Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with the information regarding the next industry-leading trade show event on our 2010 itinerary. We are pleased to report that Licensing Direct™ will attend the 2010 edition of the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, taking place April 16th-18th at the McCormick Place in Chicago. This year will mark Licensing Direct™’s return to the event after an absence of several years, and we expect that the show will be better than ever!

As per their official website, the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show is the world’s largest international trade show event dedicated to the kitchen and bath industry.  The show features over 1,000 exhibitors in various segments of the kitchen and bath categories, and is widely attended by architects, re-modelers, kitchen and bath retailers and distributors, and plumbing wholesalers and retailers, among others. Professionals flock to this event for a variety of educational conferences in addition to the 3 days of networking and opportunity available on the exhibit floor.

Check in with the Licensing Direct™ Blog for all future updates regarding this show.

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with a report on the next stop on our trade show itinerary. Licensing Direct™ is pleased to announce that we will be participants in the 2010 edition of the International Home and Housewares Show at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. This terrific event has long been a very successful staple of our event calendar, and has yielded several valuable manufacturing leads over the years.

As per their official website, the Housewares Show estimates that this year’s proceedings will attract over 60,000 attendees and over 2,000 exhibitors. In addition, over 6,000 international buyers from 100 countries on 6 continents are  expected. As customary, the show will be divided into 4 major categories: Clean and Contain, Dine and Design, Wired and Well, and an international pavilion entitled Global Crossroads.

This event has long been a particularly beneficial one for inventions in the household, lawn and garden, cleaning, pet, and even automotive and hardware industries, due to the considerable diversity of exhibitors, and we expect this year to be the most successful yet. Check in with us on the Licensing Direct™ Blog for all future updates regarding this terrific event!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with a report on the next stop on our 2010 trade show itinerary. Licensing Direct™ is pleased to confirm that we will once again be a part of the Caribbean Hardware and Construction Show in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 2010 version of the event will take place Friday, February 12th through Sunday, February 14th at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

This will be the 42nd overall year for this terrific event, and Licensing Direct™ will be marking our 4th consecutive year of participation.  According to the show’s official website, they expect to attract over 4,500 visitors and approximate the past figure of approximately $ 25 million worth of orders being placed with exhibitors during the proceedings!

As customary, this year’s show will feature exhibitors in categories such as building products and materials, electrical products, hand tools and accessories, general hardware accessories, and paint products and accessories, among other industrial and trade-related categories. What makes the Caribbean Hardware and Construction Show especially valuable from our standpoint however, is its diversity of exhibitors. To this end, companies in the pet products, lawn and garden industry, and household products categories are also expected to participate.

We look forward to bringing you all future news related to the show, here on the Licensing Direct™ Blog!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with a report on our participation in the SHOT Show 2010. The event wrapped up earlier Friday, and unfolded between January 19th and today at the Sands Exhibition Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This year’s proceedings marked the 7th consecutive year that Licensing Direct™ has had some form of participation in the SHOT Show, and our trade show representative reports that he enjoyed several days of successful networking on the exhibit floor. This year’s event saw SHOT move to an all indoor venue for the first time in our tenure, and the result was a much more efficient and streamlined event that centered on relationship building between exhibitors and attendees.

Our aforementioned colleague reported having met with exhibitors originating from a wide variety of countries beyond North America and dealing with a wide range of products in both the hunting and law enforcement industries. Included in the group were manufacturers in the hunting apparel, general accessory and supply, and artillery categories. Additionally, our representative spoke with representatives from legendary hunting products brand Mossy Oak about the possibility of Licensing Direct™ submitting new product idea information to them on an ongoing basis.

As interaction with the leads obtained at the event evolve we will bring you all relevant updates, here on the Licensing Direct™ Blog. Join us often for the latest!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with our latest trade show-related update. Licensing Direct™ is proud to confirm our scheduled participation in the SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference) Show 2010, taking place January 19-22, 2010 at the Sands Exhibition Center at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Licensing Direct™ has had involvement in some form in the SHOT Show since 2003, and have always found the event to be replete with manufacturers in the hunting, outdoor, camping, sporting goods, and law enforcement industries in particular that are eager to review new product ideas.

