
In August, Haiti artisan businesses were included in the ATA booth at the New York International Gift Fair, including Kay Atizan and Caribbean Craft exhibited products developed earlier in the project year by an international art design consultant.
Kay Atizan participated in the ATA Market Readiness Program and is the fourth MRP graduate, coming out of project year 1 with strongly improved business skills.

At the show, Caribbean Craft took orders in the amount of $8,447.15 fob, and Kay Atizan of $3,276.99 fob.

A pecial success during NYIGF was the $63,132.50 order placed with Caribbean Craft by Anthropologie, a large international retailer with stores throughout the US and worldwide. This company was voted one of the five best international retail chains in the world by Home Accents Today.

The order was placed directly with Caribbean Craft - without involvement by ATA other than the opportunity provided – for products such as papier mache animal heads from the product development workshops by an ATA consultant.

This order represents more than 10% of Caribbean Craft’s total annual sales volume.
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