The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) trade show and conference opens today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Thousands of visitors are expected over the 3-day show to meet and connect with the hundreds of exhibitors.  The show takes up two large halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the attendess occupy nearly a dozen hotels.  The show alternates cities–last year in Chicago, next year in New Orleans.

We’re here with our client, Retalix, a provider of retail management software (from point-of-sale to supply-chain management) and hardware (their internal unit, StoreNext, supplies hardware and software solutions to smaller chains and standalone grocers and C-stores).  Retalix uses this show and the sister show, NACStech in the spring, to reach out to their existing and new C-store clientele.

Retalix uses a custom-built exhibit with a moudlar approach to showcase their solutions.  The six-station exhibit also includes a conference area for short meetings.  A second, rented space also serves a a meeting space for one day of the show. Read More...

It used to be that there were certain things that exhibitors could do and other things-clearly defined-had to be done by service contractors. Today in Las Vegas, I learned of another hair-splitting agreement that is generating revenue for a previously unlikely vendor.

When I arrived at the hall today to run CAT 5 cables for my client, I learned from Smart City that they are, apparently, the “designated cable provider/installer” for the LVCC. Hmmm. Read More...