Friday, February 1, 2008

chicago gift show.....






as you can see we need nice dark country and nice pale foo foo for our store
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so we love going to
the chicago gift show at the merchandise mart in january.... where we bought a big part of our spring merchandise.......we stayed 2 days......and still didnt see the whole show... ....i know lots prefer atlanta...but its too far for us ...and we found plenty at chicago...

the website for the show lets you really explore it before going....and belonging to someplace like the country sampler retailer forum gives you a lot of background on a lot of different companies which helps you sift thru everything at the show........
i like the show a lot...

. reps cause a lot of problems....for me , if they come to me they will go into town and try to sell there too , and then the chances of a certain other shop and me having the same thing is increased...i like the other shop a lot....but we dont really want to have the same things...and we dont check in with each other on every order... ....waaaay too much trouble.
..i have a couple of reps that i depend on a lot and who are great to work with....but overall i prefer the shows... and catalogs...

if you have a girly modern shop.....chicago had a whole floor of urban, jewelry , and foo foo stuff for you to pick from...im glad i didnt have to choose jewelry or bags...there was so much....

i needed lots of garden and didnt find enough......we stayed at the holiday inn , hooked onto the mart and that was nice and easy..... we stayed 2 days...
the next show is in the summer.....
my orders will start coming in any day now...

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