DALLAS MARKET CENTER

The 'Dallas Market Center' along Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, Texas (USA) is the world's largest wholesale resource, offering more products across more categories than any other wholesale resource.^[1] Dallas Market Center is made up of multiple buildings, including Market Hall, the Trade Mart, World Trade Center and IFGC. This year, Dallas Market Center celebrates its 50th Anniversary.

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The campus

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The campus

Today, the Dallas Market Center campus consists of Market Hall, the Trade Mart, World Trade Center, and IFGC (formerly the Homefurnishings Mart). In January 2007 it celebrates its big past and bigger future with a 50th Anniversary Celebration. The celebration also includes the opening of a 500,000 square foot expansion to the Trade Mart along Market Center Blvd. This expansion doubles the lighting marketplace in Dallas and is the only building custom designed for the lighting industry from the ground up.
Dallas is also a leader of the apparel industry. After years of careful research and consideration, Dallas decided to change the dates of its Apparel Markets to a Sunday - Wednesday date pattern. This bold move was made after an overwhelming 83% of buyers surveyed requested that they have their weekends back. Dallas thought it was about time and made the change. In December of 2006, Atlanta's AmericasMart followed the lead, changing their dates to a Sunday - Wednesday pattern.
In total, Dallas Market Center covers and houses 2,200 permanent showrooms for over 50,000 manufacturers. Within its marketplace of more than 5.5 million square feet, retailers from around the globe source products ranging from lighting, home furnishings, gifts, decorative accessories and textiles, fashion accessories and women’s, men'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 US$7.5 billion in estimated wholesale transactions are conducted annually within the Dallas Market Center complex.^[2][3]

References

1. Guinness World Records Online - History and Selling - Buying and Selling - Huge Market Largest Wholesale Market Record. Retrieved 17 January 2006.
2. Dallas Market Center - About. Retrieved 29 August 2006.
3. Guinness World Records Online - History and Selling - Buying and Selling - Huge Market Largest Wholesale Market Record. Retrieved 17 January 2006.

External links

★ Dallas Market Center Website