Home Work – Desk Top & Personal Office
ZuZu™ (Louisville, CO), for the Crocodile paper stationery products and accessories, available in six vibrant colors. The crocodile line includes nesting boxes, journals, accordion photo albums and wrapping paper sets.

Indulgences – Fine Lines & Luxury
Cleo Writing Instruments (Munich, Germany), for the Gessner wooden pen and key case set.  The Gessner pen and case consist of a cherry wood finish in a Hessian pouch.

Presents – Gifts, Novelty and Crafts Supplies
E.K. Success (Clifton, NJ), for the Let-Me-Tell-You & Me and My Honey wedding, honeymoon and anniversary keepsake. Packaged in a suitcase-style box, the keepsake houses a three ring album with more than 80 inspiring pages to for personalizing memories.

Take Note – Cards & Social Stationery
Hugz®, Inc. (Dallas, TX), for Big Bear Hugz Greeting Card. Hugz greeting card line come in a variety of characters. The card is sent in a capsule and is designed to “hug” the recipient with its arms when the capsule is opened.

“The quality of the 2006 winners is outstanding,” said Lori Robinson, show manager.  “This year’s winners not only represent the creativity and diversity of the Show’s five distinct sections, but help define the direction of the social stationery market.”

 Judges for the 10th annual Best New Product Awards were: Caroline Kennedy, Gifts & Decorative Accessories; John Saxtan, Giftware News; Jessica Rivchin, Greetings, Etc.; Julie McCallum, Party & Paper Retailer; Glen Bowen, Pen World and Jeanne Wines-Reed, Scrapbook Retailing.

The 60th annual National Stationery Show is taking place May 21-24, 2006, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.  As the premier market for stationery resources in the United States, the National Stationery Show presents approximately 1,300 exhibitors in five distinctive sections: Presents®, Celebrate®, Take Note®, Home Work® and Indulgences®.  The Show draws 14,000 domestic and international retailers representing department, chain and specialty stores, boutiques, stationery, greeting card and gift shops, bookstores, bridal shops, party stores, hospital gift shops, museum stores, gallery/craft retailers, home furnishings stores, specialty office retailers, floral and garden centers, mass merchandisers, catalogs, on-line retailers, import/export firms, distributors and TV shopping clubs.

The National Stationery Show is owned and managed by George Little Management, LLC.  For exhibitor information, contact Kelly P. Bristol, assistant show manager, at George Little Management, LLC (GLM®), Ten Bank Street, White Plains, NY  10606.  Telephone (914) 421-3228.  Fax (914) 948-2918.  E-mail: kelly_bristol@glmshows.com.  Attendee information is available by contacting GLM’s Customer Service Department, at (800) 272-SHOW or (914) 421-3206.  Additional information and registration is available online at www.nationalstationeryshow.com.






Five National Stationery Show® exhibitors were honored with the Best New Product Awards with the Show's Opening Morning Ceremony, on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The Best New Product Awards winners are (left to right): MaryBeth Vallequette of ZuZu (Louisville, CO) for the Home Work® section; Karin Sloane of E.K. Success (Clifton, NJ) for the Presents® section; Natasa Lekic of Hugz (Dallas, TX), for the Take Note® section; Manfred Gau of Cleo Writing Instruments (Munich, Germany) for the Indulgences® section; Marta Petter of Tarta Marketing, LLC (Chicago, IL) for the Celebrate® section and Lori Robinson, show manager for the National Stationery Show. The National Stationery Show, running  21-24, 2006, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center will present 1,300 exhibitors  and will attract nearly 13,000 attendees. Additional information is available online at www.nationalstationeryshow.com.