22nd Annual Women’s Business & Buyers Mart
Festival Hall B, Navy Pier
click here for 2008 Exhibitor Brochure
The Women’s Business & Buyers Mart has consistently been a one-stop shop for women business owners in every stage of business for the past two decades! The Mart provides an opportunity for the established woman business owner to enhance the profitability of her business by establishing relationships with corporate and government buyers, and with other entrepreneurs. It also provides every woman business owner from start-up to established with top-notch business resources to help ensure her business is as efficient and productive as it can be.
In 2003, the WBDC introduced Corporate Connections to our annual event. Over the past five year’s this extraordinary program has grown to be one of the most successful and popular elements of the Women’s Business & Buyers Mart. Located on the Mart floor and strictly for certified WBEs, Corporate Connections provides WBEs with the opportunity to meet one-on-one with corporate and government purchasing decision-makers in closed-office sessions. Numerous WBEs have secured highly sought after contracts through this business relationship building model.
For information on becoming an exhibitor at this year’s Mart, please check back by February 15, 2008.
2007 Women's Business & Buyers Mart Exhibitors *as of 9-9-07
Corporate Procurement
Allstate Insurance
American Airlines
American Family
AT&T
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Avon Products, Inc.
BP America, Inc.
Cardinal Health
CDW
Citibank, F.S.B.
CNA
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
ComEd, An Exelon Company
CVS Caremark
Ernst & Young LLP
Harris N.A.
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC)
Integrys Energy Group
International Truck and Engine Corp.
Johnson Controls
Jones Lang LaSalle
Kraft Foods
LaSalle Bank N.A.
Manpower
Motorola, Inc.
National City Bank
Nicor Gas
Northern Trust
OfficeMax
QTG, A Division of PepsiCo
Rush University Medical Center
S.C. Johnson
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
Southwest Airlines
Staples National Advantage
Target Corporation
U.S. Cellular
Unisys Corporation
United Airlines
United Parcel Service (UPS)
The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago Medical Center
The Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Walgreen Co.
Wisconsin Energy Corporation/WE Energies
Business Resources
Ariel Capital Management, LLC
AT&T
Banco Popular
Bibby Financial Services - Midwest, Inc.
Charter One Bank
Digital Check Corp.
Merrill Lynch
Moneris Solutions
OPEN from American Express®
Prudential Financial
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
ShoreBank
Washington Mutual
Zukowski, Rogers, Flood and McArdle
Federal Government Procurment
IRS TE/GE Employee Plans Great Lakes Area
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of State, OSDBU
U.S. General Services Administration
U.S. Small Business Administration
Local Government Procurement
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)
Chicago Park District
Chicago Public Schools
City Colleges of Chicago
City of Chicago, Department of Aviation
City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Licensing
City of Chicago, Department of Procurement Services
Cook County
The Illinois Department of Central Management Services, Business Enterprise Program
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Illinois Entrepreneurship Network –Small Business Development Center
Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES)
Illinois Tollway
Metra
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Public Building Commission of Chicago
WBE Companies
Advotek, Inc.
Aeffect, Inc.
Bella Bagno, Inc.
Consolidated Printing
Darwill
Futura Marketing, Inc.
GGI Worldwide Inc.
Global Capital, Ltd.
Ida's Gourmet Breads
The Image Studios
J&J Exhibitors Service, Inc.
J&J Motor Services, Inc.
Kayhan International
KellyMitchell
Levy Security Corporation
New Age Transportation, Distribution & Warehousing, Inc.
Ossanna Consulting Group, Inc.
Overture Premiums & Promotions, LLC
Signs Now
Tanager Design Group
VIVA USA, Inc.
Resource Organizations
ACCION Chicago
Chicago Minority Business Development Council (CMBDC)
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center/Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA)
The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO Chicago)
West Suburban Women Entrepreneurs
Women In Management
Women Presidents' Organization (WPO)
Women's Business Development Center (WBDC)
Media
Enterprising Woman Magazine
Minorities and Women In Business Magazine
Suburban Woman Publications
WE USA
