Dallas Market Center announces changes for Temps at Total Home & Gift Market

The reimagined show offers additional space for growth categories.

Following record-setting markets showcasing more temporary exhibitors than in a decade, Dallas Market Center has announced the evolution of the Temps at Total Home & Gift Market for its January 2025 event. The reimagined show will create new, inspiring destinations for buyers and more space for growth categories.

“A key reason for the increase in buyers choosing Dallas is our presentation of new products, together with our convenience, customer service and safety,” says Dallas Market Center President and CEO Cindy Morris. “Retailers want trending and unique items, and that begins with the Temps. That’s why remerchandising portions of the show and updating the presentation of exhibitors will help create even more traffic to the temps and opportunities for exhibitors to reach buyers attending our markets.”

For the upcoming event, the World Trade Center 11th floor will be the expansive new destination for order writing Apparel, Jewelry and Fashion Accessories. In addition, the 11th floor debuts a curated collection of top-end fashion and accessories lines in the show’s newest collection, BOUTIQUE. Dallas Market Center says this floor will unite top brands of trending merchandise. These expansions establish the Temps at Total Home & Gift Market as the largest fashion marketplace of any gift show in the U.S.

The Trade Mart 1 Pavilion will expand its number of temporary booths and will be exclusively a juried collection of exhibitors in fine gifts, home accents and tabletop. The floorplan also has been redesigned to provide more aisleway exposure and heightened traffic flow.

Additionally, World Trade Center 12th floor remains the largest collection of new and emerging exhibitors, trending products and one-of-a-kind finds, including gifts, body & spa, gourmet, seasonal & outdoor, home accents, men’s gifts, handmade and T-shirts & resort. Market Hall remains the destination for Immediate Goods, including Artisan, Gifts & Jewelry, Fine Jewelry and Home Vintage & Antiques resources. The selection of merchandise in Market Hall is available for both order writing and cash & carry purchases.

“Our goals are simple: grow the show and support our exhibitor community with active and inspiring destinations,” says Jo Ann Miller Marshall, senior vice president of trade shows at Dallas Market Center. “The January Temps will be a leap forward in merchandising that makes sense, a show that’s easy to work, and destinations with fabulous merchandise high energy buzz and great traffic.”

Dallas Market Center says the Temps for January will also feature marketing and events that promote the new and legacy neighborhoods together with the trends and stories behind the products. Also supporting the Temps is an onboarding program that includes a series of webinars with trade show and retail expert Michele Doty, who offers practical advice on how to successfully build a business in the Temps in Dallas.

The Temps at Total Home & Gift Market will take place Jan. 8-11, 2025, at Dallas Market Center.