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All Baby & Child Turns to Moms and Social Media Successful Juvenile Events Continue Growth in 2010
For All Baby & Child, Inc., founders of the All Baby & Child Spring Education Conference and the fall ABC Kids Expo, 2010 is shaping up to be another successful year.  The Spring Conference in May exceeded expectations, Eric Seemann, CEM of All Baby & Child, Inc., told TDmonthly Magazine. Attendance was up about 30 percent from last year, with a 60-percent climb in exhibitors and booth space. Attendance among sales reps and media grew roughly 20 percent.CONFERENCE KEEPS MARKETING IN MIND All Baby & Child Inc. is organized as a 501(c)6 organization, explained President Larry Schur.
Designed exclusively for independent retail stores, the conference offers a more intimate environment than the fall Expo, while still allowing vendors to introduce new lines. More than 200 companies exhibited at this year’s event, which also housed sessions on boothmanship basics, marketing to moms and integrating social media into marketing plans. BLOG BISTROS COME TO ABC KIDS Similar themes will carry over into the ABC Kids Expo, running Oct. 10-13 in Las Vegas. This year, “one of our biggest initiatives is working to reach key mommy bloggers that have a significant sphere of influence with moms nationwide and worldwide,” Seemann told TDmonthly. “While we will remain a trade show closed to the public, working with bloggers to create buzz on products coming soon … can be invaluable to all of the industry. We are planning two Blog Bistros to provide a relaxed environment on the show floor that will allow instant updates and uploads to the Blogosphere.”  Other highlights include the addition of a Maternity Square™, an enhanced maternity apparel section; the First Timers section of new products; an expanded Toy & AV exhibit space; and expansion of Modern Child® and Naturally Kids® areas.GROWING EXPO DEMANDS MORE SPACE Since its inception in 2003, ABC Kids Expo has tripled in attendance, and this year, “is on track to be one of our largest in terms of exhibit space as we are on track to exceed the 2009 net square footage numbers,” Seemann explained. The Growth of ABC Kids Expo
 “If you are in the baby and juvenile products industry, this is the one show that you can't miss,” said Julianna Shaw of Zoli Inc. “All Baby & Child puts on a well-managed show with the right buyers/attendees, and it's the right people for the entire duration of the show, so you never feel as if your time would be better spent elsewhere. You get to speak to the buyers and receive real-time feedback, which has been invaluable to us as we formulate our strategies moving forward.”“We carry products we wouldn’t have found without the ABC Expo,” Molly McMullin, owner of specialty toy store Twirl in Ranchos de Taos, N.M., told TDmonthly. Exhibitors have been clear about their satisfaction with the newer Spring Conference and the much larger ABC Kids Expo (see sidebar above) — many right in line with Schur’s summation of the events. “While it is possible to find our exhibitors at other gift and apparel shows, furniture markets, toy or fashion events,” he said, “you will not find a more diverse and comprehensive collection of manufacturers covering the full range of juvenile products anywhere.”  Writer's Bio: Claudia Newcorn has been a freelance writer and editor for over 10 years, after having spent more than a decade in marketing and product management. She writes for both businesses and individual clients, crafting copy, content and advertising. Her articles appear in newspapers, magazines and specialty publications nationwide (www.acornmarketing.com). She is also the author of an award-winning fantasy fiction book, "Crossover," and several published short stories (www.claudianewcorn.com). Read more articles by this author |
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