Post Show Report Nationwide Marketing Group's PrimeTime! Show

Furniture World Magazine

Nationwide Marketing Group (NMG) announced that an excess of 8 million dollars in rebate checks were handed out to retailers at last week’s PrimeTime! event in New Orleans. At a time when many organizations are seeing tradeshow attendance down in the double digits, PrimeTime! successfully drew thousands of appliance, electronics and furniture independent retailers and vendors from across the country. Final numbers for the biannual vendor exhibition and conference showed that registration was only down by 7% and that retailers who did attend bought more merchandise. “These numbers are a testament to the true buying power behind Nationwide Marketing Group,” said Robert Weisner Executive Vice President of NMG. In addition, 600 member dealers attended PrimeTime! University courses that were taught by expert speakers who presented on key strategies for running a business including the importance of cash flow management and inventory controls. “This PrimeTime! we provided more solutions to help our membership attract new business and bring more footprints into their doors,” said Weisner. “The vendor community has been very supportive of our efforts. They undersatnd that independents have been and will continue to be a viable group taking up market share in the furniture, appliance and electronic categories.” According to Arron Sweat of Advertising Made Easy, PrimeTime! is more than a place to find good deals, through meetings and courses retailers also learn how to change their business model in order to stay on top of their markets. Advertising Made Easy was one of 200 vendors who exhibited at PrimeTime! in order to target the independent retail market. “Nationwide will continue to help our dealers succesd today by leveraging our resources in order to provide steady viable options for our membership in an unstable economic environment.” The next PrimeTime! event is scheduled to be held in Orlando, Florida at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort on August 16-19, 2009. To learn more about PrimeTime! and the benefits of joining Nationwide Marketing Group go to www.nationwidegroup.org or call (336) 722-4681.