Awesome Attendance at ASD This Year!
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For a guy like me, it can get awfully lonely out here in China sometimes, and when I’m not getting utterly sandbagged by the mind-blowingly unreliable Internet in this country, I’m getting a lot of encouraging news from the front lines in the USA about trade shows and conventions that are heating things up for the new year! It looks like the ASD Show in Las Vegas was a tremendous success, and that’s saying a lot in light of all the bad news we’ve been getting lately about everything from unemployment figures, rising health care costs, and the real estate market woes around the world making us feel as though there aren’t enough roofs to go over all of our heads.
Let’s take a quick look at some of the highlights from this year’s show at the Sands Expo Center and Las Vegas Convention Center, which took place from February 28 to March 03, to see what’s cooking in the world of retail and wholesale for now. Things were good, even for a supposedly bad time, as the showroom floors were flooded with attendees and dealers who were getting orders filled, sharing valuable information about trends and market shifts, and generally having a good time. The whole thing took place on a space just over 610,000 feet, and while that sounds impressive, keep in mind that the show garnered attention from over 45,000 attendees who were culled from the best of independent retailers, department stores, national chains, and internet retailers who were there to see and be seen as the nation’s longest-running merchandise trade show continued its “Evolution of ASD” theme with a turnout that exceeded the previous year’s numbers by 15 percent.
China wasn’t the only country that made its presence felt, as buyers from Latin American countries like Mexico, Argentina, and Costa Rica were there to assess the situation, and pick up some goods. About 85 countries were represented overall, and this is clearly the kind of thing that lets everyone out there know that this global community of buyers and dealers will persist, in spite of the odds. I’m convinced that the ones who align themselves strategically with partners who increase their market position will be able to overcome outside influences like trade sanctions, political uneasiness with foreign trade issues, and other obstacles, as they create relationships that supply customers without all the absurdity. E-tailers, keep your eyes on this show and its continuing influence on the market… there’s a tremendous amount of buildup and pressure to perform in a sales environment that is quickly cutting out the traditional stages of the purchase cycle, through online sites that cater to customers directly and with efficiency that allows even the most crippled Internet users (like myself) to make the right choices.
ASD Las Vegas will be next held August 8 – 11, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information visit www.asdonline.com and keep your eye on the pages of Toptenwholesale.com for updates on the industry at large while you continue your efforts to Find it. Source it. Profit!
