THE CHICAGO MARKET: LIVING AND GIVING™ ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE RETAILERS’ CHOICE OF MOST INSPIRING SHOWROOM
AND MARKET SUITES EXHIBITOR FOR THE JULY MARKET
CHICAGO, IL (July 24, 2007) – The Chicago Market: Living and Giving™ is proud to announce the winners of the July 2007 Retailers’ Choice for Most Inspiring Showroom and Market Suites Exhibitor. The showroom winners include: Creative Visions in Marketing, Inc. (1599), DNA (12-664), K & K Interiors, Inc. (13-207), Melrose International, LLC (12-140) and Sullivans (1418). The Market Suites exhibitor winners include: Adventure Marketing (7-1030), Ethel & Myrtle, Inc. (7-1107 and 8-6072), Honey House (7-2068), Language Art (7-4040) and Whispering Pines Carving (7-5061).
All showrooms and exhibitors were included in this unique contest to create visually impressive displays. The winners were chosen by buyers who voted for their favorite showroom or exhibitor display. Winners were announced last night at The Big Night to a packed crowd of Market attendees on the Mart’s South Drive along the scenic Chicago River. This July, The Big Night featured Super Diamond, the premier Neil Diamond tribute band, performing live and exclusively for Market attendees. All Retailers’ Choice winners received recognition throughout Market today and an award for display in their showroom.
“The Retailers’ Choice Award is back by popular demand at this Market,” said Joan Ulrich, senior vice president, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. “This is another way The Chicago Market: Living and Giving creates memorable experiences for both our retailers and our showrooms and exhibitors.”
The Retailers’ Choice Award is part of The Chicago Market: Living and Giving, the week-long gift market running July 19-25. Buyers experience six floors of the most popular and prominent gift and home accessory lines available with floors 12-15 open during the entire Market, and the Market Suites temporary exhibits on floors 7 and 8 open through Tuesday.
For more information on Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) or The Chicago Market: Living and Giving, please visit www.merchandisemart.com/livingandgiving or call 800.677.6278 (MART).
MEDIA CONTACT:
Claire Weingarden
Public Relations Manager
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
Phone: 312.527.7790
E-mail: cweingarden@mmart.com
The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a trademark of Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI). Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show is a registered trademark of MMPI.
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.
MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart and 350 West Mart Center in Chicago; Market Square, the Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and the National Furniture Mart in High Point, N.C.; the Architects
& Designers Building and 7 W New York in New York; the Boston Design Center in Boston; the L.A. Mart in Los Angeles; and the Washington Design Center and Federal Center Southwest in Washington D.C.
Vornado Realty Trust, owners of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VNO.
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