Trade Shows Attendance
Ad-Gen annually attends the following industrial trade shows representing clients and their new products / inventions.
INDUSTRY
TRADE SHOW
Pet Products
APPMA Pet Products Trade Show
The APPMA Show is the international marketplace for the pet products industry. When you attend the APPMA Show you will find 600 exhibitors in 1,500 booths. 90% of the pet products manufactured in the United States are represented at the Show. Professional pet product buyers from more than 60 countries come to the APPMA Show to find the world's most innovative products all in one location.
Automotive
Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo
At no other show will you find as many qualified buyers and sellers from all segments of the automotive aftermarket. Last year, nearly 70,000* visitors from every corner of the global automotive aftermarket attended AAPEX, 31,000* of them were buyers with purchasing power. Over 1,700 exhibitors participate in AAPEX, the Automotive Aftermarket Event of the Year!
Hardware / Construction
National Hardware & Building Products Expo
The premier event in the world for hardware, lawn & garden, building, and home improvement manufacturers, producers, distributors, independent representatives, retailers and marketers. Virtually everything imaginable in the building and home improvement trades is available. The National Hardware Show is the largest trade show of any type.
Baby & Child
International Juvenile Products Show
The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. is a national trade organization of more than 400 companies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. These companies manufacture and/or import infant products such as cribs, car seats, strollers, bedding, and a wide range of accessories and decorative items targeted to infant and pre-schoolers.
Housewares
International Housewares Show
The International Housewares Show is the world's largest housewares marketplace, showcasing thousands of new products and designs for the home and garden.
Gift / Premium Items
American International Gift Fair
The New York International Gift Fair® is the premier gift and decorative accessories market in the United States. This semi-annual event fills 638,000 net square feet, including the entire Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and the Passenger Ship Terminal. The 45,000 national and international attendees are drawn from major retail outlets, specialty retailers, distributors, catalog companies and others. There are more than 2,900 firms exhibiting in eleven major merchandise sections of the Fair, including international sponsored groups representing Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Canadian Province of Quebec, South Africa, Thailand and United Kingdom.
Variety Retailers
Variety Merchandise Show
The VARIETY MERCHANDISE SHOW (ASD/AMD) was introduced in 1949 as the first trade show to offer a one stop shopping opportunity in the general merchandise industry. Popular and effective, VMS is back in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to maximize your show experience! Exhibitors of the Variety Merchandise Show are national and international prime source suppliers: wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers of general and variety merchandise. Attendees of the Variety Merchandise Show range from volume buying syndicates to owners of small independent retail shops, and everything in between. VMS will feature thousands of products in 150 merchandise categories.
Sporting Goods
Super Show/World of Sport Innovation
Sponsored by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, The Super Show has the latest merchandise fo health clubs, drug stores, golf shops, cruise lines, bookstores, fashion catalogs, hardware stores, surf shops, toy stores, auto accessory supply, etc. There is an incredible, diversified product mix that will boost sales, increase profits and foster customer loyalty. The Super Show is laid out with 21 distinct shows-within-a-show.
Music
The NAMM Show (Sponsored by: International
Music Products Association)
The NAMM Show has everything from accordions to zithers. Miles of aisles feature the newest, state-of-the-art music products, as well established classics and hot, up-and-coming innovations—all under one roof! The NAMM Show is attended by more than 65,000 registrants packing the aisles of the Anaheim Convention Center to check out the latest gear. The show is a star studded event with endorsing musicians such as Carlos Santana, Sheila E., Stevie Wonder, Dweezil Zappa, Keanu Reeves and Korn, adding to the spectacle as they pose for pictures and talk shop with show attendees. From CBS to CNN and E! Entertainment Television, Journalists from throughout the world come to cover the new instruments unveiled.
Lawn & Garden
Lawn & Garden Marketing
and Distribution Association
(LGMDA) represents distributors and manufacturers of lawn and garden goods throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico and is an influential force within the lawn and garden industry. The Association has guided many companies for almost 30 years during many periods of change and uncertainty. Their goal is to further the growth and profitability of all segments of the lawn and garden industry through the promotion of Distributor and Manufacturer partnerships. This 33rd annual trade show is for LGMDA members only and for retailers by member invitation only.