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<p>Please welcome  ;Robert Maricich, CEO of <a href="https://www.imcenters.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">International Market Centers (IMC)</a> to The Paper Fold. Bob, as he prefers, is widely recognized as one of the home furnishings industry’s most Innovative leaders — ;he founded and built IMC into an exhibition space powerhouse with more than 20 million square feet of world-class B2B exhibition space. Its campuses include both AmericasMart Atlanta and World Market Center Las Vegas, markets vital to the stationery and gift industries.</p>



<p>When coronavirus halted everything, IMC surveyed 180,000 retailers ;to gage their needs. With guidance from health and elected officials as well as a top epidemiologist, IMC opened the AmericasMart campus June 8, and the World Market Center Las Vegas June 15. ;Everything is governed by IMC’s <a href="https://www.imcenters.com/covid19/together-safely/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Together Safely Master Plan</a>, which details procedures for registration, sanitization, temperature monitoring, traffic and occupancy control, seminars, masks, etc. This is a four-phase reopening, however, and the plan is a living document, meaning it may change in our current fluid, unknowable climate.</p>



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<p>Music Credits: “Your Treasure is Your Self”; written and performed by Sharon Glassman; Courtesy of Sharon Glassman/Smile Songs. <a href="http://smilesongs.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">smilesongs.com</a></p>

Robert Maricich, CEO, International Market Centers (IMC)
