mike_s
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So if a internet connection for a computer cost $1200 (per computer)....
what did a booth cost? (for what size booth)?
what did a booth cost? (for what size booth)?
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Well said.First you have to separate the concept of a trade show with that of a consumer show. DEMA is a trade show... One of the most valuable attributes of the trade show is to let persons who make their living in the industry meet with reps and set up orders for the coming year and to network with others in the same profession sharing ideas and putting faces to the voice on the phone. ...
So if a internet connection for a computer cost $1200 (per computer)....
what did a booth cost? (for what size booth)?
Not at all. In the games industry the big consumer show was GenCon. I've never been to it as the cost vs reward just wasn't there for me. There's no point going to a show like GenCon to try and talk to your suppliers/manufacturers. Mostly they all send lower level staff to those shows and actually set up real games for consumer participation - the bosses might cruise by occasionally to see how it's going. It's a completely different vision on the aim of the show. It's really good for the consumers, and possibly some of the US shops as the consumers there are also their actual customers - but for me, seeing how US consumers are reacting to new product doesn't teach me much about how the Dutch market will behave - which was where I was based.That's shading the truth a bit, isn't it Kim?
Funnily enough I saw an example of roughly that in Japan a couple of weeks ago!As a public educator, I think we will open the schools next week, but not allow the students in!!!!!!!!!
Couldnt the consumer wear a badge that identified him as a consumer? Then manufactures would know who to talk numbers with.
I don’t think the consumer is expecting to buy merchandise at Dema, we just want to check out all the new stuff, and then go home a buy from our LDS.
This subject gets tossed around every year. One dive professional stated that the reason they don’t want the divers there is because they talk about wholesale prices. Couldn’t the consumer wear a badge that identified him as a consumer? Then manufactures would know who to talk numbers with. Actually, we would rather see the show with out being stopped at each booth. We aren’t trying to step on anyone’s toes, we just want to be informed consumers, and we simply enjoy learning about new dive stuff.
Basically it all boils down to the dive shops not wanting the consumer to know what there wholesale prices are.
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