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For January 2006 and Beyond, Retailers Will Find It All Here

January 12, 2006

ATLANTA, December 2005—In the home of the world’s largest product collection, retailersfrom every U.S. state and 80 countrieswill find a fully-integrated product mix unmatched in size and selection—rich with exclusive new product introductions—and primed to jump start 2006 sales: OnlyAMERICASMART-ATLANTAand The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market®.

2006’s inaugural Market, staged January 10—18 with Market Temporaries, January 13—17, brings buyers and sellers together in 4.2 million square feet of product, featuring 2,000 permanent showrooms showcasing ten product centers, and more than 4,000 temporary booths, home to 25 temporary product categories—all housed in one convenient location and carefully categorized for customers’ buying ease and efficiency.

The AMERICASMART product mix grows richer still this January with signature events, product introductions and amenities, including:

• The Market debut of AMERICASMART Universitysm —an unduplicated, strategically structured educational initiative, developed in close alliance with industry experts to teach retailers business fundamentals and essentials;

• FIRST SEATING: 2006 Tabletop Innovations & Introductions—the convergence of lifestyle, trends and tabletop artistry…introduced by the industry’s most respected manufacturers. The two-day product showcase features promotions and incentives, special events and original product vignettes;

• A special guest appearance and cooking demonstration by Virginia Willis—author, chef and former Kitchen Director for Martha Stewart Living Television—current Producer of the smash hit Home Plate, a show about new southern cuisine on Turner South;

• The expansion of the Market Temporaries’ Holiday & Floral, Europe’s Finest, Kid’s Collection & Plush product categories;

• The Market debut of the Collegiate Products Licensee Pavilion;

• Boutique as the Market Temporaries’ spotlight category. Featuring a juried collection of hip, cutting-edge designs from some of the country’s hottest emerging designers as well as lines with an established, exclusive reputation;

• Newly enhanced customer service courtesies and accommodations, including the AMERICASMART Housing Office, myMarket!, an online planning tool for retailers; onsite business services; quality on-site childcare services; wireless Internet access in select AMERICASMART ? locations; exclusive lounge facilities for Market Club members; as well as special registration services for first-time AMERICASMART buyers.

These and countless additional experience-enriching programs and opportunities serve to enhance a marketplace that at its essence is a department store for retailers complete with:

• General Gift/Home Accents.
• Area Rugs.
• Home Accents & Furnishings.
• The Gourmet Gallery.
• Tabletop, Fine Gifts & Accessories.
• Fashion Acc./Fine Jewelry
• Home Accents & Fine Linens.
• Gift & Resort.
• The Gardens®.
• Market Temporaries.
• Holiday, Floral & Home Decor.
• Apparel.

Also enhancing the product resources that make AMERICASMART retailers’ most important gift and home furnishings marketplace are onsite housing/dining services; direct access to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the world through MARTA rapid-rail and Delta Air Lines; complimentary ground transportation from dozens of partner hotels in the Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead areas; discounted parking; express registration; and the MARTA Visitor’s Pass program.

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

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