Spring Tabletop Market Promises Strategic Intelligence

Forty One Madison is set to welcome attendees to The New York Tabletop Market, Tuesday, April 10 through Friday, April 13, with the promise of an information-packed seminar program, an array of new products, and several renovated showrooms.

Industry veteran Warren Shoulberg is headlining the Wednesday, April 11th annual breakfast seminar, serving as moderator for a discussion on Changing the Dinnerware Destiny, a look at how the tabletop market can reinvent itself for the future. Joining him on the panel are Joe Derochowski, Home Industry Analyst for NPD, and Designer and trend forecaster Patti Carpenter. The group will present results emerging from a recent consumer survey conducted by NPD in partnership with Forty One Madison that examines dinnerware buying trends and preferences among today’s generation of shoppers.

“In commissioning this research, our aim was to help uncover the attitudes of consumers about dinnerware choices and purchases that can inform how our Forty One community of manufacturers and brands, retailers and buyers decide their business strategies,” said Kristi Forbes, Director of Forty One Madison. “We’re proud to offer this seminar and, of course, to host a market week that will be abuzz with dozens of new products from the 120-plus brands represented here.”

The April show will be Forbes’s first as Forty One Madison Director and Senior Vice President, having been named to the position in December. She recommends registering in advance for the 8 a.m. breakfast seminar session since space is limited; email RSVP@41madison.com to reserve.