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HFN Named ICON Honors National Media Sponsor

HFN Named ICON Honors National Media Sponsor...

HFN will serve as national media partner for the 2010 ICON Honors in an alliance bringing the trade magazine together with the Gift & Home Trade Association (GHTA) and AmericasMart Atlanta to create and produce the inaugural ICON program, which celebrates innovation across the home and gift industry spectrum.  As the national media partner, HFN will affirm and champion ICON Honors among domestic and international...
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Robust Buying at Market, Positive Outlook for 2010 from buyers, exhibitors

Robust Buying at Market, Positive Outlook for 2010...

With its successful eight-day Market run—the first Market of 2010—AmericasMart is looking forward to what this year is to bring. Market started last Wednesday with retailers from around the world entering to thousands of new introductions and product debuts. Traffic continued to pick up through the weekend and the buying continued to be strong. Now, with Market coming to a close, buyers and exhibitors are ending...
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AMU Speakers Remind Retailers to ‘Not Chase, but Be Chased’

AMU Speakers Remind Retailers to ‘Not Chase,...

Small store. Big Store. Megastore. We all feel the pressure from our competition. How should we compete? The knee-jerk reaction is to lower our prices. When it comes to Oriental rugs, the best way is to take a lesson from a generation ago – make it job #1 to provide great service. That starts by becoming passionate for this art form, and getting educated and comfortable with answering customers’ questions...
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Faster, More Convenient Registration

Faster, More Convenient Registration...

AmericasMart has launched Fast Badge, a new online service used for buyers to secure admission into Markets prior to arriving. Starting today, retailers can visit www.AmericasMart.com/fastbadge to register online in three simple steps:  1. Complete the form online;  2. Print confirmation with barcode;  3. Bring confirmation to Market for scanning and immediate entrance.  It’s fast, it’s simple, it’s...
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AmericasMart, with Today’s Garden Center, to host Revolutionary 100 Roundtable

AmericasMart, with Today’s Garden Center, to hos...

Today’s Garden Center and AmericasMart are partnering to host the Revolutionary 100 Roundtable during the 2010 January Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishing Market. The Today’s Garden Center Revolutionary 100 list recognizes the most progressive, innovative, and successful garden retailers in the industry each year. The Revolutionary 100 Roundtable brings together many of these outstanding minds...
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Eager Buyers Shopping in September

Eager Buyers Shopping in September...

The Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market started with a rush Saturday morning. Registration lobbies were filled with buyers eager to 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. There were plenty of educational...
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ABCs, 123s and More Advice from Experts

ABCs, 123s and More Advice from Experts...

Each Market, an array of seminars and AMU classes offer instruction and motivation to better your business. On Friday, the many experts on site to advise and instruct buyers included: For those interested in the culinary realm, Chef Jay Swift of the famed Fourth & Swift restaurant (4thandswift.com) in Atlanta shared recipes for savory Corn Soup, Georgia White Shrimp with Eggplant Relish and Strawberry Shortcake with...
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Tips for Sales Sucess in Today’s Retail Environment

Tips for Sales Sucess in Today’s Retail Envi...

Experienced retailer Melissa Haberstroh had audience members taking detailed notes earlier today as she discussed strategies for sustainable sales in her AmericasMart University seminar “Doing Business in the New Norm.”   Haberstroh stressed the importance of creating a signature style for your store, including a distinctive name and logo, in order to stand out against the competition. Those “branding” tools...
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How to Shop AmericasMart Atlanta

How to Shop AmericasMart Atlanta...

Whether it’s your first trip to AmericasMart Atlanta or your twenty-first, there are a few things to keep in mind to make your shopping experience the best it can be. Plan your shopping by pre-determining the categories of merchandise you need to buy. Remember to buy what sells – don’t sell what you decide to buy. Study the Locator Map in your Atlanta Buyer’s Guide and find the floors that carry...
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Home Continues to Grow as Exhibitors Expand Showrooms

Home Continues to Grow as Exhibitors Expand Showro...

The Home category at AmericasMart continues to grow as more quality exhibitors increased their showrooms on Floors 11, 12 and 13 in Building 1. Anchored by Uttermost, who doubled the size of its showroom, the expanded and relocated showrooms make up more than 35,000 square feet of the home furnishings and accessories product mix. Key exhibitors to check out include: Uttermost, expanded to an astounding 13,300 square...
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