NY NOW® is open to the trade only. Please note that badges will not be mailed.

Advance registration for the Winter 2015 market is free to all qualified members of the trade through 11:59PM on Tuesday, January 27. Onsite, the registration fee for qualified first-time attending buyers is $60. Suppliers to the trade can register by January 27, for a $250 fee. Onsite registration for suppliers to the trade is $300. Please note that only major credit cards are accepted for onsite registrations. Cash will not be accepted.

Returning as a recent attendee? Update your registration prior to January 27, to avoid a late fee of $25.

After registering, remember to bring your barcode to any registration area at the market where you can scan and print your badge at one of more than 70 self-registration terminals.

NOTE:  For media registration, please visit www.nynow.com/press

NY NOW is open to the trade only. To attend, you must provide identification to qualify your business, and separate identification to qualify each individual employee from your store or company.

Please submit TWO forms of Company and ONE form of Employee identification. Please note that acceptable Employee identification must be submitted for each registrant. We reserve the right to request additional business identification if deemed necessary.

REQUIRED company identification: Several recent invoices from industry manufacturers for goods purchased at wholesale/in quantity.

Additional Acceptable COMPANY identification includes at least ONE of the following:

• Active Web Site Address through which Company Business can be validated
• Business Advertisement of gift-related business
• Store/commercial lease indicating type of business
• Resale tax certificate for industry-related business
• Photograph of your store front
• Mail Order Companies to provide catalog
• Manufacturers Representatives (multi-line) should provide a list of lines currently being handled
• Wholesalers, importers, & exporters should provide samples of printed material (brochures, catalogs, etc.) that show product selection and inventory
• Interior Designers must provide the appropriate certification, professional designation or membership in an industry association.

Acceptable EMPLOYEE identification includes at least ONE of the following:

• Copy of cancelled company payroll check or pay-check stub
• Copy of W-2 form
• Copy of company credit card with both employee’s and company’s name
• Copy of company insurance card with employee’s name

Thirty Finalists Selected for NY NOW Eco Choice Awards

Thirty finalists will compete for the 11th semi-annual Eco Choice Awards, a green initiative co-sponsored by NY NOW®, the Market for Home + Lifestyle and GREENRetailer magazine.

The finalists, picked from nearly 100 products to be featured in NY NOW’s SustainAbility: design for a better world® display, will compete in one of three award categories: Most Innovative, Most Sellable and Most Sensitive Use of Materials. Voting to choose the winners will be conducted online (www.giftshopmag.com/votegreen) from December 12 through January 9. Winners will be announced the week of January 12, in advance of the winter 2015 edition of NY NOW, January 31-February 4, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

“Eco Choice Awards finalists, which represent each of NY NOW’s three collections and its nine categories, as well as the co-located Artisan Resource®, points to the continued demand for eco-friendly and socially-responsible products,” said Scott Kramer, NY NOW co-director and vice president. “The Eco Choice Awards reflect the critical importance of ‘green’ products that deliver both form and function, as well as increasingly higher standards for green production processes and design.”

The ten finalists in the “Most Innovative” category include: Anemone centerpiece by Annieglass Inc.; Beaded bracelet featuring vintage buttons, retired coins and old watch faces by Dunitz & Company Inc.; backpack from flip & tumble; City Lights by FunnyFish Inc.; Kupp’ from Katesplace LLC; Recycled T-shirt skirts by Look At Me Designs; Peace Shape Maple Teether by Maple Landmark Woodcraft; The Gatherer, waxed canvas bucket bag by Peg and Awl; Cork Dots sling by Spicer Bags; and Vinyltone by Vinylux.

The ten finalists in the “Most Sensitive Use of Materials” category are: Urban dinnerware by Alex Marshall Studios; Burlap nettled cushion by Calyz Textiles; ecojot app ready city journals by Ecojot; Paper rosettes by Giftsland; hand soap by Hand In Hand Soap; Mote Marine collection by Harry Barker; Fire Station by Plan Toys; handcrafted stone owls by Tesoros Trading Company; Xaquixe glass carboy and glasses by Tilonia; and YOXObug Flye by YOXO.

The ten finalists in the “Most Sellable” category include: Dog collection by Artel Glass; Reclaimed wood art frame by Beach Frames LLC; “I Pick You” card by Good Paper; Frankie tote by Graf & Lantz; Munch-mates by Modern-Twist; Cubes journal by Karen Alweil Studio; Keys tablerunner by MKC Photography; Mermaid Once Upon a Time Collection by Pebble; “Love” Animals greeting cards by Rigel Stuhmiller; and cruelty-free organic silk throw from Sustainable Threads.

