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EuroShop 2023 Design Trends Webinar with Katina
EuroShop 2023 Design Trends
EuroShop 2023 Day 3 — Show Videos and Photos
Last batch of photos from EuroShop 2023. Plus, two videos showing a wide range of exhibits, lighting, and technology. In case you are wondering if there are more photos and videos, there are... but you'll have to wait to see those during Katina's Euroshop Design Trends webinar on August 28. Register HERE. For even more photos and videos, see the posts from Day 1 and Day 2. Video 1 Video 2 ...
EuroShop 2023 Day 2 — Photos and Video
Photos and Videos from EuroShop 2023
A Pop Up Display Guide for Trade Shows
Pop up displays are a fantastic approach to trade show marketing. With new technology, pop up displays have reinvented themselves time and time again and absolutely worth considering for your next trade show. Today’s Pop Up Display Market Many customers ignore the features and benefits of pop up displays. They are shopping exclusively on price; they want it to last a few shows and are less...
EuroShop 2023 Day 1 — Photos and Video
Kevin Carty, Katina Rigall Zipay, and Jen LaBruzza are in Dusseldorf, Germany this week at EuroShop 2023. While there, they are taking photos and videos to share with the Classic Distributor Network. Below are photos from Day 1 along with a short video from Katina about design trends. For more photos and videos, check back on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you would like to attend a Design Trends...
Trade Show Material Handling and Labor Rate Survey
By Jessica Sibila, Executive Director, The Exhibitor Advocate The Exhibitor Advocate recently published a 2022 Material Handling and Labor Rate Survey. The survey is an important benchmarking tool that provides industry stakeholders with cost comparisons of average labor and material handling rates across 16 major US cities. The survey was previously conducted by Trade Show Week and then EDPA...
A Different Take on Generational Marketing
Here's an opinion that generally gets me a lot of feedback. Ready? I don’t see that much difference between these named “generations.” I believe that people are basically people, and they’re not that different from one generation to the next in their basic behaviors. It’s the tools they have to manifest their behaviors that make things seem different. Rama Beerfas, Lev Productions Here are some...
Are We Asking Exhibitors the Wrong Questions?
Goals? Objectives? Or Something Else. Recently I attended a charity event with a social mixer. Several introductions later, I was conversing with a CEO about trade shows. He grumbled about drayage, shipping, and labor. I sympathized. Then he shifted to ROI. His company’s trade show ROI was terrible. Not surprisingly, his company didn’t have clear trade show objectives or a pre-show or post-show...
Industry Veteran Gina Porcaro Joins Classic Exhibits
Kevin Carty with Gina Porcaro NEW Regional Sales Manager Gina Porcaro Classic Exhibits is proud to announce that respected industry veteran Gina Porcaro has joined the company. Gina will serve as the Regional Sales Manager responsible for Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and Eastern Canada. Gina started in the print industry in 1995 where she worked as a production artist for...
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