They say the bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle. And from January 24 - 27, so are the greenest panels, best deals and savviest retail experts when the semi-annual Seattle Gift Show (www.seattlegift.com) brings hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of buyers to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center for the largest market in the Pacific Northwest.
Show Highlights
In addition to main retail attractions, show attendees can learn new skills and brush up on their networking at an extensive series of free educational seminars presented by industry experts. This year’s schedule includes panels such as Sustainable & Green: What the eco-buzz means for your business moderated by Richard Bloom and Melissa Haberstroh two part Retail ByDesign: A Blueprint to Successful Lifestyle Merchandising and A Blueprint to Successful Lifestyle Merchandising. Wrapping up the week, popular industry-insider Lynn Switanowski-Barrett presents Multi-Generational Marketing: Getting Boomers to Bust out their Wallets and Generating Moohla from the Millenials and Are You...Tubing, Facebooking, Twittering and Flikring Your Way to New Customers? about the ever-morphing world of online social networking.
The semi-annual Seattle Gift Show is managed by GLM, a dmg world media business. Exhibitors seeking information should contact show manager Jenay Root at 213/430-2311 or jroot(at)glmshows.com. Attendee information may be obtained by contacting GLM Customer Relations at 800/272-SHOW (7469) or 603/665-7524 or www.seattlegift.com.


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