AmericasMart reports successful Atlanta market
Attendance, order writing up from 2010
Casual Living Staff -- Casual Living, 1/26/2011 2:40:55 PM
ATLANTA — AmericasMart Atlanta reports a strong increase in attendance for the year's first gift and home furnishings market earlier this month.
According to a release from the market center, attendance gains approached the double-digit mark.
At the market's closing bell on Wednesday, Jan. 19, reviews were strong and getting stronger as exhibitors tallied sales and retailers departed with large orders placed and optimism running high for 2011, despite the challenges of inclement weather occurring early in the show.
"Throughout the entire span of this market, we continued to hear from both retailers and exhibitors how great the show was and how the energy, excitement and traffic were high," says Jeffrey L. Portman Sr., AmericasMart president and chief operating officer. "The exhibitors and retailers who chose to do business here literally jump-started 2011. With robust attendance growth and record order-writing, we set a new bar in performance."
Those high-water marks are echoed in flash post-market independent research results showing top customer satisfaction scores among buyers and exhibitors. Every U.S. state was represented at market with a surge in attendees from the Midwest. AmericasMart also drew retailers from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, and recorded dramatic increases from Canada and the Caribbean.
According to exhibitor George Kacic, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Ganz, the buying was robust and the retailer attendance was strong. "This is one the best markets we've had in the last four to five years," Kacic said. "Retailers are excited and they are spending a lot of money."
This January marked the debut of several new categories and events, including HD Home, Birding & Backyard Nature, Global Designs and design-drive Home presentations.
Retailers also reported an upbeat show.
"This (AmericasMart) is my first choice place always to go twice a year to do all my buying," says Susan Taylor of Black-Eyed Susan in Holicong, Pa.
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