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Consumers embrace early holiday deals
An estimated 186.4 million consumers took advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and shopped in-store and online this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights... more »
DMC and ART launch online HEARTS Awards
Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have announced that the HEARTS Awards auction is now live online. The HEARTS Awards is a one-time special event being held in partnership and solidarity... more »
Las Vegas Market offers new showrooms in January
Las Vegas Market announced that 15 new, relocated and recommitted home décor showrooms, collectively totaling more than 60,000 square feet, are confirmed for Winter 2021 Market, running Jan. 24-28, 2021. “Las Vegas Market is committed... more »
Shopify experiences record Black Friday sales
Shopify shared its record-setting Black Friday sales of $2.4 billion* from the independent and direct-to-consumer brands on the platform worldwide. On Nov. 27, from the start of Black Friday in New Zealand through the end... more »
Dallas Market Center and Brussels Trade Mart create global marketplace
MarketTime, a provider of B2B software as a service (SaaS) solutions for the business of wholesale and retail, has secured an agreement with Brussels Trade Mart, Europe’s only permanent wholesale market center. MarketTime will provide... more »
Shedd Aquarium captures hearts while pandemic closes the institution
In the spring the pandemic forced closures of museums, zoos and aquariums and during this time Shedd Aquarium began a series of field trips with its adorable penguins. The videos and still images captured the hearts... more »
Paperworld China closes on positive note
After three productive days, Paperworld China came to a close on a positive note after 12,857 visitors came to source from a total of 334 exhibitors in Hall 3 of the National Exhibition and Convention... more »
Brandwise partners with Canadian Gift Association
The Canadian Gift Association (CanGift) is partnering with marketplace innovator Brandwise to lead the way in wholesale ordering technology. With a strong focus on Canada’s gift and home décor industry, the platform connects wholesale suppliers... more »
Transpac debuts new brand Totalee Gift
Transpac's new brand, Totalee Gift, will debut January 2021 at the Dallas, Atlanta, Las Vegas and Minneapolis market centers. Totalee is founded on “in the now” product designs and a carefully curated product mix that... more »
AmericasMart offers Dec. buying opportunities
AmericasMart Atlanta closes out 2020 with a series of December buying events – Market Wednesday on Dec. 2 and three Saturday buying events – and new virtual educational programming on Thursday, Dec. 4 to support... more »
People of Play celebrates winners of the 2020 TAGIE Awards
On Friday, Nov. 21, toy and game professionals watched and cheered from their homes around the world as People of Play (POP), formerly the Chicago Toy & Game Group, awarded the winners in the 13th... more »
NRF expects holiday sales to grow
With retail sales rebounding strongly due to continued consumer resilience, the National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasted that holiday sales during November and December will increase between 3.6% and 5.2% over 2019 to a total between... more »