As per the show’s official website,  the SHOT Show is considered the largest and most comprehensive trade show for all professionals involved with the shooting sports and hunting industries. It is the world’s premier exposition of combined firearms, ammunition, archery, cutlery, outdoor apparel, optics, camping and related products and services. Show organizers estimate that the 2010 proceedings will attract buyers from all 50 states and more than 75 countries.

Join us often on the Licensing Direct™ Blog for all future SHOT Show 2010-related updates!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with our latest trade show-related update. Licensing Direct™ is pleased to report that we will attend the AAPEX (Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo) Show 2009, taking place at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from November 3-5. As per the official show website, the automotive aftermarket industry is a $ 405 billion dollar global market and this year’s event is expected to attract approximately 132,000 industry professionals from around the world.

Categories expected to be represented prominently at this year’s proceedings include air conditioning, automotive lighting, electrical system and batteries, friction and braking, engine and transmission parts, and equipment and tools, among many others. As with previous years at AAPEX, we expect that the show will yield very valuable leads and will be an overall positive experience for Licensing Direct™ and our client base.

Join us on the Licensing Direct™ Blog for all future updates regarding the AAPEX Show 2009!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with news on our next trade show event. Licensing Direct™ is pleased to announce that we will participate in the ERA D2C (Direct-to-Consumers) Convention, taking place September 13th-15th at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. The Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) consists of companies involved in various aspects of the multi-billion dollar direct response and infomercial industries.

As frequent readers of the Licensing Direct™ Blog are aware, we are presently receiving a great deal of interest in our Innovation Direct™ program from ERA member companies, especially because their business is so dependent on a constant flow of new product concepts. Therefore, we certainly expect that significant degree of productive networking will occur at the event with what we expect will be a receptive group exhibitors.

As per the official show website, the ERA D2C Convention is expected to attract “more than 2,500 decision makers and innovators”, and will feature over 100 exhibiting companies in what should make for an intimate setting highly conducive to fruitful conversation and business dealings.

Join us on the Licensing Direct™ Blog for all future updates regarding the ERA D2C Convention!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with our report on the ASI Show Chicago 2009. The event, which took place July 22nd -23rd at the McCormick Place in Chicago, seems to get better each successive year. Our trade show representative reported that he enjoyed a productive visit and was able to network with a cross-section of manufacturers that was representative of the typical eclectic nature of this exhibit.

Included in the companies that our representative spoke with were manufacturers in the household, lawn and garden, apparel, office products and stationery, and consumer electronics industries. Licensing Direct™ representatives will initiate the all-important process of following up with the leads obtained at the proceedings in the coming days and will bring you all relevant updates as we begin to establish relationships with the companies met. Check in with us on the Licensing Direct™ Blog for the latest!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, chiming in with our summary of the CSI Show 2009, which took place June 17th-19th at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event, which Licensing Direct™ had not participated in in quite some years, was certainly a fruitful and efficient one replete with several big names in the hardware and construction industries.

Among the manufacturers spoken with directly by our trade show representative were Stanley, Schlage, and Heckmann Building Products. A couple of companies, Stanley being one of them, explained that they were currently involved in several market segments that went beyond the industries that served as the main themes of the proceedings, a fact that is not lost on Licensing Direct™ and that could prove to be potentially beneficial to a greater number of inventions on our roster.

Check in with us often on the Licensing Direct™ Blog for all updates related to our relationship-building with these manufacturers!

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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Licensing Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with a quick trade show update. Licensing Direct™ is pleased to confirm that we will be participants in the Construct 2009 trade show, taking place June 17th-19th at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The exhibit is part of the CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) Annual Convention, an event that will begin a day before the actual trade show and also run through the 19th.

This terrific show attracts the leading construction, paints, and hardware manufacturers and distributors in the world. As per the show’s official website (www.constructshow.com), for those who visit the event as attendees, Construct 2009 is considered “the commercial building industry EVENT for architects, specifiers, engineers, facility managers, building owners, CSI members, project managers, general contractors, designers and thousands of diverse commercial, institutional and industrial building professionals.”

Licensing Direct™ is certainly looking forward to expanding our breadth of contacts in the construction and hardware industry during the 3 days of the proceedings with exhibitors of the caliber of Sherwin Williams, Ingersoll Rand, and DuPont Building Innovations, all confirmed to be participating as per the show’s official website. Join us here on the Licensing Direct™ Blog during the days of the event for all of the news direct from the exhibit floor!

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