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Registration is Now Open for the 2022 Specialty Coffee Expo & Re:co Symposium in Boston
January 24, 2022 –_Registration is now open for both the 2022 Specialty Coffee Expo and Re:co Symposium, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, this April. Expo is North America’s largest specialty coffee trade show, and takes place in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center from April 8-10. Re:co Symposium precedes Expo, running April 6-7, at the adjoining Westin Boston Seafront. Re:co addresses the most pressing topics facing our industry today, with expert speakers, sensory experiences, live discussion, networking, and engagement opportunities. Specialty Coffee Expo Specialty Coffee Expo returns to Boston in 2022! Specialty Coffee Expo is the largest specialty coffee ... |
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Brands Shatter Sales Records at Winter 2022 Atlanta Market
ATLANTA – January 19, 2022– Atlanta Market was the epicenter of the nation’s gift and home décor buying with brands and sales agencies reporting record sales at the close of the winter 2022 edition, January 11-18, at AmericasMart Atlanta. “Buyers meant business in Atlanta this week – they came ready to source with the confidence that Atlanta Market would deliver the must-have product needed for the new year,” said Bob Maricich, International Market Centers (IMC) CEO. “Based on the reports of record-breaking sales and growth in order size, it appears that buyers found what they were looking for – and more!” ... |
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Becky Tyre Announces Industry Retirement
RHINEBECK, NY, January 10, 2022… Becky Tyre, veteran retail writer, shop local advocate and visual merchandising enthusiast, has announced her retirement effective January 1, wrapping a successful 26-year career in the U.S. gift and home industry. With fingers firmly on the pulse of both product and retail trends, Tyre served both as senior trends editor of Gift Shop magazine (2010 - 2014), and as contributing retail editor for Gifts & Decorative Accessories (2015 - 2019). As a noted authority on product trends and retail strategies, she also served as a guest speaker and conference presenter at leading B2B events across the United States. ... |
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Atlanta Market Names Four People’s Choice Winners in Winter 2022 Market Snapshot
ATLANTA – January 11, 2022– Atlanta Market today named four products as Market Snapshot People’s Choice winners, selected by popular vote from some 40 Winter 2022 finalists: Allsop Home & Garden for the Stella Deco Solar Lantern; Annie Selke for the Dash & Albert Wales Kilim Woven Wool Rug; BrüMate for the Gold Leopard ReHydration Bottle 25oz; and Zuo for the Christian Side Table Black & White. The winners are on display at the Winter 2022 Atlanta Market, running through January 18, 2022 at AmericasMart Atlanta. “The Market Snapshot winners show that great design is on buyers’ minds for the winter market,” said Dorothy Belshaw, International Market Centers (IMC) ... |
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ISM Award goes to Luigi Zàini
Luigi Zàini, CEO of the medium-sized Italian sweets company, Luigi Zàini S.p.A., is the winner of this year's ISM Award. The largest and most important trade fair for sweets and snacks worldwide is conferring this prize to the executive director of an Italian sweets company for his exceptional services to the sweets and snacks industry for the first time.Luigi Zàini S.p.A. produces and sells cocoa and sugar-based products. The sales network of the Zàini products covers the whole of Italy and they are exported to over 80 countries worldwide. The company employs a headcount of around 200 people in the ... |
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Fiesta Dinnerware Introduces Its 54th Color – Peony
Newell, West Virginia – (January 11, 2022) – The Fiesta® Tableware Company is proud to announce Fiesta® Dinnerware’s new 2022 color Peony, a soft shade of blush. It’s the 54th color since the brand was introduced in 1936. Fiesta is debuting its new color at The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market®, January 11-18, 2022, in the Fiesta Dinnerware Showroom by The Fiesta Tableware Company, Building 2, Floor 9, Suite 941. Anniversary Year Last year marked some major milestones for both the company and the brand: The Fiesta Tableware company celebrated 150 years of American Craftsmanship along with Fiesta Dinnerware’s ... |
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JuniperMarket Opens for Business
(January 6, 2022)– JuniperMarket is now open for business – allowing home décor, gift, furniture and apparel buyers and sellers to connect anytime and anywhere. The new multi-line B2B ecommerce platform powered by International Market Centers (IMC) is officially live with 1,500+ brands with 3M SKUs signed on to participate and onboarding to JuniperMarket. The participating brands, of which 50% are home and 40% are gift, offer buyers tremendous breadth and selection in one place. “The next era of wholesale buying and selling is here,” said Juniper CEO Bill Furlong, as the digital marketplace officially opened today. “This transformation is inspired ... |
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Nuzee Appoints Senior Managers as New Advisors
PLANO, Texas (December 16th, 2021)- NuZee, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUZE) (“NuZee” or “the Company”), a leading U.S. producer and co-packer of single serve coffee formats, today announced the appointment of Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman of Quantum Leaps Corporation, and Yoshinori Hashitani, Vice Chairman and Co-CEO of Quantum Leaps Corporation, as the company’s newest advisors. Idei was the former chairman and group chief executive officer of Sony Corporation until June 2005. During his tenure as the CEO, he led the company through major transformation from a product manufacturing centric company to a global digital organization through his innovative vision. After leaving the company, Idei established Quantum Leaps ... |
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Shinju Japanese Whisky Awarded Gold in 2021 John Barleycorn Blind Taste Competition
Washington DC, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Rogue One, Inc, a publicly traded company trading under the ticker symbol “ROAG” (OTC Pink: ROAG) (hereinafter the "Company") is pleased to announce Shinju Japanese Whisky has been awarded Gold in the 2021 John Barleycorn Awards, a taste competition honoring the distillers, marketers, writers, and designers whose work is truly exceptional and deserving of industry recognition. The judges avow Shinju is, “a silky smooth, restrained whisky with the soft touch of velvet and honey cream. Delicious and soft, it's easy to drink without thinking too hard about it.” Under the provision of spirits ... |
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Maison & Objet Paris is Postponed from January to March
Maison&Objet Paris is postponed from January to March 24th - 28th, 2022 at the Parc des Expositions of Paris-Nord Villepinte. Since few days, most countries have been facing a new wave of Covid, reinforced by the rapid expansion of the Omicron variant. Impacted by this surge, many companies among the 1,700 companies that have confirmed they will attend, indicate that they don’t want their employees to take risks and are now alerting to the disruptions they are experiencing in their operations. The obligations of compliance with isolation rules, even when people are vaccinated, and the numerous work absences are in ... |
