 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA MARKET NAMES SUMMER 2020 MARKET SNAPSHOT “PEOPLE’S CHOICE” WINNERS Ginger Fox, Lowcountry Originals and Pink Picasso Take Top Honors ATLANTA – August 10, 2020 – From 50 finalists, Atlanta Market has named three “People’s Choice” winners in its Summer 2020 Market Snapshot: the Bed Swing with Back by Lowcountry Originals, the Carnovsky Ocean Jigsaw Puzzle by Ginger Fox and the Lucy Longhorn Paint-by-Numbers Kit by Pink Picasso. Winning products, which were selected by popular vote in the lead up to the Summer 2020 Market, are on display in AmericasMart Atlanta showrooms through August 18, 2020. “Our Summer 2020 People’s Choice Winners accurately reflect our current situation – more time spent at home – with activities for entertainment and furnishings for comfort being most popular,” notes Dorothy Belshaw, International Market Centers chief marketing and digital officer. “This real-time view of what inspires buyers is an important element of the tools that IMC offers to buyers before and during their at-market sourcing.”The winners are:  Lowcountry Originals’ Bed Swing with Back is a swinging bed with a slanted back on a two-point hanging system designed for comfort and movement. The deep seat incline allows for lounging with a gentle swaying motion. (B1 15-E17)  With the Carnovsky Ocean Jigsaw Puzzle from Ginger Fox puzzlers explore the interaction between color and light as three different images sit on top of each other, resulting in a picture that is unexpected and mesmerizing. The colors mix and the lines and shapes entwine. With the included red, green and blue viewing glasses, users can isolate each layer of the image, turning one puzzle into three stunning pictures. (Anne McGilvray & Company B2 17-1718)  Pink Picasso’s Lucy Longhorn is an original image turned into a paint-by-numbers kit. Each kit includes a template printed canvas, a four-brush set, pots of acrylic paint and a map for painters to find a number they missed. Each project takes about 12 hours to complete. (Tango B2 10-1000B). The 50 finalists are: A & B Home, Baccarat, Bamboo Trading Co, Blue Ocean Traders, Brackish, BS Trading, Bungalow 5, Classic Home, Coast & Cotton, Compendium, Couture Lamps, Dillon Candy Company, Dynasty Gallery, Elan International, Emdee International, Entryways, Fredrick Cooper, Global Views, GO Home, Greenwich Bay Trading Co., Haviland, HomArt, Inge-Glas, IVV, Jeffan International, JingleNog, John Richard, Julie Vos, KEVA, Lands Downunder, Leftbank Art, Lucy Grymes, Maison Maison Design, Matouk, Melrose International, Michelle McDowell, Mud Pie, Pottery Pots, RAZ Imports, Revelation by Uttermost, Sagebrook Home, Smeg, Swanky Baby Vintage, TradeCie, Transpac, Walton Wood Farm and WorldFinds. Product images and links to the finalist’s online directory listings are available online at AmericasMart.com/MarketSnapshot. (Note: Photos available for download via this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ebl4ltpxcewmqnz/AADW4N6hz8VEd2r9AtUsHXESa?dl=0) Market Snapshot showcases exciting, new, innovative and trendsetting products from across Atlanta Market’s home décor and gift collections on social media, in buyer communications and on the market website. It is part of Atlanta Market’s interactive digital toolbox – presented at AmericasMart.com/AtlantaRemote – with new tools for trend and product discovery, virtual education and e-commerce. Atlanta Market is the industry’s premier gift, décor and lifestyle market, housing the nation’s largest gift product mix complemented by a broad selection of home décor at AmericasMart Atlanta. The Summer 2020 Atlanta Market will be showroom-only, with no temporary exhibit presentation. Preregistration, which is required for the Summer 2020 staging, August 13-18, 2020, is now open. For more information, visit AtlantaMarket.com. About International Market Centers: International Market Centers (IMC) is the world’s largest operator of premier showroom space for furniture, gift, home décor, rug, and apparel industries. International Market Centers owns and operates nearly 20 million square feet of world-class exhibition space in High Point, N.C., Las Vegas and Atlanta. IMC’s mission is to build and operate an innovative, sustainable, profitable and scalable platform for the furniture, gift, home décor, rug, and apparel industries. For more information on IMC, visit IMCenters.com. MEDIA CONTACTS Chelsea Peabody Bohannon, [email protected], 404.220.2141 Cathy Steel, [email protected], 203.340.9251 DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE VIA THIS LINK. |
