In the interest of keeping our customers informed, here are the answers to some of the more commonly asked questions.
NSSF Statement on Management of the SHOT Show
May 9, 2013
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Reed Exhibitions to terminate the agreement the parties had for the management of the SHOT Show. Accordingly, effective immediately, Reed Exhibitions will no longer be manager and producer of the SHOT Show. Reed [...]
If It’s Spring, It Must Be Time For SHOT Show Hotel Scammers to Hatch
April 24, 2013
It seems that the warmer spring air has prompted an early hatch of hotel scammers trying to separate SHOT Show exhibitors and attendees from their money and perhaps leave them without a place to lay their head in Las Vegas. That’s why we caution all SHOT Show attendees and exhibitors to be wary of third-party [...]
NSSF’s 2014 SHOT Show Accepted Into U.S. Department of Commerce International Buyer Program
April 22, 2013
NSSF just received word that the SHOT Show has been accepted into the International Buyer Program. This will provide the SHOT Show with support from the U.S. Department of Commerce to manage and facilitate matching international buyers with exhibiting U.S. companies and work with U.S. exhibitors to educate them on existing government export programs. The [...]
Federal Trade Commission Shuts Down Trade Show Directory Scammer
April 16, 2013
We’re pleased to report that the Federal Trade Commission has temporarily halted operations of Construct Data Verlag AG of Slovakia (formerly of Austria), which produces FAIRGuide. We’ve warned our exhibitors countless times over the past few years about the company, most recently in February in this blog post. The Trade Show News Network has more [...]
Shiny Happy People: Record SHOT Show on All Accounts, Including Satisfaction
April 2, 2013
The 2013 SHOT Show at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas was one for the record books — record attendance, record sales and record esprit de corps within the industry. The show also registered record satisfaction with attendees and exhibitors alike with 75 percent of exhibitors completely or very satisfied and 93 percent of exhibitors [...]
View the April/May Edition of SHOT Business Magazine
March 29, 2013
The April-May edition of SHOT Business magazine is now available at its www.shotbusiness.com website or as a mobile-friendly digital magazine. This month’s feature “SHOT Show 2013″ packs the four days of the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show into 14 brimming pages.
Repurposing SHOT Show Floor is Painful, But Necessary
March 27, 2013
Limiting exhibiting companies to only those that are involved in our core business — shooting, hunting, outdoor and tactical — clears the way for many companies that have been on the waitlist for far too long.
View the Latest SHOT Business Magazine
March 13, 2013
Read the most recent edition of SHOT Business magazine at its www.shotbusiness.com website or as a mobile-friendly digital magazine. The February-March Edition of the NSSF-owned publication contains features on “Optics 2013” and an important topic, “Passing the Torch,” which delves into exit strategies for the business owner who is considering retirement or sale of the store.
SHOT Show is still 11 months away, but scammers never sleep
February 11, 2013
They’re at it again. Like the living dead, various unscrupulous trade show directory scam artists have reappeared to haunt SHOT Show exhibitors. Construct Data Verlag AG of Slovakia (formerly of Austria), which produces FAIRGuide, is seeking to take advantage of unsuspecting businesses that may still be cleaning the dust off their shoes from the 2013 SHOT [...]
