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GOOD AND READY FOR AS GOOD AS IT GETS: AMERICASMART® ATLANTA AND THE JANUARY 2007 MARKETS

November 30, 2006

ATLANTA, November 2006—The world’s largest single gift and home furnishings product collection makes January’s market experience as good as it gets: AMERICASMART ATLANTA and the incomparable January 2007 Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market®.

The first Market of 2007 brings together buyers and sellers in more than 2,000 showrooms and 4,400 temporary booths in a single Atlanta address, made complete by strategic categorization and sited for buying and navigation efficiency. The January 9—17 Market (Market Temporaries, January 12—16) welcomes retailers from across the U.S. and around the world with the promise of a fully-integrated product mix—unmatched in size and selection—and enriched with a brand-new product collection making its exclusive wholesale market debut, plus new lines, designs and introductions.

Retailers will discover more than 31,000 product lines and designs in 25 Temporary product categories and 15 complete specialty product centers:

The New Coastal Lifestyles Collection, featuring furniture and décor with an intrinsically coastal flair, including painted indoor/outdoor furniture and furnishings, wall art, tabletop, area rugs, whimsical accessories and much more;

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

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

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

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

The Gardens—Outdoor Lifestyle & Home Decor, featuring the nation’s first and largest selection of indoor/outdoor casual furnishings, accessories, home décor and garden-related gifts;

AMERICASMART’s Children’s WorldSM, new home to the largest permanent collection of children’s apparel and juvenile product featuring gift, furniture, bedding & textiles, home accents, art, toys and games and plush;

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

The Fashion Accessories/Immediate Resources/Fine Jewelry Center, the long-preferred destination for fashion accessories/fine jewelry retailers;

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

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

The Market Temporaries, the 4,400 booth-strong centerpiece of the bi-annual Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market.

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

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 25 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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