Atlanta Gift and Home Show July 2009
Back home after a solid week in Atlanta. Expectations were low for this show as the summer show is notoriously slower then the winter (Jan.) show. This show debuted NAPCO's 2010 Spring and Garden collections. If you are a retailer visit us to see all of our newest collections at http://napcomarketing.com/. The collections, collectively, were extremely well received both by our representatives and customers.
The showroom was more open this year and inviting-- nice work Greg and his team! At the end of the day (and there were some long days) we came away blowing away our Summer 2008 sales numbers which is both gratifying for the design team, sales team, and everyone in between who works so hard to get our products to market. We've got some real nice momentum moving through the 3rd quarter of the year.
I attended a seminar by Mr Ted Teele, CEO of Onecoast, who always seems to be at the forefront of our industry. The seminar's top line focus was "How can we as vendors and rep firms help our retailers?" Ted has some great ideas on how this can be done today and more importantly in the years to come. Learn more about Ted's company at http://www.onecoast.com/index.asp?.
After the seminar I was speaking to Beth Lang from Alexa's Angels, http://www.alexas-angels.com/trade/login.php, who was telling the group how their Twitter page had grown exponentially over the past month. Kudo's to them for beginning to use all of the social media websites to spread the "alexas angels love." Very cool product!
Our next big push will be at the IGC Show at the Navy Pier in Chicago August 18-20th. The Independent Garden Show, http://igcshow.com/igc2009/public/enter.aspx, is put on by Mr. Jeff Morey and his wife Cheryl. They have created a great following of independent garden centers and a focused show for the vendors. I look forward to telling you all about our experiences. If you are going stop by and visit us in the TEMPS section, booth # T 22-24.
Happy Selling. JM
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