The New York Value Merchandise Expo honored Forum Publishing Company on Sunday, September 11, 2011 at their show in a special ceremony open to exhibitors and buyers. Martin Stevens, Publisher of Retailers Forum Magazine and Swap Meet Magazine was given a special award for 3 Decades of service to the wholesale\/retail industry.<\/p>\n
Forum Publishing <\/a>was started in 1981 and began as a 16-page local NY newspaper named Flea Market Forum, geared towards flea market vendors. Within a couple of years the paper went national with a major expansion and in it\u2019s eighth year spun off into two magazines, Swap Meet Magazine<\/a> for flea market vendors and the original magazine became known as Retailers Forum and changed its focus to independent retail store owners and distributors.<\/p>\n Full video of the event can be viewed at: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ES-sdffIC6o&feature=channel_video_title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New York Value Merchandise Expo honored Forum Publishing Company on Sunday, September 11, 2011 at their show in a special ceremony open to exhibitors and buyers. Martin Stevens, Publisher of Retailers Forum Magazine and Swap Meet Magazine was given … Continue reading