA, reaches national and regional retailers from North America and Europe, including mass-market retailers, party stores, drug stores, supermarkets, variety and gift stores, discounters, and other national and regional retail outlets.

Urban Expositions

In other news, Urban Expositions is gearing up for a strong winter show season. The Philadelphia Gift Show returns to the Greater Reading Expo Center, January 5-8, 2008. The Miami Beach Gift Show returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center Saturday, January 19 through Monday, January 21, 2008. The Orlando Gift Show returns to the Orange County Convention Center, January 26-28, 2008. In addition, Birdwatch America heads to the Georgia International Convention Center from January 12-13, 2008.