Dorothy Belshaw, president of trade show company Andmore, received Gift for Life’s 2024 Industry Achievement Award at the 73rd Annual Retailer Excellence Awards in Dallas during the recent Total Home & Gift Market.
In connection with the award, more than $34,000 has been donated in Belshaw’s honor to World Central Kitchen’s global hunger relief efforts, the charitable endeavor supported by Gift or Life, a charity group for the gift and home industries.
Belshaw (pictured above) has 32 years of experience in home, gift and gourmet housewares trade shows, including the past 12 years with Andmore (formerly IMC), which manages home and gift trade markets in Atlanta, Las Vegas and High Point, NC. Belshaw was recently promoted to president of Andmore after holding such positions as chief marketing officer and chief revenue officer. Prior to joining Andmore, Belshaw served as a senior executive with former gift and gourmet housewares trade show operator George Little Management.
Past Gift For Life Industry Achievement Award winners include: Todd and Jannetta Litzman of MarketTime (2023); Warren Shoulberg (2022); Patti Carpenter (2021); Adam Glassman of O, The Oprah Magazine (2020); Anna and Nathan Bond of Rifle Paper (2019); Mitch and Seth Nash of Blue Q (2018); The Beekman Boys (2017); Julie Chavez and Joe Cerbo of Chavez for Charity (2016); Tom Mirabile of Lifetime Brands (2015); Dave Thomas and Kevin Mundt of HomArt (2014); Gregg Corzine and David Klass of Archipelago (2013); Les Mandelbaum and Paul Rowan of Umbra (2012); Michael Aram of Michael Aram (2011); Randi Eller of Eller Enterprises (2010); and Bobbie Gottlieb of Two’s Company (2009).
