Jan 14, 2020 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
by Cynthya Porter It sounds simple enough: Ship a box of 300 buttons directly to a tradeshow venue rather than the office. It only weighs 10 pounds and can be set to arrive from the manufacturer on the first day of setup. Sounds perfect. At this point, every...
Sep 18, 2019 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor, Industry Profiles
(Pictured above: the American Exposition Services team) by Cynthya Porter The world of general service contractors (GSCs) may seem eclipsed by Freeman and GES, the industry’s undisputed titans, but the reality is that there are hundreds of smaller GSC companies out...
Sep 4, 2019 | Columns, Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor, The Wow Booth
by Jeanne Brei When VISO Inc., a global multidisciplinary lighting design and manufacturing firm based in Toronto, approached Holman Exhibits in September of last year to propose a design for their tradeshow booth, their prerequisite was that they did not want the...
Aug 28, 2019 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
Five Questions for a Las Vegas Teamster Who Loves What He Does by Jeanne Brei Mike Robertson grew up in Houston with a Hollywood connection. His parents met in Hollywood, his uncle was Dale Robertson, the actor in the late Fifties TV show, Tales of Well Fargo, and...
Aug 26, 2019 | Features, I&D Shop to Showfloor
Pictured above: “Empowering the Art of Retail” was the theme for Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions at NRF 2019. The iPad stands in the middle were printed on a 3-D printer. The “splashes” of paint around them were made to look like paint had dripped from the large LED...
Jul 31, 2019 | Features, Flooring, I&D Shop to Showfloor
by Cynthya Porter Whether completing a theme, promoting a company name or creating a brand image, custom flooring has a lot of power as a design tool. But when budgets get cut for events or exhibits, it’s often the first thing axed off the list as an unnecessary...
