Dorothy Belshaw given Gift for Life Industry Achievement Award

Belshaw is the executive vice president and chief growth officer for ANDMORE.

Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running national charitable organization, announced that ANDMORE’s Dorothy Belshaw will be honored with its 2024 Gift for Life Industry Achievement Award on June 19 in Dallas. The award, which has been presented at Gifts & Decorative Accessories’ Retailer Excellence Awards (REA) since 2009, recognizes overall excellence and contribution to the gift and home industry — whether as a thought leader, standard-bearer or overall industry influencer.

Dorothy Belshaw

Dorothy Belshaw is executive vice president and chief growth officer for ANDMORE. She oversees all revenue generation opportunities including permanent leasing, tradeshow, advertising and digital sales, and leads new business development that enriches markets and unlocks value for buyers and sellers.

“I am truly honored to be recognized by this incredible organization founded by Peter Schauben in 1992 — the very same year I joined the gift industry,” says Belshaw. “Over the past 32 years, I have been amazed by the tenacity and dedication of Gift for Life’s leadership and by the widespread and whole-hearted commitment of this industry to help those in need and to do good.”

Belshaw joined ANDMORE [then International Market Centers (IMC)] in 2012, bringing 20-plus years of home and gift trade show industry experience to her role as president of its fledgling gift division, with the specific charge of expanding the Las Vegas Market’s gift, tabletop and housewares offerings. Her role soon broadened to include marketing and digital oversight, with responsibility for all aspects of the end-to-end customer experience, driving increased buyer acquisition across all IMC Markets, and developing tools and services to improve the at-market experience for buyers and exhibitors.

In 2018, as a member of IMC’s executive leadership team, she was instrumental in the acquisition and integration of AmericasMart Atlanta, which included the then Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. In 2022, she led IMC’s acquisition of Shoppe Object and the subsequent expansion of the brand with the launch of Shoppe Object - High Point in 2023. Most recently, she spearheaded the co-location of ANDMORE’s Las Vegas Apparel with Clarion’s Women’s Wear in Nevada (WWIN) Show, which debuted in February 2024 as a customer-centric, efficient experience that added value and enabled buyers to see more and do more while at Las Vegas Fashion Week.