Atlanta Market’s comprehensive preview guide – the Atlanta Market Magazine – is hitting mailboxes and inboxes as a tool for buyers as they prepare for the Winter 2021 Atlanta Market. The 250+ page guide is available in print and online at AtlantaMarket.com/News-and-Trends/publications as planning tools for the industry’s premier gift, décor and lifestyle market, running January 12-19, 2021 at AmericasMart Atlanta.

COVER Connect: A new virtual event hosted by COVER magazine, January 12-15, 2021. Bringing the handmade rug industry together online for four days this January, COVER Connect will host more than 35 respected rug companies within TRADE a virtual fair with quality images and video content, linked to exclusive panel discussions, interviews, feature articles and documentary videos, supported by convenient channels of communication for buying and networking.

Las Vegas Market Now Runs April 11-15 and August 22-26, 2021. No Changes to Atlanta Markets.

Capitalizing on a recent shift in timing of home furnishings industry markets, and in concert with ongoing travel and government restrictions in the western United States, International Market Centers (IMC) has rescheduled the winter and summer editions of the Las Vegas Market — originally planned in January and July — to run April 11-15, 2021, and August 22-26, 2021.

The High Point Market Authority announces a date change for the upcoming Spring 2021 Market. Originally scheduled for April 17-21, Spring Market is postponed until June 5-9, 2021.

STARK, the national luxury carpet and rug company, announced its acquisition of Philadelphia floor covering company, Beatrice & Martin, Inc. and the formation of a new brand, Beatrice & Martin by STARK.

International Market Centers (IMC) expands its business education programming with a new free monthly webinar series launching in January 2021. “Market Insights” presents timely, actionable and exclusive content to IMC’s market universe and beyond as an extension of the programming it presents in connection with the Atlanta Market, IMC High Point Market and Las Vegas Market.

Safavieh is opening its very first Safavieh concept store, Safavieh Express, at Stamford Town Center mall. The new store will offer the best of Safavieh and Safavieh Couture products, including a large assortment of rugs, furniture, lighting, accessories and more.

Los Angeles-based handmade rug manufacturer, Exquisite Rugs, unveiled its flagship showroom in Commerce, CA. Now open for in-person and virtual showroom appointments.

“We are getting more and more visitors here on the West Coast, so we wanted to be able to give them a beautiful space to view our rug selection and the diversity we have,” President Hersel Bani-Esraili stated.

Las Vegas Market announced today that 15 new, relocated and recommitted home décor showrooms, collectively totaling more than 60,000 square feet, are confirmed for Winter 2021 Market, running Jan. 24 – Jan. 28, 2021.