Exhibitor badge registration is open. Log into the Exhibitor Center to register booth personnel.

Free editorial opportunities – Key trade publications are planning previews of the NYIGF! July and August deadlines are listed below. Check the NYIGF website for additional free editorial opportunities.
	•	*Home Textiles Today* – product information and images due July 23
	•	*Selling Christmas Decorations* – product information and images due August 3
Free Awards Programs – Generate visibility and press coverage for your new products.
	•	*EX·TRACTS® Best New Product Awards* – Register your new products for free by July 30!
	•	*Home Textiles Market Week® Best New Product Awards* – Register your new products for free by July 30!
	•	*Baby & Child “Peek A Boo” Display & Best New Product Awards* – Register your new products for free by August 1!
	•	*Gourmet Housewares Show® Best New Product Awards* – Register your new products for free by August 1!
NYnow® newsletter advertising opportunities – reach 40,000 retail buyers every week! Learn more about our revamped newsletter NYnow – launched May 7, 2012. Contact Len Roberto for details!

FREE! NYIGF Operations Webinars available as a recording – Did you miss NYIGF's “Javits Center Operations Made Easy” webinar? A recording is available, for free, from Julia Dexter.

Onsite Seminar: Consumer Product Safety Commission: Make Sure Your Business Complies – An overview of the fine print in new children's product regulations, August 21. Register today!

NYIGF’s Night on Broadway featuring GHOST – Tickets – usually $137 – specially priced at $89 for NYIGF participants!

Important Reminder about Onsite Displays: Products accepted for NYIGF's SustainAbility: design for a better world® and Open House displays must be pre-shipped to the warehouse by August 4. View the list of accepted companies/products by clicking the links below, and contact Cathy Steel if you need shipping information:

	•	SustainAbility: design for a better world® – companies/products accepted for summer 2012
	•	Open House Display – companies/products accepted for summer 2012

NYnow: International Inspiration – This week, NYIGF's weekly newsletter goes global previewing NYIGF's resources from around the world and finds global inspiration on the streets of NYC. Plus, guest author, Reineke Otten, a visual sociologist, translates demographic characteristics of people from around the globe into World Skin Color Scarves.

NYIGF Exhibitor Set-up Manuals are now available. Be sure to review the manual to plan your shipping, booth set-up, furniture and utility rentals etc. Be sure to act on this sooner than later to take advantage of early-bird rates.

New Open Flame Permit Policy – Exhibitors in the habit of demonstrating lit candle product samples as part of a blanket Open Flame Permit obtained each NYIGF by GLM should be aware of a recent policy change mandated by the New York City Fire Department. The New York City Fire Department will no longer issue blanket Open Flame Permits to show organizers. However, Open Flame Permits are available to individual exhibiting companies for the standard fee (payable to the New York City Fire Department) of $210.00. Please contact the GLM Operations Department (ops@glmshows.com or 914.421.3344) for further information on how to obtain an Open Flame Permit for our event in August.

Do you have questions on planning your booth display and setup? How best to ship to the Show? What service to order? The NYIGF “Ops Squad” is standing by ready to assist you. Please be sure to contact us if you have any questions or concerns or if you are in need of operations advice at 914.421.3344 or ops@glmshows.com.

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