FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
F+W Cancels Atlantique City 2010
Company Focuses on Online Initiatives, Midwest Events
Iola, Wis., Aug. 21, 2009 - Citing the opportunity to build its online collectors marketplace and launch a Midwest antiques event, F+W Media today announced the cancellation of its annual Atlantique City Antiques & Collectibles Show scheduled for March, 2010.
“Given the uncertainty surrounding the current economic environment, we believe it’s in our best interest not to produce the Atlantique City event next year and to notify the Antiques and Collectible community of our decision now,” said David Blansfield, President, F+W Media. “The resources within our Antiques & Collectibles team will instead focus on new opportunities within our changing marketplace, and we’ll engage with the community about these new initiatives immediately.”
All dealers who signed up in advance for Atlantique City will receive a full and complete refund of their deposit monies as soon as possible. Any questions regarding deposits should be addressed to Karen Thulien, Events Coordinator. She can be reached via e-mail at Karen.Thulien@fwmedia.com.
“There are immediate opportunities for us to produce events in the Midwest, closer to our core communities, as well as to continue to develop Collect.com and our Antiques & Collectibles Community online,” Blansfield added. “Our focus will shift to organically growing these new businesses.”
Key initiatives include:
- The launch of an antiques and collectibles show co-located at the Iola Old Car Show and Swap Meet, July 8-11, 2010. The Iola Old Car Show and Swap Meet regularly attracts nearly 100,000 attendees annually.
- Expanding Collect.com as a worldwide collectors' marketplace including its comprehensive prices and research database powered by the Warman's series price guides.
- Developing Collect.com Auctions as the premier source of sports, antiques, collectibles, entertainment and music memorabilia online auctions.
- Expanding Antique Trader magazine and AntiqueTrader.com through regional reports and market analysis while providing the latest prices and auction news.
"Antique Trader, Warman’s, and Collect.com demonstrate our commitment to the Antiques and Collectibles community,” said Dianne Wheeler, Publisher and Editorial Director. “
“Our goal is to better serve both buyers and sellers and all enthusiasts moving forward,”
she added, “New opportunities are being created everyday to ensure F+W Media’s family of products are well-positioned at the core of the community, serving our readers and vendor partners in the best way possible.”
Atlantique City, sponsored by Antique Trader magazine, was started in 1986 and quickly grew as one of the nation’s most diverse and largest indoor antiques and collectibles shows. Hundreds of the nation’s top dealers exhibited toys, advertising, fine porcelain, glass and lighting, jewelry and various collectibles.
For nearly a century F+W Media, Inc. has provided information and inspiration for core enthusiast communities, including writing, art, graphic design, outdoors, antiques & collectibles, woodworking, among others. In addition to more than 500 new book titles a year, the Company maintains a backlist of more than 2,500 titles, publishes nearly 40 magazines, owns and operates dozens of informational and subscription-based Web sites, and operates a growing number of successful consumer and trade shows annually.
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