World Market Center Reports Brisk Traffic

Las Vegas, NV, August 9, 2007--The Summer Las Vegas Market held July 30 through August 3 opened to big crowds and featured thousands of new product introductions and emerging trends from more than 1,300 manufacturers across all categories of home furnishings.

It was the largest Las Vegas Market to date, occupying more than 3.8 million square feet of both permanent showrooms and temporary exhibit space including furniture, bedding, accessories, lighting, rugs, wall decor, gift products and more.

Surpassing the historical average of 50,000 registered attendees, Las Vegas Market featured its most impressive mix of quality buyers to Summer Market, with an increase in Top 100 retailers, a huge influx of first time buyers and more international buyers in attendance.

"This Summer Market outpaced the expectations among exhibitors, not to mention delivered so many new facets for buyers and designers looking for the latest in products, trends and education," said Dave Palmer, general manager of World Market Center.

Seventy-five percent of the Top 100 U.S. retailers were registrants of the Summer Las Vegas Market, including Rooms To Go, Pier 1 Imports, Nebraska Furniture Mart, R.C. Willey, Haverty's, Pottery Barn, Levitz Furniture, City Furniture, Robb & Stucky, Room & Board, Z Gallerie and many more.

According to City Furniture president Keith Koenig, "Las Vegas continues to rise," pointing to the construction work on Building C. "With this new building, it's going to attract more and more."

More than 10,000 retailers and designers attended for the first time.

International attendance also increased by 27 percent, representing 90 countries.

The worldwide roster of exhibitors included 205 companies from 25 different countries, which translated to 15 percent of the total exhibitor base. The broad cross section of geographic regions represented 33 percent from Canada; 32 percent from Latin America; 25 percent from Asia; and 10 percent were European brands.

In addition, 250 companies participated for the first time.

The Winter 2008 Las Vegas Market is scheduled for January 28 to February 1.