AmericasMart Atlanta’s global wholesale trade operations have set new all-time performance records in an independent study of the 7.1-million-square-foot trade mart/trade show complex’s impact on the local and regional economy, according to Jeffrey Portman Sr., AmericasMart's vice chairman, president and chief operating officer.
The study—entitled The Economic Impact of AmericasMart Atlanta—was designed, executed and reported by Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy Studies associate dean, Sally Wallace, and economics professor David Sjoquist. The landmark research documents AmericasMart’s performance over the 12-month period ending Aug. 31, 2014, its most recent reporting period. The 2014 study follows previous studies measuring comparable performance metrics in 2005, 2001 and 1996. Key findings of the new study show that AmericasMart: