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The New York International Gift Fair, the premier gift and decorative accessories market in the United States, has opened its doors at the Jacob Javitz Center. This semi-annual event fills 638,000 net square feet, including the entire Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and the Passenger Ship Terminal. The 45,000 national and international attendees are drawn from major retail outlets, specialty retailers, distributors, catalog companies and others. There are more than 2,800 firms exhibiting in eleven major merchandise sections of the Fair, including international sponsored groups representing Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Canadian Province of Quebec, South Africa, Thailand and United Kingdom.
This year's NYIGF features a number of interesting green-themed presentations this week for attendees in the gift-giving business. "It’s Easy Being, Building, Buying & Selling Green – An Interview with Clodagh" presents a interview with green movement pioneer, Clodagh, and editor-in-chief of Metropolis Magazine, Susan Szenasy, and explores how one woman’s passion for environmentally and spiritually friendly materials and art finishes informs her commitment to product and interior design. Mark McMenamin, senior editor of Interior Design magazine, will give a lecture on business practices that can be implemented that help businesses succeed in today's green marketplace. A third discussion session led by Patricia Norins, publisher of Green Retailer and GIFT SHOP magazines, with panelists Robin Brown, co-founder of Erbaviva, Alan Honick, partner of Lichen Studio and Mac McCoy, CEO of Tibet Collection will concern itself with learning how to distinguish between "green" and "greenwash", and how to properly make successful green choices and avoid green frauds.
Attendees of this year's New York International Gift Fair have the good fortune of being in New York City during Restaurant Week 2009, with all kinds of participating restaurants offering bargain dining deals. NYC hotel accommodations in 2009 have also never been more affordable due to the current economic climate. Let's hope NYIGF participants walk away from this year's show with new insights into green business practices, lower accommodations costs, and maybe even a Broadway ticket stub or two in their pockets that they were not able to afford on previous visits to New York City.
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broadway, business practices, clodagh, convention center, green, green marketplace, green retailer, greenwash, hotels, interior design, jakob javitz, mark mcmenamin, metropolis magazine, new york international gift show, passenger ship terminal, patrica norins, susan szenasy
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Posted on 1/26/2009
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