New Products, Inspiration & Value at Total Home & Gift Market
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DALLAS – April 15, 2010 – Dallas Market Center, the world’s most complete wholesale
marketplace, today announced that the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market taking place June 23-
29, 2010, will offer a record-setting level of smart business opportunities including new products,
inspiration and value. New products will include thousands of product premieres across dozens
of categories; inspiration with more than 70 special events including educational seminars; and
value with the lowest hotel rates in six years.

“June Total Home & Gift Market is all about product and inspiration,” said Bill Winsor, president
and CEO, Dallas Market Center. “Our marketplace comes to life with product introductions,
displays and seminars all focused to help buyers succeed. Only in Dallas will buyers receive
such a big return on their investment.”

Showrooms opening at Dallas Market Center this June include: Coton Colors, Trade Mart (TM)
2212; Forever Gifts, TM 1149; Grace Direct, World Trade Center (WTC) 205; Homestyle/
Ivystone Group, WTC 212/236; Kalalou, TM 2010; Papila Design, WTC 10052; and The Royal
Standard, TM 2030. In addition, other showrooms have expanded or relocated including:
Aromatique, WTC 203; DEMDACO, TM 1418; India’s Heritage, WTC 550; India House Brass,
WTC 680; Olivia Wongs, TM 1634; Renaissance 2000, International Floral & Gift Center (IFGC),
2F101; SS Sarna, TM 2149; and The Round Top Collection, WTC 346. Also for June is the
debut of The Living Room: Collections for the Home. The new 10,000-square-foot showcase is
a boutique collection of manufacturer showrooms that will be located in the World Trade Center
521. The Living Room will offer a range of new home resources offering buyers more options
than ever before.

Filled with new products, the FINDS Dallas Temp Show will offer more than 500,000 square feet
of leading products in: Gift, Paper & Party, Kids, Collegiate, Souvenir, Christmas & Floral,
Garden & Outdoor, Design, Home, Bath & Body, Hill Country, Red Haute, Fashion, Furniture,
Outdoor Furniture and Cash & Carry.

The Next Big Thing finalists: Clothes to Go, Sand Gone and Sutton Baking Cups, will display
their products in FINDS and be judged by industry experts during market. The winner will be
announced on Saturday, June 26 at 3 p.m. and will receive a prize package worth more than
$15,000 including a new $5,000 cash prize.

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Celebrating Dallas Market Center’s status as the home of Christmas, the Home for the Holidays
exhibit, featuring a spectacular 4,200-square-foot home in The Grand Pavilion at the Trade Mart
will be on display. The home features eight rooms fully furnished and completely decorated for
Christmas. The display is a juried exhibit of merchandise from Dallas Market Center exhibitors
selected by interior designers. Christmas exhibit displays, seminars, and other events during
market will also accompany the exhibit. It will be open daily during market 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and until 8 p.m. on Friday.

Dallas Market Center will launch InStore LIVE!, The Workshop for Successful Retailers, on
Wednesday, June 23 from 1 to 6:30 p.m. in the Expo Area, World Trade Center 1st Floor. This
innovative seminar series sponsored by InStore, will offer seminars from industry experts
featured in Dallas Market Center’s popular magazine, speakers include: Jose Santiago Pedrosa
and Fred Munnell, Philip Campbell, Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz, J Schwanke, and Mary
Liz Curtin. For more information or to pre-register e-mail instorelive@mcmcmail.com.

Also, Dallas Market Center offers remarkable travel value and remains the lowest cost
wholesale market destination. With a range of hotel rates for June Market starting as low as
$77, it offers the lowest hotel rate in six years. A wide variety of hotels options are offered within
minutes of campus, and shuttle service provided by Dallas Market Center is available to and
from most hotels, making the market experience more convenient for buyers. With its central
location in the United States, Dallas Market Center offers convenient travel for buyers from both
coasts.

Dallas Market Center will offer a range of special events throughout market including discovery
tours, seminars, daily new buyer orientations, hospitalities and networking parties. See a
complete list of special events by visiting www.dallasmarketcenter.com.

Each June, Dallas Market Center hosts the Total Home & Gift Market featuring multiple markets
held simultaneously so that buyers may select from the widest range of product categories:
Dallas Holiday & Home Expo (June 23-29), Dallas International Lighting Market (June 24-27),
Dallas Hospitality & Contract Design Show (June 24-27), and the FINDS Dallas Temp Show
(June 25-28). Showrooms will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, with participating
showrooms offering extended hours until 8 p.m. on Friday. Please visit
www.dallasmarketcenter.com for the most up-to-date market information.

Attendees may contact the Dallas Market Center’s in-house travel agency Market Travel®, for
substantial travel and hotel discounts by calling 1-800-DAL-MKTS.