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Jan/22/07showtime
today is january the 17th and i am finally getting around to posting blog #2-yeehaw!
i returned from the atlanta gift market the night before last and i am still pretty dazed...january tends to be quite the whirlwind...new samples arrive, either make the the cut or not...off we go with the winners to atlanta, where we spend 3 to 4 days frantically trying to get the showroom togather...back home for a day or 2 and then... it's showtime! 7 days of peddling your wares in a sea of houseware products....
at the atlanta gift show there are 3 buildings, at least 15 floors each, and they are literally filled with every imaginable thing that one could sell for the home or person...talk about consumer overload.
i honestly don't know how buyers do it..it has got to be exhausting, not only physically(comfortable shoes are a must) but mentally and visually...i would have to think that a buyer would be cross eyed by the time they got out of there. certainely there are lots of really gorgeous lines out there and they must be really fun and exciting for the buyer store buyers and designers to see, but there is also A LOT of junk...floors of booth after booth of really horrible. ridiculous and really cheap looking junk. but the good buyers have to wade thru it all looking for the pearls.
luckily for me, i don't have to do that job...we are there to sell and i rarely get out and walk around at all. but i did cruise a bit, and i did see some very pretty things..the line that is in our old showroom is really breathtaking, it is called bobo , and is well worth checking out..and jamie young's lamp line is always lovely...and ther is a newish lamp line called shine that i find stunningly beautiful....and my friend margeret's line(she shares our showroom) is eternally elegant and exciting--fortunata...and in high design, i think bluefish always looks great....there are, of course, hundreds of other great looking lines, but those are what pop into my head from the teeny bit of walking i did...
sales wise we had a fabulous show, and i am really excited about and pleased with our new product, but i will fill you in on that next time...
jane gray/designer/stray dog designs
By Stray Dog 11:19 AM
