Gaining Optimum Exposure at SPREE 2011

posted in: SPREE 2010 on September 28, 2010 | RSS

Today’s challenging economy calls for creative marketing strategies. Companies across the board need to ensure maximum exposure for their products or services in order to gain or maintain their share of the market.

Over the past six years, SPREE has helped new and veteran entrepreneurs do just that. What better place to launch a new product or service than at the World’s largest event for the $12 billion cart and kiosk industry.

Exhibiting at SPREE puts wholesalers, real estate developers, manufacturers and service providers directly in the center of foot traffic in major malls, airports, theme parks, lifestyle centers, resorts and other high traffic venues. Consider the specialty retail industry as a new channel of distribution for your product, service or location that will give your company a boost.

Having a booth at SPREE 2011 will give you the opportunity to meet with cart and kiosk retailers eager to discover new products and services to grow their business and new entrepreneurs starting their first retail venture. As an added benefit, exhibitors at SPREE also automatically receive a free Virtual SPREE booth. Your virtual booth goes live two weeks after the live show and remains online 24 hours a day, seven days a week for an entire year. That’s an extra year of lead generation for your company for free.

So, if you’re interested in giving your company the best exposure for the specialty retail industry, visit www.SPREEshow.com for more information or to download the 2011 Exhibitor Brochure.

What’s New with SPREE 2011

posted in: SPREE 2010 on September 21, 2010 | RSS

So, many things have been moving along with SPREE 2011. Our Attendee and Exhibitor brochures have been uploaded and are now available on the SPREE website to download. Booth sales are continuing to grow (over 120 booths sold already), we are plugging away on finding speakers for our education seminar program and working on finding a fabulous location for our social event.

Beyond all of that, our Specialty Leasing Summit brochure was just been completed and will be available in print and online soon. For those of you unfamiliar with the Specialty Leasing Summit, it is a day and half intensive training program for specialty leasing professionals to help build the bottom line. I’ve written a previous post about it as well, so you can check that out for more info.

Last but certainly not least, SPREE has teamed up with Camp Soaring Eagle yet again to help raise money for sick children. This year in addition to hosting the silent auction, SPREE is coordinating a charity golf tournament at Las Vegas National Golf Course on Monday, April 11th. Tickets will be $125 per person and all profits will go to Camp Soaring Eagle to help give children with terminal or chronic illnesses the opportunity to experience fun at camp with their families. More information on the SPREE Golf Outing in a future post.

There’s more to come so sign up for weekly updated at SPREEshow.com.

What is Specialty Retail?

posted in: SPREE 2010 on September 15, 2010 | RSS

As I looked back at some of my posts, it occurred to me that I based much of my information on the assumption that those of you reading them would already be familiar with the specialty retail industry. Since I know realize that might not be the case, I thought I would take a little time to discuss it.

Twenty or thirty years ago, if you asked anyone in the shopping center industry, they would have described the specialty retail industry to mean the push carts in the common area used for selling impulse gift items. And, while, thats exactly where it all began, the specialty retail industry has grown to be so much more.

Push carts with big wagon wheels and only a flat surface used for selling have evolved into complex RMUs (retail merchandising units) complete with multi-level shelving for merchandise and built in storage. And, beyond carts and kiosks, specialty retail now includes temporary in-line stores, seasonal concepts and other ancillary income including sponsorships and other non-traditional retail ideas like coin-operated children’s rides and automated retail vending.

As a $12 billion industry, specialty retail continues to thrive and grow into international markets all over the world. Attending or exhibiting at SPREE is an outstanding opportunity to learn about the industry and meet all the key players that can help you begin your journey as a specialty retail entrepreneur. As a retailer you can find the new and exciting products you need to get started and gain FREE business information at SPREE educational seminars. As a exhibitor, SPREE is the only place where you can expose your company, product or service to the world’s largest gathering of specialty retail professionals. At our networking events, you can meet and mingle with specialty retail executives, including leasing managers and generate leads and deals for future business relationships. All of that, under one roof and it’s FREE to attend.

Still not sure if the specialty retail industry is right for you? Take a look on our website at www.SPREEshow.com/attendees/is-this-industry-right-for-me. For more general information and resources visit the Specialty Retail Report website at www.specialtyretail.com.

Specialty Leasing Summit – New for 2011!

posted in: SPREE 2010 on September 07, 2010 | RSS

The first few months of SPREE 2011 planning are already come and gone. We’ve been busy working on our new Exhibitor and Attendee brochures (will be posted online soon, so keep checking back) and planning out new seminars and events. While all that has been going on, we’ve also been planning a brand new all day event for leasing professionals called the Specialty Leasing Summit.

This new event will take place on Monday, April 11^th in the afternoon and will continue onto Tuesday, April 12th and will culminate at the opening of the SPREE 2011 exhibit hall at noon. This intensive professional training program will offer seminars and networking events for specialty leasing professionals to help them build their bottom line.

Right now, we are offering a Super Early Bird discount until October 31^st at the price of $299. It’s a great deal ($100 off the standard price of $399) and includes all seminars, all snack breaks/breakfast and all session materials. And any company that signs up three representatives, will receive one FREE registration. That’s an unbeatable value.

A full brochure with all Summit details will be available shortly.

For more information and to register online, you can visit  www.specialtyleasingsummit.com