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E
ven with the impact of the East Coast
weather differential [during the show], we
are very pleased with buyer attendance as
99 percent of the top 200 domestic retailers
registered to attend, and international attendance
was very close to last year's record number," said
Phil Brandl, president & CEO of the not-for-profit
International Housewares Association, which owns
and operates the Show. "In addition, senior-level
attendance from both retailers and suppliers was
particularly strong. Many of our well-known veteran
exhibitors expressed that it was their best Show
ever in terms of meeting with top executives from
retailers and the quality of those meetings."
Along with the positive buyer attendance, Brandl
said exhibitors also noted fewer trade guests walking
the Show due to enforcement of IHA's new policy of
charging for companies wanting to sell goods or
services to exhibitors. This policy enhanced the
quality of the visitors to exhibitors' booths, he added.
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