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From Home Furnishing Business
Las Vegas Market Moves to Sunday-Thursday Schedule
August 26,
2013 by in Las Vegas, Market 
The new run, set for 2014 through 2016, is designed to better serve retailers’ needs for a weekend day and to accommodate Friday travel plans. Markets in 2014 and 2015 also will overlap with other related industry events running in Las Vegas, offering synergistic buying and selling opportunities for both buyers and suppliers.
Running Sunday through Thursday, future market dates are: Jan. 26-30, 2014; July 27-31, 2014; Jan. 18-22, 2015; August 2-6, 2015; Jan. 17-21, 2016; and July 31-August 4, 2016.
“In the face of recent upheaval in the industry show calendar, with other shows switching dates and running times, Las Vegas is maintaining continuity and organizing a consistent timeframe for market participants,” said Robert Maricich , president and CEO International Market Centers. “An extremely successful Summer Market--with exponential year-over-year growth in both buyer attendance and vendor participation--has teed-up some great momentum for our future growth, making Las Vegas Market the leading home furnishings and gift destination in the western United States.”
In Winter 2014 and 2015, the Las Vegas Market will continue its existing co-location with the Surfaces/StonExpo, which runs Jan. 28-30, 2014, and Jan. 21-23, 2015, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
“We are extremely pleased that Las Vegas Market dates will overlap with these industry related markets and look forward to working with their organizers to make the most of our common timing and locations,” Maricich said.
A highlight of the Winter 2014 Las Vegas Market will be the second annual CEO Summit produced by International Market Centers and Eller Enterprises, which will take place Jan. 29-30. Showrooms will be open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, through Wed., Jan. 29; and from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30.
Looking ahead, the Summer 2014 Las Vegas Market will feature the completion of phase three of the Market’s transformation into today’s complete home furnishings and gift marketplace, with continued growth in better giftware and better home décor to supplement the strong and growing furniture offerings that anchor the market. Phase three features the introduction of new categories of merchandise, including kitchen products and gourmet housewares.