aNb Media Expands Office Space, Creates Production Studio
aNb Media (that’s us!) announced the creation of a production studio immediately adjacent to its current office in New York City. The newly renovated 2,200 square foot space will encompass a permanent set for streaming online programming, demonstration and interview sets as well as state of the art equipment to serve the company’s rapidly expanding and popular media content. With booming viewership—more than 5 million video views per month and a 300 percent increase in viewership for Time to Play TV—the new studio will accommodate aNb Media’s steadily increasing production schedule as well as facilitate significantly increased quality in all productions.
TIA, Dallas Market Center Announce New Baby & Juvenile Show
The Dallas Market Center announced plans for a new trade show called PB&J: The Preview for Baby & Juvenile. This new trade event for mass market retailers was created as a joint venture with the Toy Industry Association (TIA). The new show will debut and run concurrently with TIA’s annual Fall Toy Preview, October 2–4, 2012, on the Dallas Market Center campus.
PB&J will offer a focused selection of baby and juvenile resources from leading manufacturers, with an emphasis on companies in the following categories: furniture, bedding, gifts, décor, baby care, accessories, strollers, high chairs, nursing/feeding.
Following Fall Toy Preview’s model, PB&J will be a by-appointment-only event that brings together vendors with mass retailers for private meetings as well as networking events. Dallas Market Center will provide meeting rooms, WiFi, special hospitality, and other amenities.
For more information about PB&J, visit www.pbandjshow.com
Next Up Is Free Shipping Day
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone—and with much success, according to various media reports. Next up is Free Shipping Day. Scheduled for Friday, December 16, Free Shipping Day represents one of the last opportunities for online shoppers to receive free shipping from popular merchants, with delivery by Christmas Eve. After only three years in existence, Free Shipping Day 2010 saw more than 1,750 merchants participate, a 700-percent increase from the 250 retailers in 2008.
Click here to see who is participating this year.