Dallas International Lighting Market
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The Dallas Market Center (DMC) leads the way in the lighting industry with the only permanent concentration of lighting fixture companies in North America. The Dallas International Lighting Market is held twice each year, in January and June, featuring the latest and greatest looks in residential lighting fixtures, portable lighting and accent pieces. In fact, all major lighting fixture product introductions are made in Dallas.

The Dallas International Lighting Market is recognized as the only international market in the U.S. More than 3,000 lighting buyers, from the U.S. and around the world, attend the Dallas International Lighting Market each year.

The Dallas International Lighting Market features the most recognized manufacturers in the industry, including:
 
• Hudson Valley/Corbett
• Feiss / Tech Lighting
• Kichler
• Hinkley  Lighting
• Fine Art Lamps
• Hunter/Casablanca
• Quoizel
• Schonbek /Swarovski
• Quorum
• ELK Lighting
• Philips Luminaires
• Framburg
 

More than 180 fixture lines are represented in one convenient location on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Trade Mart and the third floor of the World Trade Center. Over 240 portable lamp lines are also housed throughout the Trade Mart and World Trade Center to complete DMC’s lighting assortment, further establishing Dallas as the “total” lighting market.

DMC’s lighting resources attract all of the major home centers to the Dallas market. DMC’s facilities provide an ideal location to conduct private showings for these buyers. Lighting exhibitors have year-round access to their showrooms for  all special meetings and presentations.

Lighting exhibitors benefit from the strength of DMC’s National Gift and Home Accessories Market. In January and June, lighting exhibitors can take advantage of crossover selling opportunities with more than 20,000 gift and decorative accessory buyers, many of whom use lighting products in their stores’ merchandise mix.

DMC gets retailers to market efficiently and economically through its Travel Program - three hotel nights plus round-trip airfare for one low price. The cost is subsidized by DMC and the lighting exhibitors.

DMC SUPPORTS LIGHTING EXHIBITORS THROUGH:

• Advertisements in Home Lighting and Accessories, including a Dallas special section overprinted for distribution at each market, Residential Lighting, Home Accents, Accessory Merchandising and The Source (DMC’s Magazine).
 
• Close association with the American Lighting Association (national headquarters based in the World Trade Center).
 
• 50,000 direct mail pieces sent annually to frequent attendees and prospects.
 
• Stickers and postcards, produced by DMC, which feature market dates for exhibitors to use on their own correspondence.
 
• Telemarketing to targeted retailers prior to each market.
 
• The popular ARTS Awards program, held during Dallas’ January Super Market, is the first international program to recognize excellence in the retailing, manufacturing and sales representation of decorative accents, lighting fixtures and lamps.

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