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SMORGASBORD
SMORGASBORD
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Country
Fresh Food & Confections 5 www.countryfreshfood.com 800.545.8782
Elmhurst
Milked 24 www.elmhurst1925.com 888.356.1925
Funky
Chunky 15 www.funkychunky.com 888.473.8659
Redondo Iglesias 3 www.redondousa.com 201.455.5266
Sticky
Fingers Bakeries 15 www.stickyfingersbakeries.com 800.458.5826
Stonewall
Kitchen 4 www.stonewallkitchen.com 888.326.5678
TBJ Gourmet 2 www.tbjgourmet.com 856.222.2000
World
Finer Foods 15 www.worldfiner.com/la-perruche 973.338.0300
CALENDAR
February
2-5
Seattle Gift Show
Seattle, Washington
www.clarionux.com
February 3-6
NY NOW
New York, New York
www.nynow.com
February 8-12
Ambiente
Frankfurt, Germany
ambiente.messefrankfurt.com
February 19-21
Kitchen & Bath Industry Show
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.kbis.com
March 2-5
International Home + Housewares Show
Chicago, Illinois
www.housewares.org
March 6-9
Natural Products Expo West
Anaheim, California
www.expowest.com
April 30-May 2
SIAL Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.sialcanada.com
May 7-9
National Hardware Show
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.nationalhardwareshow.com
May 18-21
National Restaurant Association Show
Chicago, Illinois
show.restaurant.org
May 21-23
Sweets & Snacks Expo
Chicago, Illinois
www.sweetsandsnacks.com
June
2-4
IDDBA 2019
Orlando, Florida
www.iddba.org
June 10-12
United Fresh 2019
Chicago, Illinois
www.unitedfresh.org
June 19-25
Dallas Total Home & Gift Market
Dallas, Texas
www.dallasmarketcenter.com
June 23-25
Summer Fancy Food Show
New York, New York
www.specialtyfood.com
July 9-15
The Atlanta International Gift &
Home Furnishings Market
Atlanta, Georgia
www.americasmart.com
July 21-24
Philadelphia Gift Show
Oaks, Pennsylvania
www.clarionux.com
July 28-August 1
Las Vegas Market Summer Market
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.lasvegasmarket.com
August 11-14
NY NOW
New York, New York
www.nynow.com
September 12-14
Natural Products Expo East
Baltimore, Maryland
www.expoeast.com
October 2-5
Las Vegas Souvenir &
Resort Gift Show
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.clarionux.com
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Greenington, Finatur, Solmate Socks and
ME to WE are the winners of Las Vegas
Market's eighth annual Global Goodness
Awards. The awards recognize home fur-
nishings and gift companies who create
sustainable and socially responsible prod-
ucts. The 2019 Global Goodness Awards
were presented at the end of January during
Winter 2019 Las Vegas Market.
A panel of three industry sustainability
and social responsibility experts – Colvin
English of ByHand Consulting, Maud Obe
of Aid to Artisans and Susan Inglis of Sus-
tainable Furnishings Council – selected
two home furnishings suppliers in Finatur
(maker of home décor products crafted in
Colombia) and Greenington (maker of sus-
tainable furniture crafted in Seattle) and
gift exhibitor Solmate Socks (handwoven,
mismatched socks and other personal ac-
cessories). People's Choice winner ME to
WE (maker of artisanal and fair trade prod-
ucts) was selected through popular vote on
the Las Vegas Market Facebook page.
Finatur Design is a Colombian-based
company dedicated to the designing and
manufacturing of decorative products, as
well as accessories and jewelry. Finatur
pairs pre-Colombian Zenú weaving tradi-
tions with a contemporary minimalist de-
sign. This company uses sustainable
practices and a wide variety of environmen-
tally-friendly resources, including bamboo
wood, Tagua seeds and reusable plastic in
its products. Finatur's goal is to provide a
means for creating sustainable income for
local artisans and their communities. Learn
more at www.finaturdesign.com.
Seattle-based Greenington is a sustain-
able furniture company that creates high-
quality furniture from bamboo. The
company follows strict international stan-
dard guidelines and has a zero waste man-
ufacturing process. Greenington has been
a member of the Sustainable Furnishings
Council since 2010. Learn more at
www.greenington.com.
Solmate Socks designs and creates mis-
matched socks, hats, scarves and blankets.
Founded in 2000, Solmate Socks is a made-
in-America company that has a zero waste
manufacturing goal by knitting all products
with a Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and Global
Recycle Standard certified pre-consumer
recycled cotton yarn. Solmate Socks also
has a dedicated giving program in which
the company donates a pair of socks to
someone in need for every pair sold. Learn
more at www.solmatesocks.com.
People's Choice Award winner ME to WE
is a social enterprise that creates products
and experiences that allow people to do
good through their everyday choices. Half
of ME to WE's profits are donated to sup-
port WE Charity, while the other half goes
toward growing the mission of the social
enterprise. Its products are handmade by
ME to WE artisans. Learn more at
www.metowe.com/about-us.
The Global Goodness Awards program
complements an ongoing partnership Las
Vegas Market has with the Sustainable Fur-
nishings Council (SFC) to create One Good
World, a guide to sustainable furniture and
home décor products to help connect legit-
imate suppliers and retailers in this new era
of sustainability and accountability. The ef-
fort includes a sustainable products locator
program showcasing relevant at-Market re-
sources and expanded educational offerings
addressing issues and opportunities con-
nected with sustainability.
Las Vegas Market is the leading home
furnishings and gift market in the western
U.S., presenting 4,000-plus gift, home
décor and furniture resources in an unri-
valed market destination. Las Vegas Market
features thousands of gift, furniture and
home décor lines, allowing for cross-cate-
gory commerce among these industries.
For more information, visit www.lasvegas
market.com.
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Las Vegas Market Names
2019 Global Goodness Winners
United Fresh will host the fourth annual
BrandStorm™ February 20-22, 2019, once
again in San Francisco, California. The
event, hosted by United Fresh's Produce
Marketing & Merchandising Council,
boasts the only annual opportunity for pro-
duce marketers to gather to dive into mar-
keting education, idea-sharing and
innovative dialogue with peers and col-
leagues alike.
BrandStorm has been developed to en-
gage all levels of brand and marketing
professionals in the produce industry
looking to enhance their knowledge of
brand development, content creation,
managing the creative process, segment
marketing, channels, tools, technologies
and much more.
BrandStorm 2019 will address the latest
disruptors in brand marketing, from VR,
AR and IoT to private brand, home delivery
and the latest consumer trends.
United Fresh members can attend Brand-
Storm for $695 with discounts offered to
marketing teams (from the same company)
at the reduced rate of $645 each when you
register two or more colleagues. Non-mem-
bers can attend for $895. Register at
www.unitedfreshbrandstorm.org.
For more information about BrandStorm
education, registration or to sponsor at the
event, contact Mary Coppola, Senior Direc-
tor, Marketing & Communications at
202.303.3425.
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Fourth Annual BrandStorm
Will Return to San Francisco
