The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) welcomes the 2022 class of its award-winning Style Spotters program. Sponsored by Crypton and Studio Designer, the program ushers in its second decade with an expanded team of ten. The 2022 Style Spotters take the reins this month and will hold the title throughout the entire calendar year, applying their keen eye for emerging styles and captivating product stories to both 2022 Markets, April 2-6 and October 22-26.

40 Atlanta Market brands are finalists in the Winter 2022 Market Snapshot – International Market Centers’ (IMC) showcase of exciting, new, innovative and trendsetting products from its home and gift markets. Online voting for the “People’s Choice” awards is open now at AtlantaMarket.com/MarketSnapshot, with winners to be announced on the opening day of Atlanta Market, running January 11-18, 2022 at AmericasMart Atlanta. 

“Market Snapshot is the ultimate testament to the innovation of IMC exhibitors,” said Dorothy Belshaw, IMC executive vice president, chief customer and marketing officer. “With these 40 brands as a preview, buyers are set for discovery opportunities like none other at the Winter 2022 Atlanta Market.”

Secaucus, NJ – With less than two months to go, organizers of THE RUG SHOW are busy with event preparations. The 2022 roster is growing up to the last minute and includes new companies as well as many returning, established ’RUG SHOW’ veterans. This year’s show is scheduled to take place at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey on February 16-18, 2022. As a premier industry fair, The Rug Show offers attendees a place to buy new products, meet new rug makers, learn and build connections through networking.

“This is the only show for hand-made rugs organized by the rug industry FOR the rug industry,” says Jack Simantob of Art Resources. “Registration is open and the response has been very positive,” he added. “We’ll be issuing exhibitor bios with sneak previews of product on our social media channels as well as through industry press releases.”

Feizy Rugs, one of the country’s largest rug manufacturers, continues its commitment to supporting undernourished children in underprivileged communities. The family-run rug company has again pledged to donate $25,000 this holiday season to Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), a nonprofit that delivers healthy meals to starving children in 70 countries around the world. The company’s holiday donation will provide the funds needed to feed 285 children through FMSC for one year.