DMC January 2023 Total Home & Gift Market Overview

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The January 2023 Total Home & Gift Market, is the first show of the year and retailers' first chance to get their orders in for the new year. The show will feature a record number of new exhibitors and collections from top brand and artisans. Our team has been BUSY leasing the show across temporaries and permanents, delivering the buyers, promoting the market, and planning events. Keep reading to see everything we’ve been doing to help promote your business.

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Dozens of new permanent showrooms will debut in January. Welcome to the following NEW, EXPANDED, and RELOCATED showrooms across all three main campus buildings:

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The Temps at Total Home & Gift Market, January 4-7, will be the largest winter presentation in more than ten years with more than 1200 exhibitor booths including many first-time brands. Buyers will explore a full marketplace of Temps with five distinct neighborhoods to discover hot new products and brands; including the High Style Dallas and Antiques areas on WTC 10. We promoted the Temps to buyers via direct mail, social media, display, and exciting special events. It is also never too early to be thinking about the next show. Click here to learn more about the January 2023 Temp Show and sign up now.

For more information regarding leasing updates visit our press release here.

DMC's Retail Development team helps bring buyers to Dallas by calling, visiting, and touring stores personally. Each morning of market at 9am, on the first floor of the World Trade Center Atrium, our team welcomes buyers and provides a market orientation called the DMC Scoop. This kind of specialized service before, at, and after market sets Dallas apart and serves up that friendly Texas hospitality.

Dallas continues to see an increase in new buyers reflecting both the marketplace’s position as a center of inspiration and its momentum as a national marketplace attracting buyers from coast to coast. Along with new buyers, our returning loyal buyer base is stronger than ever.

For January Market, independent retailers from across the country will be joined by multi-location retail buying groups, and major stores eager to travel to a single location to fulfil their buying needs across lifestyle categories.

Dallas is ready to welcome these exciting retailers among so many others:

Independent Retailers:

A. Dodson’s, Alldredge Gardens, Alyssa's, Amber Marie & Company, Berings, Coco & Dash Home, Driesbach Wholesale, Homefest, Kenneth Ludwig Chicago, Lee Douglas, Lewis Gifts, and Robert's China & Gifts

Major Stores:

The buyers coming from these major retailers represent over 2,000 doors.

Army & Air Force Exchange Services, At Home, Brookshires, Buc-ees, Choctaw Casino, Dillard’s, Dillard’s eComm, Harry & David, HOM Furniture / Gabberts JC Penney, Landry’s, Lily Rain, Michael’s, Neiman Marcus, Omni Hotels, Reasor’s, Saadia Group / Lord & Taylor, Silver Dollar City, The Container Store, The Paper Store, Tuesday Morning, Winstar Casino, United Supermarkets and World Market

Buying Groups:

Palmer Marketing, Purchasing Power Plus, The Beryl Institute, The Good Toy Group, ASTRA, Southwest Buying Group, Museum Store Association, MAI, HTI, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Learning Express, Brixy.

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The marketing team works to support Leasing and Retail Development in their efforts to fill the marketplace with brands, to attract loyal and new buyers, and to create market experiences that are inspiring and promote exhibitors. For this show, the team has been hard at work.

Advertising in trade publications is essential, which is why we work with dozens of trade publications to promote Dallas. Click the publications name to see the latest ads that have run in Home Accents Today and Gifts and Decorative Accessories.

We herald all things Dallas Market Center to the media at large via frequent Press Releases

that are often picked up and covered in major trade publications. See the latest news here.

You know we love to stay in touch! Buyers receive monthly Emails and Newsletters promoting markets, identifying trends, and encouraging them to attend market. Click here to view the latest email to Total Home & Gift Buyers.

We just completed and sent out our winter edition of Spark magazine to 55,000 customers. This premarket publication highlights new exhibitors, trends, and insights from market and influencers. To view a full digital version of the issue and the special section devoted entirely to the re-imagined Temps at Total Home & Gift Market click here.

We love to talk, see, and share what is happening across the market center. We engage over 191,000 followers across multiple Social Media channels. Click the below icons to follow the excitement and tag us @dallasmarket #dallasmarket.

Be sure to share professional product, campaign, or lifestyle photos of your newest lines with us for the chance to be included in upcoming promotions. For information on how to do this click here.

