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ASD/AMD

Nielsen Business Media’s Merchandise Group recently announced the return of ASD/AMD Las Vegas – the nation’s largest, most comprehensive merchandise trade show. This year’s show will feature thousands of exhibitors, carrying products in more than 100 categories – from jewelry and home décor to fashion accessories and general discount merchandise items in Las Vegas from March 15-18, 2009.

For nearly 50 years, ASD/AMD Las Vegas has been ser ving the wholesale merchandise industry’s business needs, consistently bringing its customers the largest product assortment from top vendors across all categories. This March, with hundreds of new exhibitors at the show, ASD/AMD Las Vegas will continue to provide attendees with exceptional selection and incredible value so they can accomplish even more business in one trip than ever before.

At ASD/AMD Las Vegas, sellers can expect to get a broad overview of new trends in the market by seeing the hottest selling items across multiple categories that are influencing their customers. In addition, they can identify growth opportunities for their business by getting fresh ideas for merchandising, store concepts and new business strategies.

In addition, all ASD/AMD Las Vegas exhibitors and attendees can participate in free educational seminars.

Dallas Market Center

Dallas Market Center, the world’s largest wholesale merchandise resource, recently announced the winners of the January 2009 Dallas Total Home & Gift Market Best of Show Awards.

The winners were: K&K Interiors Inc.; Old World Christmas; Midwest of Cannon Falls; Cyan Design; Dar yl Jenkins & Associates; Accentrics; Rose Casual – Woodard Outdoor Furniture; Grover Nash Sales, Inc.; Ambari Inc.; burton + BURTON; daniel Richards; Forecast Lighting; Kichler Lighting; Winward Inter national; Knud Nielsen Company, Inc.; Gourmet Market Organic Confections; Texoma Marketing; KidsWorld Studio Baby Banz, Inc.; Hemisphere Design Gallery Fiber Art; Rodeo Cosmetics; Chris topher Radko; The Mem - ory Company; Mary Lake- Thomp son Ltd.; Beehive Whole sale; Grass Roots Im - ports; Spar tina; Wes ternWare; Kar ma Living; Tricia Lowen Ya!; and Pick Up Sticks Jewelry Co.

George Little Management, LLC

George Little Management, LLC (GLM®) has announ - ced that the summer 2009 edition of the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) will run Saturday, August 15, through Thursday, August 20, 2009, at New york City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 and 94.

NyIGF will return to its traditional Saturday-Thursday staggered opening/closing date pattern. From Saturday through Wednesday, New york’s Newest and Studio™ will be open at Pier 92, At Home will be open at Pier 94, and Handmade will be open at Javits. All other NyIGF divisions (Accent on Design®, At Home featuring Home Textiles, EX•TRACTS ®, General Gift, Personal Accessories and Tabletop & Housewares) will run Sunday through Thursday at the Javits Center.

M & M Gift Shows - The International Gift Exposition in the Smokies®

The revised dates of The International Gift Exposition in the Smokies® 10th Anniversary Expo are November 6 – 10, 2009.

ZAG, the Zoo & Aquarium Buyers Group, recently announced they are moving their annual ZAG Week activities from Gatlinburg to Sevierville.

M & M has added more booths to its 2009 Expo so it now has up to 1,300 booths available for exhibitors. Watch the company’s website for the growing exhibitor list, and join in on the 10th year anniversary excitement. See you in November.

Urban Expositions and Market Square

To start building momentum for a new co-location, Market Square is moving The Market Square Order- Writing Show, June 26-28, 2009, to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center where it will run concurrently with The Buyers Cash & Carry Wholesale Mart, June 25-26, 2009, which will remain at the Valley Forge Convention Center.

“Moving the Summer Market Square Order-Writing Show allows us to better serve our exhibitors while providing a marketplace that is convenient and cost effective for buyers,” said Kathy Goodrich, show producer, Market Square, Inc. “With the two shows running concurrently, there is no downtime for buyers.”













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