The winter 2015 edition of NY NOW®, the Market for Home +Lifestyle, will run Saturday, January 31, through Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. NY NOW has staggered show opening dates and locations, with HANDMADE running Saturday to Tuesday, and HOME and LIFESTYLE running Sunday to Wednesday Market hours are 9am – 6pm, daily, except Tuesday, February 3, when HANDMADE closes at 5pm; and Wednesday, February 4, when HOME and LIFESTYLE close at 2pm.

Artisan Resource is a semi-annual tradeshow which runs concurrently with NY NOW (February 1-4, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center) offering a production-sourcing venue for overseas artisan enterprises to showcase their products and production capabilities – at export terms – from their country of origin. The semi-annual tradeshow is managed by Emerald Expositions and organized with the assistance of ByHand Consulting. Additional information and registration is available online atwww.artisanresourceny.com.

NY NOW’s comprehensive collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE, as well as NEW! exhibitors – will encompass 100,000 products in 400+ product categories. Attendees from all 50 U.S. states and more than 80 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration are available online atwww.nynow.com.

 

NYNOW365 Generates 10,500 Leads in First Ten Months

In just 10 months since its launch, GLM’s NYNOW365, an image-based online product directory, has generated 10,500 leads between buyers and suppliers utilizing the website to buy and sell home and lifestyle products. Designed to promote and enhance NY NOW™, the Market for Home + Lifestyle (formerly NYIGF®), NYNOW365 currently contains more than 58,000 products from nearly 1,500 NY NOW exhibitors.

“Use of NYNOW365 has evolved from its start as a retailers’ sourcing portal to become an active lead generation site for suppliers,” said Christian Falkenberg, NY NOW director and GLM senior vice president. “More than half of NY NOW’s 2,800 exhibitors have uploaded product information, and site registration has reached nearly 25,000 qualified buyers.”

To date, 24,867 retailers have registered, at no charge, to use NYNOW365 to source products, and to “like” and “pin” product information to their own product boards for future reference. Site users are also able to request more information from the exhibitors, create walking lists to use at NY NOW and save favorites to their own collection of image boards. Products are featured in more than 20 categories, including contemporary design, home textiles, handcrafts, gourmet housewares, decorative accessories, personal care and wellness and home furnishings.

The site, available online at www.NYNOW365.com, was created in February 2013 as the industry’s online destination for sourcing new, trending products 365 days a year. The site has generated 8.5 million product “views” so far, and the ten million mark is expected to be surpassed within weeks.

NY NOW, the Market for Home + Lifestyle, will run Saturday, August 16, through Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94. NY NOW’s four comprehensive collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE, HANDMADE and NEW! – will encompass 100,000 products in 400+ product categories. Some 35,000 attendees from all 50 states and more than 80 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration is available online at www.nynow.com.

 

NYNOW365 Experiences Explosive Growth Since April Launch

NYNOW365.com site, an image-based online product directory, has grown exponentially since its official launch in April, with information about 27,000+ products from 700+ exhibitors in NY NOW®, the Market for Home & Lifestyle (formerly NYIGF®), currently available through the site.

“More than 25 percent of the show’s 2,800+ exhibitors have posted product images and information to the site, and nearly 1,500 retailers have registered to use the site in the past few weeks,” said Christian Falkenberg, NY NOW director and GLM senior vice president. “We expect the number of retailers registering and using the site to increase dramatically in July, once we integrate registration for NYNOW365 with registration for the show.”

After registering to use NYNOW365, buyers are able to search for products by keyword, show section or across more than 20 categories, including contemporary design, home textiles, handcrafted, gourmet housewares, decorative accessories, personal care and wellness, home furnishings and more. Site users are also able to request more information from the exhibitors, create product lists to use at NY NOW and save favorite products and exhibitors to their own collection of image boards.

Based on the current growth of site usage, GLM predicts that NYNOW365.com will include information for more than 1,000 exhibitors and 35,000 products by the time the inaugural edition of NY NOW opens in mid-August. GLM also expects more than 10,000 retailers to be registered and actively using the site by year-end.

NY NOW, the Market for Home & Lifestyle, will run Saturday, August 17, through Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94. NY NOW’s four comprehensive collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE, HANDMADE and NEW! – will encompass 100,000 products in 400+ product categories. Some 35,000 ttendees from all 50 states and more than 80 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration is available online at www.nynow.com.