FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 23, 2005
For more information contact:

Annie Longpre, WBC
Office: 307.777.2844

Wyoming businesses to offer products at Denver Merchandise Mart

CHEYENNE – Fourteen Wyoming small businesses will partner with the Wyoming Business Council to display their wares at the semiannual Denver Merchandise Mart Gift, Jewelry & Resort Show February 26-March 1 in Denver, Colo.

Those attending include Cameo Graphics of Rock Springs; Christmas at Rawhide Creek of Lusk; Dancing Woman Ventures of Laramie; Howling Wolf BBQ Sauce of Dubois; Mountain Jewelry Design of Powell; Queen Bee Gardens of Lovell; Stevens Farm Candle Company of Byron; Temple Creek Design of Rock Springs; Whatever It Takes of Casper; Wild West Spices of Cody; and Wyoming Soaps of Etna. Three additional companies will be displayed at the Wyoming Business Council booth. These companies are: Covey of Quail of Clark; JB’s Wild Wyoming of Lander; and Rope Art of Alpine.

The show is the region’s premier wholesale buying event for gift, jewelry, resort and related industries. Over 650 exhibitors participate in the show, representing more than 6,000 lines of merchandise. More than 7,000 retail buyers and interior designers from around the world attend the show, and it is considered the major market for souvenir and resort merchandise.

The show is held at the Denver Merchandise Mart Complex located off Interstate 25 and 58th Avenue, just one mile north of I-25 and I-70 interchange in Denver.

The Wyoming Business Council will participate in the show again in August 2005. For more information about the show, contact Annie Longpre at 307.777.2844.

The mission of the Wyoming Business Council is to facilitate the economic growth of Wyoming. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.wyomingbusiness.org.

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