The Chicago Market Welcomes New and Returning Temporary Exhibitors To The July Market

Posted by The Chicago Market - 4/5/10

CHICAGO (April 5, 2010) – This July, The Chicago Market: Living and Giving^® has already sold 80% of its temporary exhibit space, which is well ahead of schedule for its July Market. This past January, 44% of the temporaries were new to The Chicago Market and most of these exhibitors are taking advantage of the momentum and joining the July Market.

Of the exhibitors the July Chicago Market has booked to date, an incredible 25% of them are new to the show, making good on the promise to provide more new, on trend and comprehensive resources for attendees for July.

Be sure to check out The Chicago Market’s new product locator for a complete listing of lines, brand names, product categories and more. The product locator makes it easy to search for product in a variety of ways. Click on the website at www.shopchicagomarket.com and go to the product locator.

New Chicago Market exhibitors include:

Beckman’s^® Handcrafted Show

Alexia Designs
Arcadia Home
Avatar Imports /Harvest Hemp Co/ Santa Cruz Hemp
Clutterbug Creations
CoGo Glass
CooperSong
Darla Kirchner Designs LLC
Eternal Threads
Faces of Siberia
Global Goods Partners
Hila
Inter-American Trading
Isaacware
It’s your season!! LLC
Judy Crumrine Stained Glass
Kamibashi Asian Art
Kazuri
Kitras Art Glass, Inc.
Lucuma Designs
Studio Picea
Symmetry
That’s My Drink
Tommi Crystal Designs
Will Schueler

Gift & Accessories

Art of the Spirit
B. Shackman Company
C & I Collectables
CBE, Inc.,
Christina’s World – CW Productions, Inc.
Doodle & Juju
Elegant Décor, Ltd
Eye Think Inc.
Gift Bliss Enterprises
High Concepts
Keep In Touch
Kel Toy Inc
KidKraft,
Laughing Elephant,
Lion Ribbon Co. / Berwick Offray LLC
The Naked Bee
New World Arts and Mountain Flowers Inc.
Northridge Gardens, Inc.
Private Label Products
Seda France Candles
The Dis
Trend Lab

Gourmet

Country Manor Mixes LLC
Cherith Valley Gardens
Forever Herbs,
The French Farm

What A Girl Want

Betmar
Connie Mills Imports
Frankie & Johnny
Jell-E-Bath
Tabask
Uncommon Threads
Wear I Am

Chicago Market Dates
July 2010, The Chicago Market: Living and Giving^®
Chicago Showrooms: Thursday, July 22– Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Temporaries and Beckman’s™ Handcrafted Show: Saturday, July 24 – Tuesday, July 27

For an up-to-date line exhibitor listing and a comprehensive look at all The Chicago Market is offering this July, go to shopchicagomarket.com or call 800.677.6278 (MART).

The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a trademark of MMPI. Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show is a registered trademark of MMPI. The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is the longest running gift show in the United States and is a quarterly wholesale tradeshow designed for store owners, retail buyers and designers to shop a wide array of quality products ranging from home accents and furniture to handcrafted or eco-friendly product to collectible items, holiday, baby/children’s product, gourmet and more. The Chicago Merchandise Mart is located at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654. For more information call 800.677.6278 (MART) or visit www.shopchicagomarket.com.

MMPI is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.

MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart and 350 West Mart Center in Chicago; Market Square, the Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and the National Furniture Mart in High Point, N.C.; the Architects & Designers Building and 7 W New York in New York; the Boston Design Center in Boston; the L.A. Mart in Los Angeles; and the Washington Design Center in Washington D.C.

Vornado Realty Trust, owners of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VNO.

Contact:

The Chicago Market / (312) 527-7600

The Chicago Market
The Merchandise Mart / Suite 470
Chicago, IL 60654
United States

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