IN THE NEWS

"The Influentials: 100 People You Should Know In Chicago", Michigan Avenue Magazine, April 2011

"Earth Hour 2011 Coverage", March 2011, Courtesy of Exelon

"MMPI Names Nancy Michael to Senior Marketing Post for Gift and Home Decor", Home Accents Today, December 16, 2010

"MMPI Welcomes New Hires", Giftware News, December 16, 2010

"MMPI Appoints Senior Marketing and Strategy Director", HFN, December 15, 2010

"MMPI Taps Nancy Michael to Head Marketing For Gift and Home Segment", Home Textile Today, December 15, 2010

"Michael New MMPI Senior Marketing and Strategy Director", Home World, December 15, 2010

"MMPI Hires Michael For Marketing", Gifts & Decor, December 7, 2010

"Nature Call", Home Fashion and Hospitality, September 2010

"Chicago's Merchandise Mart to Bring Art Fair to 2011 Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York", BizBash New York, August 18, 2010

"Casual Gets Serious", HFN, August 1, 2010

"Show Highlight", Furniture and Accessories World, July 2010 

"Front + Center", Chicago Home and Garden, July 2010

"Crystal Ball", Chicago Home + Garden, May 2010

"Sub-Zero and Wolf to Open Showroom in Merchandise Mart's LuxeHome", Interior Design, April 7, 2010

"Bentwood Kitchens to Open LuxeHome Space", K&BDN, April 2010

"Sub-Zero to Open Showroom at Mart", Crain's Chicago Business, February 22, 2010

"Chicago Market Seminar Schedule", Gifts & Decorative Accessories, January 11, 2010

"Crate & Barrel's Segal Keynote At Chicago Market", HomeWorld, January 11, 2010

"The Chicago Market: Living and Giving Announces Its Lineup of High-Profile Business Entrepreneurs and Best-Selling Authors for January", Gift Shop, January 10, 2010

"The Chicago Market: Living and Giving Presents A Shop 'Late Night' Event", Gift Shop, January 8, 2010

“Midwest-CBK partners with Chicago Market to Host Twitter Raffle at January Market”, Gifts and Tablewares, Thursday, January 7, 2010

“The Chicago Market: Living and Giving Announces Jan 2010 Retailer of the Month”, The Giggle Guide, January 6, 2010

“Chicago Market Announce 50% Growth in Temporaries”, HomeWorld, January 6, 2010

Response positive to Pride’s expanded showroom”, Casual Living, October 5, 2009

“50th Annual Apollo Award Winners”, Furniture World, September 29, 2009

NBC.com, November 7, 2008

Sharing It Day,” Chicago Sun-Times, November 19, 2008

Apartment Therapy, November 24, 2008

TimeOut Chicago, November 20-26, 2008

TimeOut Chicago Blog, November 24, 2008

Mart Public Art Projection,” WLS ABC 7 Evening News, Monday, November 3, 2008

Designing For Designers,” CHEF, April 1, 2008

March The Mart,” Lincolnwood Review, January 10, 2008

Earth Hour News Conference, February 15, 2008 (video)

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, August 10, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, September 21, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, September 28, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, October 5, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, October 12, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, October 19, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, October 26, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, December 14, 2007

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, January 4, 2008

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, January 25, 2008

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, February 15, 2008

Designers Eye, Chicago Sun-Times, February 22, 2008

“Why Investors Trust Vornado.” Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2007.

“Power Lunch with Christopher Kennedy.” Trade Show Executive, April 2007.

“Christopher Kennedy Remarks, BIFMA NeoCon Annual Breakfast.” Office Insight, June 18, 2007.

“The Mart Gets Smart.” Interior Design Magazine, October 2007.

“Merchandise Mart: Generating Commerce for Chicago Since 1930,” Real Estate Portfolio. Alfred Branch, Jr. Oct. 2007

“Showrooms Bloom” MMQB, By Rob Kirkbride, January 7, 2008