NRF BIG Show Continues To Climb
Source: Innovative Retail Technologies
Washington, May 11, 2009 — For three years in a row, the National Retail Federation's BIG show, the industry's premier event for retailers across the world, has earned a spot in Tradeshow Week's 200 Annual Directory. According to the annual list, which ranks conventions and events throughout the United States and Canada by total net square feet of paid exhibit space, NRF's 2008 Annual Convention and EXPO placed 155 out of 200 events, up from the 169 ranking for the 2007 show. The 2008 event, which welcomed over 18,500 attendees, boasted 167,000 net square feet of exhibit space.
"The growth and success of NRF's Annual Convention wouldn't be possible without the support of our members, partners, sponsors and the entire retail community," said Susan Newman, Vice President of Conferences, NRF. "We are honored to be a part of this list and look forward to continued growth in years to come."
NRF's Annual Convention and EXPO is held each year in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Next year's BIG Show will be held January 10-13, 2010.
For more information about exhibiting, attending or sponsoring Retail's BIG Show, visit www.nrf.com/annual10.
NRF's Annual Convention and EXPO serves as the world's leading retail event, bringing 17,000 retail executives and vendors from more than 50 countries together for educational and networking opportunities. NRF's EXPO floor, open on Monday and Tuesday of the Convention, hosts more than 500 exhibiting companies and features a one-of-a-kind DESiGN STUDiO. NRF's Convention is ranked as one of the Top 200 events in North America, as well as one of the 50 fastest-growing events, according to Tradeshow Week.
The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. NRF represents an industry with more than 1.6 million U.S. retail establishments, more than 24 million employees - about one in five American workers - and 2008 sales of $4.6 trillion. As the industry umbrella group, NRF also represents more than 100 state, national and international retail associations.
"The growth and success of NRF's Annual Convention wouldn't be possible without the support of our members, partners, sponsors and the entire retail community," said Susan Newman, Vice President of Conferences, NRF. "We are honored to be a part of this list and look forward to continued growth in years to come."
NRF's Annual Convention and EXPO is held each year in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Next year's BIG Show will be held January 10-13, 2010.
For more information about exhibiting, attending or sponsoring Retail's BIG Show, visit www.nrf.com/annual10.
NRF's Annual Convention and EXPO serves as the world's leading retail event, bringing 17,000 retail executives and vendors from more than 50 countries together for educational and networking opportunities. NRF's EXPO floor, open on Monday and Tuesday of the Convention, hosts more than 500 exhibiting companies and features a one-of-a-kind DESiGN STUDiO. NRF's Convention is ranked as one of the Top 200 events in North America, as well as one of the 50 fastest-growing events, according to Tradeshow Week.
The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. NRF represents an industry with more than 1.6 million U.S. retail establishments, more than 24 million employees - about one in five American workers - and 2008 sales of $4.6 trillion. As the industry umbrella group, NRF also represents more than 100 state, national and international retail associations.
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