THE AMERICASMART ATLANTA, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF THE MERCHANDISE, GIFT AND APPAREL MARTS DOWNTOWN AND THE INFORUM, HAS OPENED AN INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT AND APPOINTED DANIEL MCKINNON AS ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AS HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MR. MCKINNON IS IN CHARGE OF A NEW DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR INTRODUCING INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS INTO THE MART AND FOR BRINGING IN MORE INTERNATIONAL BUYERS.
HE TOLD GLOBALFAX THAT THE MART WILL SEEK OUT THESE ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL BUYERS THROUGH ITS CONTACTS WITH TEMPORARY NON-U.S. EXHIBITORS ALREADY COMING TO THE MART AS WELL AS WITH IMPORTERS LEASING ITS SPACE.
HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WILL ASK THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO PROMOTE THE MART’S FACILITIES AND SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1962 AS THE MERCHANDISE MART TO ESTABLISH ATLANTA’S REGIONAL HOME FURNISHINGS MARKET FRANCHISE, THE ATLANTA MARKET’S ROLE HAS EVOLVED FROM REGIONAL, TO NATIONAL AND NOW TO INTERNATIONAL, HE SAID.
THE AMERICASMART IS OWNED BY AMC INC., WHICH WAS CREATED DURING A CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ATLANTA-BASED PORTMAN COMPANIES LAST YEAR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, MR. MCKINNON MAY BE REACHED BY CALLING (404) 220-3000; FAX, (404) 220-3030.