The companies Alisa, Artexco, Crane, Hasta el Cielo and Topis Cerámica, members of the AGEXPORT Handmade Commission, will participate in person and for the first time at the NY NOW Fair, in New York, United States. NY Now is America’s largest home and gift wholesale trade show, where brands, buyers and designers come together to connect more than 3,000 independent brands with more than 26,000 retailers.
The companies Alisa, Artexco, Crane, Hasta el Cielo and Topis Cerámica, members of the AGEXPORT Handmade Commission, will participate in person and for the first time at the NY NOW Fair, in New York, United States. NY Now is America’s largest home and gift wholesale trade show, where brands, buyers and designers come together to connect more than 3,000 independent brands with more than 26,000 retailers.
Ceramic Topis, will be presenting handmade ceramic pieces with unique designs such as tiles, lamps, tableware and home accessories. and echo filters; Until the Cielo Store, they will present articles made with natural fibers such as baskets, vases, lower plates and bags; Crane works with cotton and recycled cotton that is left over from clothes or fabric that they cut in maquilas and remakes the fabric to be able to cut and make the final product, their products are for the home; Artexco (Kult) are from a community in Quetzaltenango and work with all kinds of products such as textiles, natural fibers and blown glass and last Alisa, they were winners of the Best Entrepreneurship award in the National Export Award 2021 and will be presenting products such as braids of cotton thread, cotton jewelry and home decoration. textiles, runners and table placemats.
“The companies that will be representing us in the United States participated and completed all the training that began in January with TFO Canada, focusing mainly on the plan: “Export to Canada”. At the same time, the project developed workshops and technical assistance to prepare 10 companies in the Handmade Sector with the aim of preparing them with knowledge and information on consumer demand, the profile of buyers and expectations to attend a trade fair. . At the end, 5 out of 10 companies were selected to go in person to the “NY Now” fair from August 14 to 17 in New York,” added Figueroa.
“The companies that will be representing us in the United States participated and completed all the training that began in January with TFO Canada, focusing mainly on the plan: “Export to Canada”. At the same time, the project developed workshops and technical assistance to prepare 10 companies in the Handmade Sector with the aim of preparing them with knowledge and information on consumer demand, the profile of buyers and expectations to attend a trade fair. . At the end, 5 out of 10 companies were selected to go in person to the “NY Now” fair from August 14 to 17 in New York,” added Figueroa.
English version: Products made by Guatemalan hands will be present at the NY NOW international fair – GOMYBAY.COM
