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Shopping the showrooms at Forty One Madison
The new mid-week start to the New York Tabletop Market® seemed to agree with everyone and generated a host of showroom and press parties including landmark anniversary celebrations from several companies. The weather was balmy with tulips blooming in bright profusion in the front plaza of Forty One Madison. One afternoon, a buyer who stepped outside to talk on his cell phone was overheard to say: “It’s a fluid situation at the moment!” Whether he was referring to the most recent political debate, his open-tobuy or musing if his flight was actually going to take off as planned is anyone’s guess. One thing was certain: The tabletop market has spoken. It said: “No more weekends. Shorter market dates.” Be sure to note the new schedule, which begins this October and 2009 Market Dates on the front cover.
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At the debut of LUNT SILVERSMITHS’ New York Botanical Garden gift and tabletop collection: R.J. Mulford, President and COO, and Paula Zanger, newly appointed Creative Director (second from right) with Botanical Garden executives Ellen Bruzelius and Catherine Hipp, VP.
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Royal Copenhagen’s Ivar Ipsen checks out
HFN LIVE’s Tabletop Show Special, featuring
Copenhagen on its cover. The stand-alone
24-page edition reported on parties, people and
product news.
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Luxury tableware pros meet in the temporary KPM space showcasing exquisite tableware and gifts: Tom Blumenthal and Peter Behnke (r) of Gearys of Beverly Hills with the dynamic duo of Harold Klein and Elizabeth Lightstone.
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Marking REED & BARTON’s first partnership with Williamsburg: Sara Carcieri, VP Marketing, and Tim Riddle, President and CEO, with Liza Gusler, Product Manager of Williamsburg and the new holiday pattern, “Winter’s Garland”.
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At HAVILAND Limoge, General Manager Cheryl Bruskin introduces Cookie Levine, Levine Linens, Phoenix, to the “Black Panther” jungle pattern.
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WATERFORD’s Regan Iglesia, VP Marketing Director, and Audrey Schlaepfer, Sr. VP Tabletop, Macy’s Home, toast to a successful Market with gold-banded flutes.
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At the WILLIAM YEOWARD CRYSTAL celebration for its “Royal Warrant of Appointment”: Managing Director Tim Jenkins; Peter Behnke, VP Tabletop, Gearys of Beverly Hills; Sue Thome-John, President George Watts & Son; Tom Blumenthal, CEO Gearys, and Sheryl Green, Lux Bond & Green.
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NORITAKE executives President Jun Watanabe (r) and Jay Fingert, Account executive (third from left) welcomed Macy’s.com buyers: Deidre Holloway, China Buyer, Macys.com, Charlena Escartin, Replenishment Buyer, Bianca White VP Tabletop, and Maria Young, Replenishment Buyer.
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It was all about luxury at ROYAL CROWN DERBY as VP Monica Watts showed the new “Kaleidoscope” pattern to Lux Bond & Green executives Sheryl Green, Rebecca Soderman, Laurie Turner and Liz Nadeau.
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Celebrating TABLETOPS UNLIMITED’s 25th
Anniversary, Mosen Asgari shows a festive
Southwest pattern to Ed Saleeba, Buyer of
Fred’s, Memphis, TN.
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