Atlanta International Gift & Home Market – Exploratory Mission

Craft Alliance is currently accepting submissions from Atlantic craft producers seeking to visit the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market on an exploratory mission, this coming July 10-14, 2019. This is an opportunity to see this major trade environment first-hand before deciding to exhibit. There will be opportunities to meet with retail buyers, including some from the Museum Stores Association who are hosting a dedicated space in the show which will also include a small group of Atlantic exhibitors.

This project will be funded through the ACOA – Business Development Program (BDP). Participants will be required to cover travel expenses (provincial funding support may be available – inquire with Craft Alliance for details). A participation fee will be required for this project.

Participant Criteria

To be eligible, you must:

– Be an export-ready craft producer from Atlantic Canada
– Product must be handmade and business located in Atlantic Canada
– Be approved by Craft Alliance for participation (limited space available)
– Agree to participate in all follow-up surveys on project results, which are submitted to ACOA after the project
– Hold a valid passport required for entrance to the United States

 The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market

The industry’s largest gift and home furnishings Market of the summer, featuring more than 8,000 brands across all categories. Market includes an array of seminars and demos, and industry networking events. Buyers attending this show include everyone in the home furnishings and gift industries: Buyers from small, medium and large retailers, designers, rug retailers, event planners, buying groups, bloggers, media.

AmericasMart

AmericasMart Atlanta is a wholesale trade center located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The exhibition center is one of the largest permanent wholesale trade centers in the world. AmericasMart Atlanta consists of three buildings totaling seven million square feet. The Mart opened in 1957, as Atlanta Market Center (AMC), and hosts more than a dozen trade shows every year including The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market, Atlanta Apparel and Fall Design Week. Trade show exhibitors rent permanent showrooms as well as temporary booths during trade shows. Some permanent showrooms are open daily, though many are open only part of the time or during trade shows. AmericasMart Atlanta is not open to the public and only employees and guests of registered businesses are admitted.

The January and July Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Markets attract the industry’s largest and most powerful retailers plus thousands (and thousands) of specialty stores from all 50 states and 84 countries from around the world.

Read more: https://www.americasmart.com/markets/july-gift-home-rug/#/

Craft Alliance will be supporting a small group of artisans to exhibit in a shared space at AmericasMart, in the Museum Stores Association section of the show. This is part of our efforts to support export sales opportunities, while growing the connection between this national association and Atlantic Canadian makers and museum store buyers.