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For the Biggest, Boldest, Best in Retailing, There Is Only One AMERICASMART-ATLANTA

August 31, 2006

ATLANTA, June 2006—Biggest. Boldest. Best. There is only one. One AMERICASMART-ATLANTA and the July edition of The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market® and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market®, July 11—19.

Featuring showrooms and temporaries all in one place, and all at one time, AMERICASMART is the Market of necessity—the Market where retailers come for unmatched variety and selection—to source the nation’s largest single gift, home furnishings and area rug product collection—all housed in 2,000 permanent showrooms and more than 4,400 temporary booths.

• The Area Rug Center, featuring the country’s largest and most spectacular permanent collection of new and antique handmade and power-loomed area rugs;

• The Gift & Resort Center, home to the nation’s premier gift, resort and souvenir exhibitors;

• The Home Accents & Furnishings Center, the preferred destination for the industry’s premier home decor and furnishings manufacturers, importers and artisans;

• General Gift/Home Accents & Gift, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive selection of gift product and accessories, and featuring a burgeoning selection of home décor product;

• The Gardens, featuring the nation’s first and largest selection of indoor/outdoor casual furnishings, accessories, home décor and garden-related gifts;

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• The Holiday, Floral & Home Décor Center, the nation’s first and largest integrated product center featuring floral and seasonal and home décor product;

• The Home Accents & Fine Linens Center, one of the nation’s largest and most spectacular home accents, fine linens and accessories resources;

• Apparel, featuring the newest lines & designs from the biggest names in the men’s, women’s and children’s apparel business now;

• Children’s World, the nation’s first and only permanent product center dedicated to “all things” children/juvenile—from home accents and decor, to gifts and decorative accessories to apparel and plush;

• The Fashion Accessories & Fine Jewelry Center, the long-preferred destination for fashion accessories and fine jewelry retailers from across the nation;

• The Gourmet Gallery,headquarters to many of the most respected names in the gourmet, specialty foods and housewares industries;

• The Tabletop, Fine Gifts & Accessories Center, a global leader in the tableware, gift and home décor industries and;

• The Market Temporaries, the market-within-The Market, 4,400 booth-strong centerpiece of the July Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market.

Additional AMERICASMART customer service conveniences include: myMarket!, an exclusive online planning tool, express registration, complimentary shuttle services from dozens of hotels and select parking facilities, free and deeply-discounted parking, on-site childcare services, as well as discounted and increased availability to a growing array of Atlanta hotels secured for July Market attendees exclusively through the AMERICASMART Housing Office.

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The advantages continue with direct access to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport via MARTA’s rapid-rail transit service, vibrant shopping districts, hundreds of world-class restaurants, as well as numerous entertainment and cultural venues and attractions all within walking distance.

For more information on AMERICASMART-ATLANTA and its annual markets, please call 1-800-ATL-MART or visit AmericasMart.com.

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AMERICASMART-ATLANTA is the largest wholesale marketplace of its kind in the world, and is a leading international market source for a wide variety of consumer goods. It hosts 23 wholesale markets and six Market Wednesdays that annually attract more than 548,000 attendees from every U.S. state and 80 countries.

Retailers attending its markets identify AMERICASMART as the gift/home furnishings/area rug wholesale marketplace most important to their business—as compared to all competing U.S. wholesale markets—in independent research conducted by Moore & Symons, Inc.

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