A flurry of activity at the Denver Mart.
Attending the Denver Gift, Home, Jewelry and Resort Show is akin to being at a carnival. There is a flurry of activity all around – demonstrations and education, sales presentations and product rollouts, vendors and buyers haggling over goods. It’s not at all unusual to see people – especially vendors – in costume, to stand out in a virtual sea of motion. A three ring circus has far less momentum to it. If you blink here, you will miss a lot.
It would not be an overestimate to say that well over a million distinct items are represented at the Denver Mart and if you spend just one second looking at each, you will easily consume a half month worth of time. It is simply impossible to see each individual item. Add to this retail services such as web design, social media outreach, marketing opportunities and financial services and you are left scrambling for time to get the best of the best into the narrow window of the six day conference.
A glass blower makes creative designs in front of your eyes.
Looking for food? Not a problem! If you think you can make a meal out of tasting samples at your local supermarket on a Saturday grocery store outing, the Denver Mart can feed you just as easily, although not necessarily with food that is any healthier. A vacuum cleaner salesman in the corner will dump household debris on the floor and proceed to do a live demonstration with a variety of vacuums, showing what works best and giving you an opportunity to test the equipment yourself. A glassblower will allow you to stand by and watch as a masterpiece of art is created in mere minutes. And you can place an order for these and thousands of other items on the spot, some available for you to simply load into your vehicle and take back to your store there and then.
Denver Mart Fashion Show
On Saturday, fashion is the word at the Mart. The day culminates in a dinner setting with a charity auction, music and a fashion show sponsored by the Denver area apparel retailers. This is a fast paced program showcasing dozens of outfits with the help of professional runway models. The apparel and accessory market is not something to ignore. It is a massive component of the show that introduces fashion from up and coming artists to lines produced by world famous designers.
Sunday you can see the addition of a special program. A floral component is added to the show and the regular programming is supplemented with fresh cut flowers and the opportunity to learn how to incorporate them into the retail business, both as display decorations and as floral retail components.
From flowers to clothes to food to toys to books to furniture to jewelry to gifts, about the only thing that the Denver Mart does not offer is the opportunity to purchase live animals, although animal products themselves span a list as large as that of available human products. Even a savvy retailer must pick and choose the opportunities presented at the show.
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