We have also put together a treasure trove of resources to help you promote Dallas Market Center and January Market. Click here to access free Social Media and Marketing Graphics.

Once buyers arrive, they are welcomed with the Dallas Market Center Buyers’ Guide. Grab your copy at market!

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A Total Home & Gift Market is a special event, choreographed to welcome, entertain, inspire, and support the business of buyers. For January the fun doesn’t stop, be sure to check out these headlining events that are sure to delight buyers:

Shop the Temps on 12 - $10,000 Giveaway, Wednesday - Friday, All Day, WTC 12 - Spend $2,000 on the 12^th Floor and enter to win a $5,000 AMEX Gift Card. Two winners will be drawn. Join us on Friday, January 6 at the WTC 12 Gift Temps Fiesta where two $5,000 winners will be announced.

Blue Ocean Traders Container Reveal, Wednesday, 11am, Market Hall Main Hall - Shop Blue Ocean Traders’ well-curated and thoroughly hunted collection in an exciting new format in Market Hall while their team unloads a container of antiques available for immediate purchase! These one-of-a-kind finds sourced from more than 15 countries worldwide can only be found during Dallas Total Home & Gift Market.

Antiques Tour with Toma Clark Haines, Wednesday, 1pm, WTC 10 Atrium - Grab a glass of champagne and join the CEO of The Antiques Diva, Toma Clark Haines, as she takes you through a one-of-a-kind tour of all the amazing product our Antiques exhibitors have to offer!

High Style Dallas Tour with Tamara Day, Thursday, 1pm, WTC 10 Atrium - Grab a glass of champagne and join Tamara Day the star of Bargain Mansions and host of The Magnolia Network on a one of a kind tour of all thing High Style Dallas! See her picks and shop along while you tour all our High Style exhibitors.

Block Party, Thursday, 3pm, Market Hall Main Hall - Join us at Market Hall for games, music and complimentary appetizers, beer and wine. Shop Immediate Goods while you're there!

Sip + Savor in Gourmet Market, Thursday, 5pm, WTC 180 - Visit Gourmet Market for complimentary wine. Stay and explore the shared showroom space filled with "everything gourmet," including specialty foods and beverages, kitchen accessories, housewares, casual tabletop, and gifts for all occasions.

ARTS Awards Preview Party, Thursday, 5:30pm - 7:30pm, WTC 10 Atrium - Enjoy refreshments and light bites while you get a sneak preview of products from the Manufacturer and Product Designer finalists participating in the 33rd Annual ARTS Awards. Special Appearances by Thom Filicia and Carson Kressley.

The Art of Interiors with Amber Lewis, Friday, 11am, WTC 1 Atrium - Sponsored by Loloi Rugs and Dallas Market Center, join us for a conversation with the founder and principal designer of Amber Interior Design, Amber Lewis! You’ve probably pinned most of her designs for inspiration, or are a part of the 1.7 million followers in her community. As a pioneer of the white-wall, laid back California aesthetic, Amber’s eclectic design approach and affinity for found objects has made her a household name. Moderated by D Home's Executive Editor, Jessica Otte, she will be taking us through how she built Amber Interior Design, the launch of her new book Made for Living, and touch on her incredible collaboration with Loloi. Amber will also be answering a few of your questions in a Q&A, so get ready for all the insights!

Meet Amber Lewis at the Loloi Showroom, Friday, 12:30pm, WTC 506 - Come meet Amber at the Loloi Showroom (WTC 5-506) The first 100 people in line will take home a free signed copy of her book "Made for Living"! We hope to see you there!

Gift Temp Fiesta, Friday, 2pm, WTC 12 Atrium - Salsa your way on over to complimentary food and drinks on the 12^th floor of the World Trade Center. Shop the Temps while you're there. Ole’!

33rd Annual ARTS Awards Gala, Friday, 6pm, The Hilton Anatole - Join Dallas Market Center and ART for the premier awards program in the U.S. honoring top manufacturers, retailers, designers and sales representatives. Reserve your seat here: https://dallasmarketcenter.com/ArtsAwards/reservations/

Pamper Party, Saturday, 10am, WTC 13 - Re-energize to take on another day of market with massages, touch ups, brow threading, live music, snacks, and drinks!

These headliners and tons of other market fun will make it a market to remember. See all the events and hospitalities by clicking here.