Houston Wholesale Merchandise Show June 15-17
We’ll be in Houston June 15-17. Come see all of our newest wholesale merchandise and closeouts.
Michigan Wholesale Mart Show
We’ll be in Michigan at the Wholesale Mart Show June 7 and 8. Come by and see what’s new.
Come See Us For Great Deals, Bags & Badge Holders
We’ll be in Las Vegas July 31 – Aug 3, at the ASD Value And Variety Merchandise Show, upstairs at the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Upper Level, Booths V1000-1020 and V1100-1120. The entire show will be in one location this year, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, so you won’t need to travel between locations to see everything this time.
This year we’ll have more show specials and closeouts than ever before, and we’ll be unveiling our newest Promo Pallets as well.
The Las Vegas ASD Merchandise Show is the biggest wholesale merchandise show in the United States, and it’s the only place you’ll be able to shop so many different wholesalers and see their merchandise in person. As a bonus, there are lots of fun things to do in Las Vegas at night after the show closes. Make your reservations now and fly out to see what’s new and have some fun in Las Vegas. You’ll be glad you did. We hope to see you there.
Here are some helpful links from ASD.
Show registration is here:
http://www.asdonline.com/info/registration
Hotel reservations can be made here:
http://www.asdonline.com/hotel-travel
Houston Wholesale Merchandise Show
Come see us in Houston Texas April 6-8. We’ll be there showing off all of our newest wholesale merchandise and closeouts. We hope to see you there.
Make your reservations now for the Las Vegas ASD Wholesale Merchandise Show. The show runs from February 27 to March 2, 2011. We’ll be there, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Upper Level, Booths V1000-1020 and V1100-1120. This is the same location we’ve been in for the last few years.
This year we’ll have more show specials and closeouts than ever before, and we’ll be unveiling our newest Promo Pallets as well. We are in the process of receiving a huge lot of closeouts. You will see them all in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas ASD Merchandise Show is the biggest wholesale merchandise show in the United States, and it’s the only place you’ll be able to shop so many different wholesalers and see their wholesale merchandise in person. As a bonus, there are lots of fun things to do in Las Vegas at night after the ASD show closes. Buy a plane ticket and fly out to see what’s new and have some fun in Las Vegas. You’ll be glad you did. We hope to see you there.
Here are some helpful links from ASD. We’ll see you there.
Show registration is here:
http://www.asdonline.com/info/registration
Hotel reservations can be made here:
http://www.asdonline.com/march/hotel-travel
We’re coming to Houston with our newest wholesale merchandise and closeouts. Come see us December 8 – 10.
Houston Wholesale Merchandise Show September 22 - 24 2010
See us in Houston Texas September 22 through 24. We’ll be there showing off all of our newest closeouts as well as our regular wholesale merchandise. Stop and see us to place an order and get great show deals. We hope to see you there.
ASD Show Booth
We’re loading up trucks with samples and shipping them to Las Vegas for the ASD Wholesale Merchandise Show on August 8-11. We’ll be there with all of our newest items, including some shocking New Closeout Deals and Show Specials.
If you haven’t made plans to come to the show, it’s not too late. ASD has all of the show information on their website at http://www.asdonline.com/august/ This year the show takes place entirely in the Las Vegas Convention Center, so you don’t have to worry about getting back and forth from the LVCC to the Sands Expo. We will be in our usual spot, in the LVCC South Hall, Upper Level, Booths L600 – L623.
As I am typing this, we are frantically unloading giant trailers full of great closeout items, which we will be bringing to the show with us. We just bought a Huge Lot Of Closeouts, and we’re thrilled to have them here in time to offer them to you at the Las Vegas Show.
Las Vegas is a fun place to visit, and it’s not too late to get a good deal on a hotel room. We’ll see you at the show.
For me, the month of 
means three things: my birthday, beach weather & the ASD Trade Show in Las Vegas. If you are not familiar with this general merchandise extravaganza, you need to be! It is the best way to get amazing discounts on everything you need for your dollar store, wholesale or general merchandise business. This is your chance to get a jump on the competition and get set for the biggest buying seasons of the year (Back-to-School and Holiday, anyone?). As a newcomer to trade shows, I would like to share a bit about what you will experience as a Kole Imports customer if you choose (wisely) to attend the ASD Trade Show, coming up August 8th through 11th at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
You might be one of those people who hears the phrase “trade show” and automatically envisions suffocating crowds and labyrinthine aisles of merchandise. I admit: I was one of them too. Before my time at Kole Imports I thought all trade shows were too big, too loud and too crowded. At their mere mention, I experienced visions of being buried alive in a landslide of sales people and general merchandise. But now I know that there is nothing scary about trade shows. How can I be so sure? Because I worked as a Kole Imports representative at the last ASD Show in February!
It was my first time at a trade show of such magnitude, and I had my doubts. But by the end of the first day I realized that working at the Las Vegas ASD Show was no
different than working at the small retail boutiques of my youth. Sure, I had to be familiar with more merchandise, but I was still able to provide the highest level of customer service to all with whom I worked. Since Kole Imports is equipped with a large and experienced team of general merchandise experts, there were more than enough people to handle the volume of customers we received. Every customer that came through our booths received one-on-one attention from a member of our sales team or support staff.
One of my favorite customers from the show was Henrietta from South Carolina. She ran a small business from where sold homemade gift sets made of cocktail napkins rolled with some sort of matching utensil or implement. She described her clientele as “southern belles” who enjoyed shopping and had a taste for “all things girly.” For example, she might wrap a colorful nail file set with a matching cocktail napkin and ribbon. Or she might take a colored glass spice jar and pair it with decorative tissues and teaspoon. Her main specification: “Everything must be tiny!”
I had so much fun touring Kole Imports’ booths with Henrietta and trying to
come up with creative ideas for her gift sets. It took us almost two hours to find just a few items that fit her specific needs, but all of that time spent was worth it. Henrietta found some great deals, and I got to meet a fascinating woman with a witty and unique business sense. Henrietta and I kept in touch after the show, and to this day I think of her whenever we get new napkins or colorful tissues in stock.
While most people view trade shows as impersonal events where it is easy to get lost in the crowd, such is not always the case. My first trade show
experience gave me the chance to provide hands-on assistance to customers with extremely diverse business needs. If you visit Kole Imports at the ASD trade show this August, you are sure to get the attention and personal assistance you deserve along with the best selection of closeouts and general merchandise anywhere. See you there!
*For more information on ASD see the “Trade Show Calendar” on the Kole Imports Home Page.
Kole Imports will be exhibiting in Chicago July 9-12 2010 at TransWorld’s Variety & General Merchandise Show, located in the Donald E Stephens Convention Center at 5555 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018. You can register on the TransWorld website at http://www.vgmshow.com/
With more than 50 years of bringing buyers and sellers together in dynamic markets, TransWorld Exhibits is responding to an overwhelming desire of variety, general merchandise, gift and specialty retailers for an industry trade show in the Midwest.
In addition to meeting the pent up demand for quality goods from quality suppliers, the show is very much about going BACK to BASICS; with an emphasis on customer service, community building forums and practical business education seminars. In tandem with providing a great one-stop buying and selling experience; TransWorld is committed to keeping the cost of attendance as low as possible. With price rollbacks on exhibit fees, hosted buyer programs, subsidized package deals, free admission, and free seminars, TransWorld has made participation easy and affordable for both supplier and buyer regardless of business size. Exclusively open to members of the industry, this show streamlines the buyer and exhibitor introduction process.
We hope to see you in Chicago. Show hours are from 8:00 to 5:00 Friday through Sunday and 8:00 to 2:00 on Monday.