Surprise Wedding Proposal at Trade Show!

Sept. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- 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.

Forum Publishing 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's eighth year spun off into two magazines, Swap Meet Magazine for flea market vendors and the original magazine became known as Retailers Forum and changed its focus to independent retail store owners and distributors.

At the end of Martin's speech and acceptance of the award he proposed to his long-time girlfriend Christa who he had met at a trade show (oddly enough!) around 14 years ago while he was working at the ASD show in Las Vegas. After some shock and awe, Christa happily accepted the proposal and the couple celebrated with their fellow exhibitors, buyers and trade show personnel.

Full video of the event can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES-sdffIC6o&feature=channe...