Fifty-Five Countries to Exhibit at NY NOW

More than 400 companies representing 55 countries will be among the 2,800-plus exhibitors participating in the winter 2015 edition of NY NOW, Jan. 31 to Feb. 4 at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

“The extensive representation of companies from around the globe points to NY NOW’s position as the essential U.S. market for retailers who want to shop the world,” said Randi Mohr, NY NOW co-director and vice president. 

International companies participate both individually and as part of country-sponsored contingents. The 55 countries represented at the New York market in winter 2015 are: Afghanistan, American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Vietnam.

International exhibitors are well-represented throughout NY NOW’s collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE. The HOME collection will feature two pavilions in Home Furnishings + Textiles: Worldwide Import/Export (Brazil) with 11 companies and UBIFRANCE with 13 companies. In addition, Accent on Design – presented as part of the HOME Collection on Level 3 of the Javits Center – will showcase “Accent on Japan” with five companies and British Design Group with three companies.

NY NOW’s HANDMADE collection will highlight international resources through two international pavilions: British Contemporary Crafts with 19 companies from the U.K. and IEC – Berlin Inter Expo Consult GMBH (a new organizer of the returning German group) with nine companies. Both groups will be within Handmade Designer Maker.

As part of NY NOW’s LIFESTYLE collection, the United Kingdom’s British Jewellery and Giftware International pavilion will expand to feature 12 companies; Germany’s new IEC – Berlin Inter Expo Consult GMBH will showcase eight companies; and Hong Kong’s Trade Development Council will highlight six new companies. 

The largest concentration of international resources will be presented as part of the co-located Artisan Resource, a first-of-its-kind market offering U.S.-based volume importers, direct import retailers, wholesalers and designers the opportunity to meet with international artisanal producers from around the world. International government-sponsored pavilions at Artisan Resource include Panama’s Ministry of Trade and Industry and South Africa’s Cape Craft & Design Institute.

Artisan Resource is a semiannual trade show that runs concurrently with NY NOW, offering a production-sourcing venue for overseas artisan enterprises to showcase their products and production capabilities – at export terms – from their country of origin.