As the nation’s premier gift and home accessory marketplace, with 2,800+ exhibitors featuring an extraordinary breadth and depth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware, the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) is held concurrently with EX*TRACTS at the Javits Center, Metropolitan Pavilion and Piers 92 & 94, and with Home Textiles Market Week® at NYIGF®, 230 Fifth Avenue and 7 West 34th Street. Some 40,000 buyers from around the world are expected to attend. (more…)

Tabletop & Housewares Expands Luxury Lines

Accent on Tabletop will expand the luxury and design-driven tabletop and home entertaining lines within the Tabletop & Housewares division. Overall, the division will present a total of 200 gourmet-product resources. (more…)

Handmade Showcases Authentic Craft

Beginning in August 2008, the NYIGF Handmade division will emphasize individual artisanry through visual cues spotlighting some 200+ designer-makers. “This effort, to better distinguish designer-makers from production craft, comes in response to buyer and exhibitor feedback,” said Belshaw. “This identification of designer-makers will give buyers an opportunity to meet the artists and to engage them about their influences and techniques.” (more…)

New York’s Newest Launches New Companies at Metropolitan Pavilion

New York’s Newest, the launching pad for companies new to NYIGF®, will feature 200 companies on three levels at the Metropolitan Pavilion. This concentration of new exhibitors, within New York’s Newest, makes it easier for buyers to source and shop newcomers to NYIGF. (more…)

As the nation’s premier gift and home accessory marketplace, with 2,800+ exhibitors featuring an extraordinary breadth and depth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware, the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) is held concurrently with EX*TRACTS at the Javits Center, Metropolitan Pavilion and Piers 92 & 94, and with Home Textiles Market Week at NYIGF, 230 Fifth Avenue and 7 West 34th Street. Some 40,000 buyers from around the world are expected to attend. (more…)