Trade shows are great for your business for a lot of reasons: Great locations, networking opportunities with peers and colleagues, ideas and information that you can’t get while locked away working in your store, meetings with important suppliers, product, product and more product, education, and for some, time away from their stores to reflect, to learn something new and to take a fresh look at their business.
I’ve been to well over a hundred trade shows and conventions in my career and the one thing that stands out for me the most is this: that one new idea. I’ve always thought that one solid idea you can take back to your business and implement effectively is solid gold. Best of all, it often leads to new opportunities you may not have otherwise considered. Luckily, at successful flooring trade shows, good ideas are all over the place.