americasmart live: an unprecedented market experience

americasmart live: an unprecedented market experience

The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market®
Showrooms: July 11-18, 2017 Temporaries: July 13-17, 2017
and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market®
July 12-16, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT
Chelsea Peabody Bohannon
Strategic Relations and Media Relations Manager
[email protected]
404.220.2141
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMERICASMART LIVE:
AN UNPRECEDENTED MARKET EXPERIENCE
Nate Berkus to Open Keynote Series
ATLANTA – April 11, 2017 – AmericasMart® LIVE premieres July 11, 2017 in Atlanta with a
cast of globally celebrated thought leaders in a new multimedia Market experience connecting
today’s cultural icons and lifestyle experts with AmericasMart’s large and growing international
community of buyers and sellers. Celebrity interior designer Nate Berkus kicks off a series of
must-see keynote events that are the highlight of the July 2017 Market programming. Together
with digital media visionary Erik Qualman, Berkus will help make AmericasMart LIVE the source
for up-to-the-minute access to new-and-next ideas in a time of unprecedented retail disruption.
Additional keynotes and speakers will be announced closer to the Market.
Programming includes:
Berkus in “Nate Berkus By Design, A Conversation about Finding Your Signature Style,
and Thriving in Today’s Design World” on Thursday, July 13.
Having started his eponymous design firm, Nate Berkus Associates, at the age of 24,
Berkus’ design philosophy remains the same as it was 20 years ago: your home should
tell your story, what you love collected and assembled in one place. This philosophy
continues to shape every design project, product collection and television makeover,
from the “Oprah Winfrey Show” to his new show on TLC, “Nate and Jeremiah By
Design.” In a rapidly changing design landscape, where does evolution and innovation
need to take place, and what stays the same? In this keynote, Berkus will discuss the
philosophy that catapulted his success, how to find your signature style, and why we can
and should disrupt conventional design in order to flourish.
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Qualman in “Disruptive Innovation” on Friday, July 14.
What technologies are emerging? Merging? How do I harness the power of
Socialnomics? Qualman explores which innovative trends are cutting edge and which
are bleeding edge to ensure your organization is not only on the correct path, but ahead
of the curve. Most importantly, he explores how to infuse more disruption and innovation
into your business.
The can’t-miss keynotes are part of comprehensive AmericasMart LIVE programming that
informs and educates retailers and designers about the trends and innovations they need to
grow their businesses. Experts from across the design universe – Brian Patrick Flynn, Jenny
Heinzen York and Patti Carpenter – present live show reports and interviews with
tastemakers airing between demos, thought leader presentations, and spotlight videos featuring
product, retailers, showrooms and trends broadcast throughout the AmericasMart campus and
on its digital and social networks.
The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market runs Tuesday, July 11 – Tuesday,
July 18, 2017 (Temporaries Thursday, July 13 – Monday, July 17) with The Atlanta International
Area Rug Market is Wednesday, July 12 – Sunday, July 16, 2017. For more information, visit
www.AmericasMart.com/July.
ABOUT AMERICASMART
AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest
collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 16 annual
Markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta
International Area Rug Market in January and July are the ignition switch for global retailing with buyers
from every U.S. state and as many as 70 countries discovering product in more than 1,500 showrooms
and more than 3,500 temporary exhibiting companies. ICON HONORS, the home and gift industry’s most
celebrated recognition program, is produced and staged annually by AmericasMart.
Located in downtown Atlanta, the AmericasMart complex contains more than seven million square feet of
space. It’s a huge global stage on which manufacturers, designers and sales representatives unveil new
lines, launch new designs and introduce new categories – all for the benefit of buyers seeking all that is
fresh and first in the home, rug, gift and apparel arenas. For more information, please visit
www.AmericasMart.com. Follow us @AmericasMartATL or @AtlantaApparel.
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