Las Vegas Market Celebrates 10 Years

Furniture World News Desk on 4/22/2015

Las Vegas Market reported that it will celebrate its 10th anniversary this summer, August 2-6, 2015, with continued explosive expansion in furniture, gift and home décor categories delivering the Market’s largest and most wide-ranging selection of exhibitors and exciting new programs and features for buyers presenting unparalleled buying and selling opportunities presenting along with exciting new programs and features for buyers.

“Ten years into its existence, Las Vegas Market has evolved to become the most comprehensive furniture, home décor and gift market in the western United States,” said Robert Maricich, Chief Executive Officer, International Market Centers. “Summer Market promises to create a resource-filled and action-packed market experience for retailers and exhibitors alike, marking the culmination of a three-year strategic re-imagining and repositioning growth plan to produce an exciting, multi-dimensional and all-inclusive buying platform;”

This August, Las Vegas Market will unveil the third and final series of changes in its gift and home décor offerings. New elements for Summer Las Vegas Market include the debut of C11, a new permanent showroom floor for gourmet housewares, tabletop and specialty food; continued growth of better home décor resources on C5; and repositioning and reimagining of temporary exhibits as The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market, showcasing some 90,000 net square feet of gift and home décor resources alongside the debut of Discoveries – The Antique Vintage Marketplace, for antique, vintage and one-of-a-kind resources.

Summer Las Vegas Market also welcomes the official debut of the casual furniture category, with leading casual furniture and outdoor vendors now concentrated in 250,000-square-feet of permanent showrooms and temporary exhibit space on the 12th and 13th floors in Building C. The addition of casual furniture brings a new element to Las Vegas Market’s well-established furniture category – recognized as the premier destination for furniture in the western U.S. and the most important national bedding market – with the most comprehensive assortment of leading furniture and bedding resources as well as steady additions of new and exciting up-and-comers.

Beyond exhibits, Summer Market will present a variety of special events and an expanded range of buyer amenities in connection with the Market’s 10th anniversary. Among highlights are Las Vegas Market’s fourth annual gala benefitting Gift for Life, the gift and home industry’s sole charity, on Monday, August 3. A variety of other special events are planned, including complimentary happy hours, and other free food and beverage offerings for buyers.

In addition, a compelling roster of seminars, keynote speeches and panel discussions will deliver additional value to Las Vegas Market participants. Highlights include the semi-annual “Ahead of the Curve” presentation detailing at-market trends in color and design; Gourmet Insights, a half-day of gourmet housewares-specific programming hosted by The Gourmet Retailer in connection with the launch of C11, and Design Camp, hosted by celebrity designers Loir Dennis and Kelli Ellis, for the interior design community.

Attendees also will enjoy an expanded array of market amenities including complimentary shuttles to/from host hotels, free parking in an onsite parking garage, fully-equipped Internet lounges, grab-and-go breakfasts, greeters, and convenient café and food kiosks.

Las Vegas Market showrooms in Buildings A, B and C will be open August 2-6 (Sunday through Thursday), and temporary exhibits at the Pavilions at Las Vegas Market will be open August 2-5 (Sunday – Wednesday). Showroom hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, August 2, through Wednesday, August 5; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, August 6; The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market will be open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 2; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, August 3, and Tuesday, August 4; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5.

Las Vegas Market is the leading furniture, home decor and gift marketplace in the western U.S., presenting 2,200+ gift, home décor and furniture resources in an unrivaled market destination. Las Vegas Market features thousands of gift, furniture and home décor lines, allowing for cross-category commerce among these industries. The Summer 2015 Las Vegas Market runs August 2-6, 2015, at World Market Center Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com.

About Las Vegas Market and International Market Centers, L.P.: Las Vegas Market is the most comprehensive furniture, home décor and gift market in the United States, presenting a unique cross-section of 2,200+ resources in an unrivaled market destination. With two markets each year, retailers and designers can shop a broad assortment of product from thousands of manufacturers of furniture, mattress, lighting, decorative accessories, floor coverings, home textiles, tabletop, general gift and more — delivering the most complete, cross-category wholesale tradeshow for the furniture, home décor and gift industries in the United States. For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com. Find us on Facebook and Twitter.

Las Vegas Market is produced by International Market Centers, L.P. (IMC), the world’s largest operator of premier showroom space for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. International Market Centers owns and operates 12.1 million square feet of world-class exhibition space in High Point, N.C. and Las Vegas. IMC’s mission is to build and operate an innovative, sustainable, profitable and scalable platform for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. For more information on IMC, visit http://imcenters.com/.