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Guest Blogger Alison Ilg Talks Social Networking

Guest Blogger Alison Ilg Talks Social Networking...

I enjoyed speaking with buyers at the October Atlanta Apparel Market about how social media can help their businesses.  Social Media tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube can help store owners engage and build relationships with customers.   Good social media success stories include Zappos, Will it Blend and Fabrik Atlanta.  Remember the rules you learned in kindergarten… listen first, be polite, be...
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Simon Chang: Fashion and Hope

Simon Chang: Fashion and Hope...

As Atlanta Apparel’s featured designer for the Montreal Collections Fashion Show, Simon Chang debuted more than just fashion, he inspired hope.  “It’s our industry’s responsibility to excite people,” said Chang in an interview with GlobalAtlanta.com. “I think we send out a message of hope.  We’ve got to get out of this depression mood.”  Click here to read the full feature on Simon Chang on GlobalAtlanta.com Share...
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Bethany Lowe Talks Halloween

Bethany Lowe Talks Halloween...

  Halloween was an especially magical time for my family and has been one of my favorite holidays since I was a child.  In the small farming community where I grew up, children dressed in homemade Halloween costumes and went trick-or-treating door to door. Every year our community hosted a Halloween party for the children where we carved pumpkins, bobbed for apples, played Halloween games, and had costume contests. When...
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Reality Check with Jonathan Kayne

Reality Check with Jonathan Kayne...

Jonathan Kayne is no stranger to reality television or Atlanta Apparel. Here is the most recent scoop from Kayne himself: Kayne’s TOP special occasion trends Prints – Playful prints and colors have fully saturated the market Cocktail – Fashion forward pieces that you can wear for more than one occasion Oversized flowers and bows – using different fabrics, draping and textures to create flower and bow motifs Kayne’s...
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Fall IDS, Stock Up for the Holidays!

Fall IDS, Stock Up for the Holidays!...

The Atlanta Fall Immediate Delivery Show You can’t miss this opportunity to stock-up your store! Three full days of no buying minimums right before the busy Holiday season. With more than three hundred participating exhibitors, this is the largest Cash-and-Carry event of the year. Tuesday, October 27th through Thursday, October 29th Temporaries: Building 3, Floor 1 Select permanent showrooms Share and Enjoy:
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Ready, Set, Sample Shop in The Gardens!

Ready, Set, Sample Shop in The Gardens!...

The Atlanta Fall Immediate Delivery Show begins October 27, and exhibitors in Living. Outdoor/Indoor.® The Gardens.® have a great selection of sample items ready for purchase. Napa Home & Garden, Summer Classics, Unique Stone, Athens Stonecasting and many others have already unpacked some great bargains, and more are on the way. The Immediate Delivery Show is a great opportunity to buy items with no minimum purchase....
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Market Feedback from Buyers...

We always welcome and encourage feedback from exhibitors and buyers after Market. Here’s what buyers and exhibitors are saying: “I love this market—the most accommodating group I’ve known in the business.  These are the reasons I choose you over NYC which is equally distant!”–Linda Holden, The Fashion Gallery, Verona, Va.  “Atlanta has so much to offer to our customers.  Introducing them...
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Opportunities are Knocking – and Ringing

Opportunities are Knocking – and Ringing...

First impressions matter, whether it’s a person or a home. One of the recent additions to Living. Outdoor/Indoor.® The Gardens. ® offers product options to ensure your customers make a statement from the moment visitors approach their homes.  Door knockers, doorbell ringers and wall plaques crafted of nickel, bronze and brass at the Michael Healy Designs showroom on Floor 10 of Building 2 WestWing are both distinctive...
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ABCs of Children’s Retail

ABCs of Children’s Retail...

Longtime AmericasMart Atlanta exhibitor Larry Lucas led a panel discussion on Saturday to help retailers with everything from upcoming trends to basic business practices. Joined by St. Simon’s, Ga.’s Diane Bailey of The Bailey Boys and Nancy Jackson of the Sugar Plum Tree in Perry, Ga., Lucas offered his invaluable insight into running a successful children’s retail shop. Here are a few highlights of...
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Fashion Show-Offs

Fashion Show-Offs...

All day, every day, Fashion is center stage at the October Apparel Market. Fashion shows take place in different areas of the Market throughout the day each day. The latest contemporary men’s and women’s styles are the focus of twice daily shows in the Floor 2 Atrium, while the kid’s walk the walk on Floor 13. Saturday night is all about the latest styles at the big event – the Style Runway on...
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