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floors in AmericasMart’s Downtown Atlanta campus.

The famed Atlanta Market temporaries expand for Summer 2022 with a new pavilion for values-based brands connected with IMC’s acquisition of the Dough network and a new category – Cash & Carry LUXE – featuring high-end jewelry and accessories. The 30-plus Atlanta Market temporary categories - representing 3,000-plus lines - are in their historic locations for Summer 2022.

Updates are found throughout the 1,000-plus Atlanta Market showrooms, with new products and bestsellers in home décor and general gift plus specialty categories including children’s, floral, gourmet and housewares, jewelry and accessories, outdoor living, seasonal, stationery and tabletop. Atlanta Market offers home décor product in 300-plus showrooms on eight floors and gift product in 700-plus showrooms on 17 floors in Buildings 1, 2 and 3.

For a full list of Atlanta Market exhibitors, visit AtlantaMarket.com/ exhibitor/exhibitor-directory.

The Summer Atlanta Market experiences that buyers love are set to return for the 2022 staging. The JURA Demonstration kitchen will provide four days of cooking demonstrations and seminars – with some to-be-announced star power – throughout the market. The redesigned Designer Workspace in Building 1 will reopen this Summer with a new optimal location on Floor 15. Buyers also can expect photo ops, industry celebrations and other onsite amenities.

JuniperMarket, the newly launched wholesale marketplace powered by IMC, will have a presence at Atlanta Market with photo ops, product displays, giveaways and opportunities for buyers to engage and register for the new digital marketplace. JuniperCommerce also will welcome suppliers to its showroom in Building 1, Floor 9.

Atlanta Market will provide its signature planning tools for the Summer 2022 market including an optimized AtlantaMarket.com and the AmericasMart app, plus the Atlanta Market Magazine will be available in June; the Atlanta Market Buyer’s Guide will be available at market. Additionally, Market Snapshot, IMC’s social media showcase of new products and best sellers, begins in May.

Registration is open now for Atlanta Market at AtlantaMarket.com/ Attend/Registration. Showrooms are open Tuesday, July 12 – Monday, July 18, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and temporary exhibits are open Wednesday, July 13 – Sunday, July 17, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Gift For Life/ NY NOW Partner Again for 2022 AIDS Walk New York Fundraising Event Scheduled for Sunday, May 15, 2022

Gift for Life, the gift and home decor industries’ sole national charitable organization, and NY NOW are fielding a team for the in-person return of AIDS Walk New York 2022, an annual 10K walk raising funds for GMHC, on Sunday, May 15 in New York’s Central Park. NY NOW has pledged to match the first $8,000 in donations.

“This year marks the beginning of our second decade participating in this wonderful life-giving event,” said Caroline Kennedy, Gift For Life/ NY NOW team co-captain. “Over the last 10 years, we have raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for GMHC. For 2022, the team has raised its fundraising bar and set a very ambitious goal of $40,000 … and with the industry’s support we can do it!”

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, AIDS Walk New York has been held virtually for the last two years. “We are so excited to return to walk in Central Park!” added Su Hilty, team co-captain and Gift for Life Honorary Board member. “We are thrilled to have NY NOW as our partner once again and are delighted to kick-start our fundraising with their generous $8,000 matching pledge.”

Amy Loewenberg, NY NOW Senior Relations Manager, remarked, “AIDS Walk New York is a vital lifeline helping those affected by HIV/AIDS here in the New York metropolitan area. Our partnership with Gift for Life is a highly valued one that has grown for over two decades and we couldn’t be more excited to team-up with Gift For Life again this year to help raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy!”

Gift for Life Board Chair, Cole Daugherty added, “Our organization was founded in 1992 to fight HIV/ AIDS, and our annual participation in AIDS Walk is a meaningful continuation of our work to end the epidemic. We invite industry buyers, suppliers and service providers to join us and make a difference.”

Now in its 37th year, AIDS Walk New York has inspired nearly 890,000 people to walk and millions more to donate, raising nearly $155 million to combat HIV and AIDS. The funds raised at the event remain a vital lifeline sustaining the preven-

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