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AUG 11-14, Pittsburgh Gift Show Monroeville, PA - Monroeville Convention Center Wholesale show (to trade only) featuring gifts, souvenirs, housewares, fl oral, baby & children’s goods, jewelry, stationary etc. NEW this year: Cash & Carry section. For more information: Coral Productions, Inc., Patti Cartwright, Show Manager, 100 Bickford St., Rochester, NY 14606. Telephone: 585-254-2580 ext. 231, 800-997-GIFT; Fax: 585-458-1511; Email: giftshows@
coralproductions.com; Website:
www.pittsburghgiftshow.com,
www.westernnewyorkgiftshow.com.
AUG 11-16, New York International Gift Fair New York, NY - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center &Piers 92 & 94 The New York International Gift Fair is the nation’s premier gift and home accessories marketplace, featuring an extraordinary depth and breadth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware. NYIGF runs concurrently with EX*STRACTS®: New discoveries in beauty and wellness, at the Javits Center; and Home Textiles Market Week® at the Javits Center, Pier 94, 230 Fifth Avenue and 7 West 34th Street. For more information: George Little Management, LLC., Deorothy Belshaw, Show Director, 10 Bank St., Ste. 1200, White Plains, NY 10606. Telephone: 914-421-3200; Fax: 914-948-2867; Email:
dbelshaw@glmshows.com; Website:
www.nyigf.com.
AUG 12-15, ASD Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Convention Center Since 1961, ASD has grown into one of the nation’s largest merchan- dise trade events in the industry, with over 2800 exhibitors & 45,000 retailers from all over the world attending the bi-annual event, held in March & August. ASD is a robust and growing marketplace that brings together the world’s widest variety of merchandise from more than 2,800 vendors in one effi cient, consumer-products tradeshow. Here buyers from every retail and distribution channel can fi nd what they need for their core markets plus discover new product categories and unique suppliers to diversify and freshen their merchandise mix, boost impulse and point-of-purchase sales– –and increase profi ts. ASD showcases the following merchandise categories: Gift & Home; Fashion Accessories; Jewelry / Cash & Carry; Health & Beauty; Toys & Novelty; General Merchandise; Closeouts & Liquidations. ASD buyers come from all over the world and represent nearly every type of retail channel, large and small. ASD’s draws the widest variety of buyers including: specialty gift shops, drug stores, convenience stores, college & university gift
stores, fl orists, grocery stores, hardware stores, luggage stores, party and paper stores, hotel/casino/cruise lines, souvenir stores, tattoo salons, hair salons, thrift stores, toy and hobby stores jewelry stores and general stores, just to name a few. For more information: Nielsen Business Media, Camille Candella, 11835 West Olympic, Suite 550E, Los Angeles, CA 90064-5810. Telephone: 310-481- 7324; Fax: 310-481-1924; Email:
camille.candella@
nielsen.com; Website:
www.asdamd.com.
AUG 18-18, Offi nger’s Handcrafted Marketplace Columbus, OH - Veteran’s Memorial Building Wholesale Cash and Carry Show featuring country, primitive, Americana, Folk Art, gifts and home decor. For more information: Offi nger Management Co., Gayla Fleming, 1100-H Brandywine Blvd., P.O. Box 3388, Zanesville, OH 43702. Telephone: 740-452- 4541, 888-878-4438; Fax: 740-452-2552; Email: gift@offi
nger.com; Website:www.offi
nger.com.
AUG 20-22, Buyers Market of American Crafts Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Convention Center Nation’s largest wholesale tradeshow where art, gift, jewelry and fi ne craft retailers buy directly from U.S. and Canadian artists. Pro- duced by The Rosen Group for nearly 30 years, it is listed by Trade- show Week as one of the nation’s Top 200 tradeshows. The Rosen Group is based in Baltimore. Wholesale to the trade only. For more information:The Rosen Group, Inc., Christine Kloostra, Show Direc- tor, 3000 Chestnut Ave., Ste. 300, Baltimore MD 21211. Telephone: 410-889-2933; Fax: 443-524-2644; Email:
info@rosengrp.com; Website:
www.buyersmarketofamericancraft.com.
