rick81721
Lothar
Interbike 2019 show cancelled
https://cyclingtips.com/2018/12/industry-tradeshow-interbike-cancelled-for-2019/
https://cyclingtips.com/2018/12/industry-tradeshow-interbike-cancelled-for-2019/
100% this. My company goes to ASIS, GSX, IPI, etc. As a security solutions company, if we don't show, it's like we're doing bad and can't afford to go. Each show costs at least $250,000. It's stupid.I have an industry show my company attends every year, we buy a bunch of booths. In all honesty I think the only reason nowadays companies show up is so that nobody questions why they don't have a booth. Pretty much the only time you don't is if the company is falling apart.
$250k! Shit, engineering consultants have a canary is a booth spot is $2000 lol100% this. My company goes to ASIS, GSX, IPI, etc. As a security solutions company, if we don't show, it's like we're doing bad and can't afford to go. Each show costs at least $250,000. It's stupid.
There was a time when most in my dept attended one trade show a year, I've only been to 1-2 in the last 15 years as it's seen as an unnecessary expense with minimal returns. We now do all our due diligence research on the net and have the vendors travel to us.
You were a dentist? Everything makes sense now.Trade show or conference? We cut back attendance on dental research conferences but still maintained a fairly large presence.
Trades for lab equipment and software. Even conferences quite a bit as well. Though they like when you present, but it's a bear going through legal on some topics.Trade show or conference? We cut back attendance on dental research conferences but still maintained a fairly large presence.
Is @JimN a good mountain biker?
The internet definitely killed Interbike. I’d say it’s probably only a matter of time before the same happens to car shows also.
As far as bikes go, 9 times out of 10 none of the local shops in my area carry the bike brand that I want. Yes, they try to talk me into Santa-Cruz, Giant, etc. but I shop based on the suspension design that I want, and the only shop in my area that carries something close is kind of douchey. On the other hand, I’d say I’m a pretty good customer for my LBS. I take my bikes there for repairs, buy kids bikes there, and give them a shot at matching internet prices on the other stuffs I buy.