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Seminar: American Farmhouse

Displays by industry leaders combining American Farmhouse styles.

Join us Sunday, February 4th at 2:00 p.m. for a seminar lead by Diana Jones, Publisher of Smart Retailer. Industry leaders will create displays combining American Farmhouse with a mix of market styles. Our panel of experts include Carol Endres, Kathleen Copeletti and Cecilia Taylor who will share their expertise in product selection, merchandising, marketing and using social media to promote your stores.

American Farmhouse

The Phinney Farm, in the American Farmhouse section of Market Square Shows.

American Farmhouse section at our show.

This February Market Square will feature an entire section of exhibitors dedicated to American Farmhouse. Fill your store with the latest trends and join us Sunday, February 4th at 2:00 p.m. and see how to easily add these new finds to your store. Come see these respectable leaders in the industry and see first hand how versatile American Farmhouse has become — featuring a display that will incorporate a mix of farmhouse, country, and vintage.

 

Hands of Time Antiques

Hands of Time Antiques in the American Farmhouse section of Market Square Shows.

From Our Farnhouse Carol Endres

From Our Farmhouse Carol Endres in the American Farmhouse section of Market Square Shows.

Panel Biographies

Carol Endres

Carol Endres

Carol Endres

Carol has been a licensed artist in the gift and home decor industry for the past 29 years. She has worked with more than 40 manufacturers, bringing product development and finished art to the market. Wallpaper, stationary, framed art, 4 complete wallpaper books, rugs, over the counter textiles, dinnerware, calendars and furniture are a few of the product lines she has executed. She has also owned retail and antique shops in conjunction with her licensing business.

Merchandise display is also a large part of her career. Today, Carol brings to the market “the Early Farmhouse” through a very specific gather of Early homespun textiles, furniture and her handmade natural home accessories.

Cecilia Taylor

Cecilia Taylor

Cecilia Taylor

Cecilia owns and operations Henhouse Primitives for the past 17 years; a web-based antique business. In addition to the web store, she is a show promoter and has successfully promoted over 20 country antique and primitive shows in four states. She travels the United States from coast-to-coast in search of quality pieces for her loyal customers.

For the past 5 to 6 years Facebook has been one of her biggest ways to contact a new customer base, she posts daily on the site. She lives in her farmhouse in PA with her five cats. In her spare time, you can find Cecilia cooking in her kitchen, working in her herb garden, tending her beehive or relaxing on her favorite beach. Cecilia can be reached at henhouseprimitives31@gmail.com

Kathleen Copeletti

Kathleen Copeletti

Kathleen Copeletti

Kathleen Copeletti is the owner of C-Marketing and Consulting, a boutique advertising agency situated in Cazenovia, NY. She has a background in graphic arts and was a sales executive for weekly and daily newspapers, and a television station and was Vice President of an advertising agency until the owner retired. That’s when she decided to strike out on her own, forming C-Marketing and Consulting. She works with small to medium size businesses offering various marketing services.

About 5 years ago, she and her husband John converted a small barn into an antique store located on their property. She does several antique shows a year and works full time for a modular home company outside of Syracuse, NY. She has a B.S. in Business  Administration, and an M.S. in Adult Education. Together with her husband, John, they keep vegetable and perennial gardens, they maintain several acres of property, enjoy kayaking, wine and their two cats. Kathleen can be reached at thephinneyfarm@gmail.com or kathleen@cmarketingandconsulting.com

Diana Jones

Diana Jones

Diana Jones

Diana Jones, publisher of Smart Retailer Magazine and president of JP Media LLC, has a strong understanding of both the vendor and the shop owner. She works diligently with the editorial staff to provide quality content that matters to the small business owner. As a small business owner herself and recipient of the 2017 Small Business Administration (SBA) Family Owned Small Business of the Year award for the State of Wisconsin, Diana’s strength and goal is to equip you so your business succeeds.

Farmhouse decor at Market Square Shows.

Farmhouse decor at Market Square Shows.

Our February Show

Market Square Shows will run its three day wholesale show February 4th to 6th, 2018 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center.