AUG 25-28, Fort Lauderdale Gift Show Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Broward County Conv. Ctr. Custom-tailored to meet the specialized buying needs of gift and resort
SEP 8-10, Atlanta Fall Gift & Accessories Market
and Atlanta Gourmet Market Atlanta, GA - AmericasMart*Atlanta Wholesale order-writing show with General Gift, Home Accents, Garden, Children’s, jewelry and fashion accessories, bath and body, etc. Jewelry cash & carry also. Atlanta Gourmet Market is gourmet and related products. For more information: AmericasMart Atlanta, Gift & Home Furnishings-Mary Ellen Jackson / Gourmet-Eva Kotylak, 240 Peachtree St. NW, Ste. 2200, Atlanta, GA 30303. Telephone:404-220-2234 - Mary Ellen Jackson / 404-220-2262 - Eva Kotylak; Fax: 404-220-2299; Email:
mjackson@americasmart.com; Website:
www.americasmart.com.
SEP 8-10, Norton’s Gatlinburg Gift & Variety Show Gatlinburg, TN - Gatlinburg Convention Center This show features Ladies’, Men’s and Children’s Apparel, Fashion Jewelry and Accessories, Fine Jewelry and Gifts from all over the world. Wholesale Only, Writing Orders, Immediate Delivery and Cash-and-Carry. Business License Required. For more information: The Norton Shows, Linda Norton, P.O. Box 265, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Telephone: 865-436-6151; Fax: 865-436-6152; Email: norton-
show@gmail.com; Website:
www.nortonshows.com.
SEP 9-11, Philadelphia National Candy, Gift &
Gourmet Show Atlantic City, NJ - Atlantic City Convention Center The Philadelphia National Candy Gift and Gourmet Show, America’s largest show dedicated to the retail confectioner, is sponsored by the Retail Confectioners Association of Philadelphia. For more information: Retail Confectioners Association of Philadel- phia, Inc., Maureen Walter, P.O. Box 496, Abington, PA 19001. Telephone: 888-CANDY-89; Fax: 215-884-6101; Email: showmgt@
phillycandyshow.com; Website:
www.phillycandyshow.com.
retailers from South Florida and the Caribbean.
For more information: Urban Expositions, Katie McCrack- en, 1690 Roberts Blvd., NW, Suite 111 Kennesaw, GA 30144. Telephone: 678-285-3976, 678-370-0340; Fax: 678- 285 -74 69; Ema i l: kmc c r a ck e n@u r b a n - ex p o. c om; Website:
www.ftlauderdalegiftshow.com.
AUG 26-27, Louisville Gift Show Shepherdsville, KY - Paroquet Springs Conference Center Gifts, Jewelry & Gourmet Foods. For more information: Rosehill Enterprises, Inc., Larry Harris, P.O. Box 17112, Cincinnati, OH 45217. Telephone: 513-861-1139; Fax: 513-861-1557; Email: lphar-
ris42@hotmail.com; Website:
www.louisvillegiftshow.com.
SEP 11-14, Las Vegas Souvenir & Resort Gift Show Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Convention Center Provides retailers with the most comprehensive selection souvenir and resort products, including destination, resort and tourist merchandise, souvenirs, t-shirts, beach items, coastal and nauti- cal, lake, mountain and lodge, ski-themed products, destination, logo products, shell items, giftware, jewelry/fashion accessories, toys/games and more. For more information: Urban Expositions, Lisa Glosson, Show Manager, 1690 Roberts Blvd., Suite 111, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Telephone: 678-285-3976 ext. 334, 678- 370-0034; Fax: 678-285-7469; Email:
lglosson@urban-expo.com; Website:
www.urban-expo.com.
continued on page 77 Come Visit Us At The Las Vegas ASD Show
www.koleimports.com
(800)-874-7766 or (310) 834-0004 24600 Main Street, Carson, CA 90745
Thousands of items in stock. We buy and sell closeouts. New items arriving every day.
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