Total Home & Gift Market Reports Buyer Attendance Up 17%

The 2024 Complete Dwelling & Present Market, operating from Jan. 10-16 on the Dallas Market Middle, reported a powerful opening with a 17% enhance in attendance over the primary two days of the occasion in comparison with final January.

You may really feel the vitality of recent and returning patrons … who’ve come to Dallas for the latest merchandise, grand openings of greater than 30 showrooms, and the expanded Temps. We expect visitors to stay regular all through the weekend and into subsequent week.

Cindy Morris, President and CEO of Dallas Market Middle

The elevated attendance wasn’t missed by exhibitors. “We’re off to a powerful begin, and we’re impressed with the variety of new West Coast shops, particularly California and Washington, in attendance,” says Numerous Advertising and marketing’s CEO, Wes Hardin. “There may be good vitality and constructive momentum in Dallas.”

The present hosted various occasions, with talks, excursions, competitions, giveaways, and extra. Temp exhibitors had been featured from Jan. 10-13, with a Market Corridor Fast Items Temps Tour with the Boutique Hub on the primary day of the present. Toys additionally had their second to shine at this yr’s present, due to a partnership with The Toy Affiliation. The Toy Honest Pavilion featured toy trade leaders displaying quite a lot of totally different merchandise.

Anne McGilvary & Firm celebrated the grand opening of its new Dallas showroom within the World Commerce Middle. “It’s off to an important begin in our new dwelling,” says CEO Liesl Ludwig. “We’re seeing many new retailers and opening new accounts from all around the nation. We’re completely satisfied to be part of such a full of life market.”