AmericasMart to Showcase Expanded Gift, Tabletop and Gourmet Collections

AmericasMart® Atlanta’s gift product collections set the 2016 U.S. market year in motion with an expansive selection of trend-making lifestyle merchandise – many in global debut – at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market® January 12-19.

“When it comes to gift product, there is really no other place like Atlanta,” says Mary Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Leasing for the gift collection. “Our position as the first market of the year yields unmatched new product introductions and new collection launches and sets the trends and the pace for the entire year.”

There are new and expanded showrooms in every collection across the 13-story permanent gift category: General & Specialty Gift, Gourmet & Housewares, Tabletop and Gift, Home Accents & Gifts and The Gardens®.

Darrah & Company is opening “The Nest” this year as an incubator for new-to-Market lines, and Mud Pie is opening a new corporate showroom. The Made in America showroom destination continues to thrive with a unique blend of products that are produced in the United States including: Heart the Moment, Jacob’s Musical Chimes, Sea Stones, Printed Canvas, Spooner Creek, Macone Clay, Samantha Grace Designs, Sawdust City and Sabbath Day Woods.

AmericasMart continues to develop Building 2, Floor 14 as a complete lifestyle destination with a specialty gift, toy and children’s items concentration anchored by Diverse Marketing, Aurora and Enchanted Moments complemented by Roman, Rep Connection, Perfect Timing, Boston Warehouse, Candle Impressions, The India Connection and C&F Enterprises, in an expanded space, as well as new showrooms for Red Carpet Studio and Sandol. Ganz USA will also be presenting its CBK collection in an expanded space.

Tabletop and Gift grows with new lifestyle collections joining the category. Australia’s leading home décor purveyor OneWorld opens its first U.S. showroom to showcase a product mix of diverse craftsmanship that integrates timeless classics and latest creative concepts with innovative Australian design. Other new showrooms include Rewined and Formatical, Seda France and the Willow Group featuring Skalny, all in their first corporate showrooms. Pottery Avenue, De Rolsa and Twig also join the collection in a new combined showroom.

AmericasMart’s Gourmet & Housewares collection presents more design-driven gourmet products than ever before with new showrooms from the iconic Wolf Brands, Hammerstahl, Chevalier Collection, Yedi Housewares and Fitz and Floyd featuring Andrea by Sadek joining the category.

Atlanta-based celebrity chef Richard Blais of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef All-Stars” curates a tour of his favorite Atlanta dishes and local chefs throughout the Market in the Riedel Gourmet Demonstration Kitchen on Friday, January 15. Buyers are invited to visit the kitchen at noon on January 13, 14 and 16 to see Blais’ favorite chefs make their signature dishes. Celebrity Chef Marvin Woods of Atlanta’s Asante Restaurant also stops by the kitchen at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 13 to share his globally inspired dishes.

ABC’s “Good Morning America” gift expert Tory Johnson leads a series of presentations on Friday, January 15. The tastemaker shares the hottest gift trends at 11 a.m. followed by tips for effective press coverage in “How to Get Your Products on TV” at 3 p.m.

Designer Eddie Ross creates a one-of-a-kind tablescape using products sourced at Market from both temporary and permanent exhibitors in an interactive presentation on Thursday, January 14. The charming and inspirational Ross repeats the presentation on Saturday, January 16. Both presentations are at 4 p.m.