LAS VEGAS, NV – (June 18, 2018) - Las Vegas Market announced today that significant gains in the gourmet category are bringing a record-breaking 750+ gourmet housewares, boutique tabletop and specialty food resources to permanent showrooms and temporary exhibition space during the Summer 2018 Las Vegas Market, running July 29 to August 2, 2018.
“Las Vegas Market has achieved ‘critical mass’ in the gourmet category, and C1 and C11 — our gourmet-oriented floors — are rapidly approaching 100% occupancy,” said Joy Jansen, Leasing Manager - Gift + Home, International Market Centers. “We are seeing continuing expansion in core gift-oriented housewares and tabletop resources from both industry leaders and innovative newcomers. This category growth is unparalleled in other U.S. markets catering to the gourmet category.”
The two most recent industry leaders expanding and opening Las Vegas Market showrooms are California-based Kiss That Frog and Be Home, leading suppliers of European-inspired home, tabletop and décor goods, which are relocating and expanding into a new 2,740 square foot showroom on C1; and Le Creuset, the high-profile purveyor of fine French cookware, bakeware and tabletop, which is opening a new 200 square foot space on C11. These new and expanding resources join previously announced gourmet showroom launches for Summer Market, including: Badash Crystal; Grainware; Hammond’s Candies; Kitchen Source; New Canaan Farms; Serene House; and TASTE - A Gourmet Food Experience.
New gourmet housewares and tabletop suppliers also will be well represented in The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market this summer, with dozens of first-time exhibitors debuting in temporary exhibit spaces. Newcomers to Las Vegas Market include gourmet suppliers albert L. (punkt), Inc.; Aura Glass; Casa Bugatti; Forlife; Huang Acrylic; and The Crystal Wonderland; as well as exhibitors carrying a varied assortment of tabletop, housewares and gift products: Danforth Pewter (Home of the Vilmain Collection;) Fair Trade Winds; Harkiss Designs; I Must Draw; Kara Weaves; Mira Fair Trade; and Rainy Day Illustrations.
Las Vegas Market launched C11 — the industry’s newest destination for gourmet housewares, tabletop and specialty food presentation — at the Summer Market 2015. For the summer 2018 Market, C11 will showcase a concentration of 300 gourmet resources, with another 450+ presented across campus, in both showrooms and in The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market. Notable Las Vegas Market gourmet resources include: Aesthetic Movement (Sir/Madam, Fishs Eddy); Alessi; bambu home; Canvas Home; CapaBunga; Chukar Cherries; Circa Asia; Design Imports; Eva Solo; Harold Import Company; JURA; Le Cluny; Magenta; Mariposa; Match; Mepra; Natural OliveWood; Olivia Reigel; Pepper Creek Farms; Reidel; Sea Stones; Sagaform USA; Skyros Designs; The Travers Group (SodaStream, Joseph Joseph) and Wusthof.
In addition to resource growth, Las Vegas Market is continuing and expanding its partnership with Gourmet Catalog (GC) Buying Group and the HTI Buying Group. As in past years, Las Vegas Market will offer scholarships to members of each group and will develop unique and exclusive programming and activities for each buying groups’ members attending the Summer Market. Management from each group will attend and groups will host exclusive members-only events.
Las Vegas Market is the nation’s fastest growing gift and home décor market and the leading furniture marketplace in the western U.S., presenting 4,000+ gift, home décor and furniture resources in an unrivaled market destination. Las Vegas Market features thousands of gift, furniture and home décor lines, allowing for cross-category commerce among these industries. The Summer 2018 Las Vegas Market runs July 29 to August 2, 2018. For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com.
About International Market Centers, L.P.
Las Vegas Market is produced by International Market Centers, L.P. (IMC), the world’s largest operator of premier showroom space for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. International Market Centers owns and operates 12.2 million square feet of world-class exhibition space in High Point, N.C. and Las Vegas. IMC’s mission is to build and operate an innovative, sustainable, profitable and scalable platform for the furnishings, home décor and gift industries. For more information on IMC, visit http://imcenters.com/.
