Charlotte, NC-July 29, 2008 - RetailNOW 2008, held July 12th - 17th in Las Vegas, NV, drew a record crowd for the second year in a row. Topping last year, RetailNOW had 132 exhibitors and a record number of attendees.
Keys to the show's growth include:
- Serving as the retail IT industry's leading cross-vertical show, featuring the leading vendors and distributors in the grocery, food service, in-store marketing, convenience store, and retail markets.
- 32 education sessions and 5 Technical Training workshops.
- RSPA provided free space to vendor-members to hold their annual dealer meetings. Over 15 member-companies took advantage of this money saving benefit by holding their meeting in conjunction with RetailNOW 2008.
"I attended two dealer meetings while at RetailNOW 2008 which allows me to spend more time in my office instead of traveling. Spending time at RetailNOW with other vendors and dealers and taking advantage of the education is more beneficial for me because I can use the rest of the year to focus on my business," said Lynn Skurla of Skurla's Business & Hospitality Systems.
"RSPA continues to implement member ideas to improve our trade show and conference. There was proof of this at RetailNOW with our education sessions, vendor/dealer events, and record number of attendees and exhibitors. All of our events are linked by a common goal; to provide information and education to take our members and the industry to the next level," said J. Joseph Finizio, RSPA President & CEO.
Additional show highlights included the 2nd Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament, Forward Thinking Thursday, the announcement of RSPA's new Chairman of the Board, Dean Crotty of North Country Business Products, and the announcements of the RSPA Award of Excellence Winners and the RSPA/VSR Innovative Solution Award Winners.
RSPA Awards of Excellence are the only awards in the retail technology industry where dealers vote for their favorite vendors. RSPA dealer-members can vote on the best in the industry for supplies, software, and peripherals. The RSPA/VSR Innovative Solution Awards recognize outstanding achievements in technologically advanced multi-vendor solutions serving SMBs. These awards are open to any dealer/reseller of retail technology with a solution that falls under one of the following markets: Fine Dining, Quick Service, Specialty Retail, Credit/Processing, Supermarket, and In-Store Marketing.
During the RetailNOW 2008 Awards Banquet held on July 15th, the following companies received an award:
RSPA Awards of Excellence
Systems/Software
Gold: MICROS Systems, Inc.; Silver: Posera Maitre'D; Bronze: Future POS
Supplies
Gold: Heartland Label Printers; Silver: Nashua; Bronze: Bushnell Ribbon
Peripherals
Gold: Ready Distribution; Silver: Merchant Link; Bronze: Quality Retail Systems
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