The celebrated America’s Magnificent Carpets Awards (AMCA), exclusively sponsored by Architectural Digest and honoring the area rug industry’s finest introductions, is calling for manufacturers and importers to enter their product.
AmericasMart Area Rug exhibitors may present up to two (2) rug introductions. Categories are: Handmade
Power-loomed
Antique
Contemporary
Starting NOW, exhibitors can submit entries exclusively online.
Note: Space is limited so entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Young Contemporary category has moved to a new location for January market! You can find our fabulous YC exhibitors in the 800’s on the 2nd floor near the PREMIERE section. They will be hard to miss with the funky pink carpet and awesome energy that always radiates from the YC section!
With the October Market approaching, we are getting more and more great lines for Shoes/Accessories/Personal Care & Spa. In Accessories, you must check out Clay Cox’s line Rain—this has been a sellout! Suzy Shaw Berardo has Ollipop rings again, and these are flying off the shelves. Don’t forget to stop by our senior exhibitors, Susan Shaw, Sue Cox, Ethel & Myrtle, Anthony Alexander, Artistic Expressions and Bonnie Leigh Accessories, who have been here 10-15 years.
Staccato, Together, and Sun Art Design are three lines making their debut at the Atlanta market this October. 
We are very excited to be getting ready for our Atlanta Apparel October Market with some fabulous new lines. This Market will feature Accessories for Fall/Winter and Shoes for Spring. Some of our new exhibitors are the following: Nima Accessories (fabulous handbags, great price points), Barrett house, Buddha Happy, Caro’s Jewelry, The Golden Triangle–with more to come!
hit the floors. While many were looking to fill in sparse inventories prior to the holiday rush, a group from VerdeGo – a design and garden center in Bunnell, Fla. – was in Atlanta to buy for a new store as they expand to a second location.
industry experts’ advice about how to grow business in a tough economy. Crafty buyers learned to creatively construct gift baskets that will thrill customers while garnering strong profit margins. And one of the most popular spots of 
the morning was a social media seminar explaining why smart retailers should make the most ofopportunities to speak to customers through Web sites, Facebook, Twitter and every other possible medium. Foodies learned from one of Atlanta’s top chefs, Shaun Doty in the state-of-the-art Gourmet Kitchen in Building 2 WestWing. And in the afternoon, the much anticipated Best of Atlanta winning gourmet products were revealed.
University class; ample opportunities to source exceptional product from both permanent and temporary exhibitors and get ready for a promising holiday buying season.
On Saturday, August 29, one of AmericasMart’s High Design exhibitors 
Since we’ve started blogging, we’re finding more and more exhibitors are visiting the blog and letting us know what’s going on in their world. We’ve enjoyed getting to know our customers in this new format. And, they are telling us about their blogs. Most recently, Nashville Wraps blogged about their experience at the July Market. Check out their 
When I got back to the office after Market, I was still pinching myself. Was that Atlanta Market for real?! What a great show it was, and what a wonderful surprise. I was a bit nervous and uncertain as to what would happen at this market, but I truly never expected the success I had. It was a record show, even in this economy. I am very lucky to have had such a great show.
