Merchandise Mart for the Apparel and Textile Industry

Apparel Industry Marts

If you were not looking for merchandising marts that specialize in fashion and clothing, it is possible you were trying to find our MERCHANDISING section. The merchandising section deals with the design aspects of fashion.

Clothing Marts in the USA

Americasmart (Atlanta): Propel your profits into a new fashion frontier at AmericasMart Atlanta! AmericasMart features more than 11,000 apparel and accessories lines and annually attracts more than 125,000 apparel/accessories specialty and department store retailers.

APPAREL CENTER: 350 N Orleans St Chicago, IL 60654 Phone # 312-527-4141

California Market Center: (CMC) [formerly known as California Mart]: California Merchandise Mart is the largest fashion and textile facility in the US, serving wholesale buyers, distributors, manufacturers and independent sales representatives. Conveniently located in the heart of the downtown Los Angeles fashion district, the CaliforniaMart offers wonderful facilities and services for the wholesale trade community. They are open year-round for business. CaliforniaMart is home to 1,200 permanent showrooms, offering more than 10,000 lines of apparel, accessories, textiles and home accessories.

Charlotte Merchandise Mart: The Charlotte Merchandise Mart is one of the most successful, privately owned exposition centers in the United States with over 100 shows and 1,000,000 visitors annually. Within its beautiful facility is:

224,000 Square Feet of Exhibit Space
15,000 Square Feet of Meeting Room Space
Award winning catering
Advertising/marketing/pR Services
Streaming Media Studio
Audio/video Services
3,000 SPace Parking Lot

Dallas Market Center: Founded in 1957, Dallas Market Center is the world's largest wholesale merchandise resource. Within its marketplace of more than five million square feet, retailers from around the globe source products ranging from home furnishings, gifts, decorative accessories and lighting to textiles, fashion accessories and men's, western, women's and children's apparel. With more than 50 markets each year attended by more than 200,000 retail buyers from all 50 states and 84 countries, Dallas Market Center offers hundreds of events and seminars geared toward helping retailers expand business and increase profits. As a result, more than $8 billion in estimated wholesale transactions are conducted annually within the Dallas Market Center complex. The Dallas Market Center Web site is available at www.dallasmarketcenter.com.

Denver Merchandise Mart: Merchandise Mart with showrooms featuring Women's, Children's and Men's Apparel & Accessories; Gifts; Resort Merchandise; Souvenirs; Decorative Accessories; Gourmet; Home Furnishings; Western Apparel. Address: 451 E. 58th Ave. #470 Suite 4270 Denver Colorado 80216-1422 USA Phone: 303-292-6278 or 800-289-6278 Fax: 303-297-8473 Email: info@denvermart.com Contact: Davene Coutts, Dir. Public Affairs

Gerry Building (California): LOOKING FOR THE NEW PLACE TO HANG? There is a new Fashion Building opening in March of 2002 in Los Angeles. The Gerry Building is a meticulously redeveloped historic showroom building. With every floor re-fashioned to suit the needs of professional buyers and sellers. It is directly across Los Angeles Street from CaliforniaMart and one door off the corner of 9th and LA Street, home for "The New Mart" and "The Copper Building". It is called the Gerry Building (pronounced Gear y).

The Merchandise Mart (Chicago): Owned by Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI). They have been North America's specialist in marketing support of buildings with wholesale showrooms. MMPI acts as a market maker for the industries it serves, bringing together wholesalers, retailers and consumers

Miami Merchanidise Mart: 711 NW 72nd Avenue Miami, FL 33126 Phone # 800-333-3333 or 305-261-2900 Fax # 305-261-7665

The New Mart (California): A refreshing alternative to monolithic fashion marts across the country, The New Mart is characterized by its intimate scale, large airy spaces and abundant natural light. Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles' fashion district, The New Mart is well known to buyers for its contemporary and young designer niche. The New Mart offers its tenants great flexibility to create their own image with showroom design. High ceilings, exposed concrete columns and open, airy spaces are major selling points for tenants. The New Mart's accessible scale and uncluttered, spacious ambiance makes for a more comfortable environment for both tenants and buyers. Amenities include a well-appointed buyer's lounge, Fashion Theater and Exhibition Space.

Marts around the World

Kobe Fashion-Mart is located on Rokko Island, Kobe's second man-made island which was built following Port Island. Being located 7km east of downtown Kobe and 20km west of downtown Osaka, it is virtually situated in the center between Osaka and Kobe making it an excellent location for residences as well as offices. In the center district of the island, true to the nature of the fashion capital of Kobe ", there are the development of residences and schools for foreigners living in Japan and the establishment of major foreign-affiliated corporation bases with true international and cosmopolitan character. In this international city, along with much publicity as the hub of the fashion industry, Kobe Fashion Mart was inaugurated in October 1991. From "show" fashions to all aspects of clothes, cuisine, life styles and leisure, in other words, capturing fashions in any way they may present themselves all over the world, Kobe Fashion Mart is facilitating the expansion of business opportunity with the current trends.

Shanghai Mart (China) : Shanghaimart is China's First and one of Asia's Largest Permanent International Trade Mart This leading marketplace contains 2,200 permanent showrooms with a total of more than 200,000 square meters. It is an ideal venue to display your products and conduct your business. Thousands of qualified suppliers from three key industries Apparel, fabrics & Home Textiles; Giftware & Home Decor; and Building Materials operate businesses in Shanghai mart.

World Fashion Centre (Amsterdam): The meetingplace for fashion! The World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam is the biggest fashiontradecenter of the world, with more then 400 showrooms and many national and international brands and labels.

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