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WHAT YOU NEED FOR
ADMISSION
AmericasMart® Atlanta is a wholesale facility open to the trade only. To enter, you must be affiliated with a business that resells product represented at AmericasMart.
We strongly encourage buyers to register for Markets at AmericasMart.com/Registration before you arrive.
When you register online two weeks or more prior to Market, your company is reviewed by our Customer Relations team.
If additional credentialing information is needed, you will be contacted during the review process. Valid, government-issued photo identification is required for admittance. If you choose to register on site, the following credentials are required
for admittance:
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUSINESSES
Please provide ALL of the following for the business:
• Current retail business license or resale tax certificate or business registration or VAT certificate
• Imprinted business check, corporate credit card or business debit card
• Personalized business card or paystub for each buyer
• Valid, government-issued photo ID (ie. driver’s license
or passport) for each buyer
Plus one of the following:
• Current invoices totaling $1,000 or more for the bulk wholesale purchase of merchandise related to products represented
at AmericasMart.
• Proof of operational e-commerce site with sales of products represented at AmericasMart.
INTERIOR DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTS
AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Please provide both of the following for the business:
• Personalized business card or paystub for each designer
• Valid, government-issued photo ID
(ie. driver’s license or passport) for each designer
Plus one of the following:
• Professional membership card with recognized design/professional affiliation
• Proof of operational business website
GUEST POLICY
• Each business is limited to two guests and each guest must present valid, government-issued photo identification.
• A guest fee of $40 per guest will be charged for all Gift
& Home Furnishings, Rug and Immediate Delivery shows (cash, Visa or MasterCard).
• The spouse of a registered buyer in attendance will not be subject to a guest fee.
CHILD POLICY
Other than infants (as provided below) or child models credentialed by the Fashion Office and accompanied by
an adult, children under 12 years of age are not admitted on showroom or exhibit hall floors for any reason.
No exceptions can be made.
Infants under the age of one year will be permitted admission as a guest if all of the below requirements are met:
The infant is accompanied by an adult at all times.
The infant is carried in a baby carrier or sling;
no strollers permitted.
The parent or adult guardian signs a waiver and liability release, which must be presented each time the adult returns with
the infant.
Children ages 12 to 17 will be permitted admission and are
not subject to a guest fee with valid identification showing proof of age (e.g. birth certificate, school identification, passport or other identification showing date of birth).
This policy applies to Buyers, Buyer Guests, Exhibitor Guests and Guests of AmericasMart personnel. Exhibitors are encouraged to consult building rules and regulations for policies addressing admission of their own children.
NON-EXHIBITING MANUFACTURERS
Domestic and international non-exhibiting manufacturers must be affiliated with a business that manufactures products represented in AmericasMart. Rug-related, non-exhibiting manufacturers are not permitted entrance to AmericasMart rug shows without permission of AmericasMart leasing. Solicitation of product and product samples and taking photographs are not permitted.
Management reserves the right to permanently expel anyone disregarding the above policies.
ONLINE REGISTRATION: AMERICASMART.COM
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