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New Products Showcase
Global Pet Expo Creates Special Opportunities for Product PromotionDeadline to enter submissions for New Products Showcase is Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 10am EST. What is the New Products Showcase? The New Products Showcase gives exhibitors the opportunity to highlight their newest lines while getting additional exposure for their products at Global Pet Expo. It is also an opportunity for key international and domestic buyers to see what's new and what's hot in the industry. They can look, study, compare, and contact you at your booth for more information and to place orders. This adds excitement to the Show and helps focus further attention on your products. The New Product Showcase always receives a great deal of interest at the Show as well as coverage in trade publications. This 30,000 square foot space on the trade show floor is set aside to recognize the year's best creative efforts in New Product and Point-of-Purchase Displays by Global Pet Expo Exhibitors. With hundreds of entries, this is the largest new products showcase at any pet product industry trade show in the world. Each new product is allotted 2 feet by 2 feet of quality space (4 feet by 2 feet for Point-of-Purchase entries) in order to display each product in the best manner possible. Why should you participate?By exhibiting in the New Product Showcase, your company benefits from dual exposure at your booth and at the display area. We provide you with the opportunity to introduce what's new and what's hot while simultaneously maximizing sales interest in your product. You will also be helping the industry put its best foot forward for our buyers and the media. Cost to Enter the New Products ShowcaseBest New Product: The cost per entry is $200. This pre-show discount is available until Friday, February 3rd. Entries submitted after Friday, February 3rd will cost $400 each. Each entry will be allocated a 2' x 2' display space. Within this space, you can show one product or a series of the same product. If this entry requires a larger space, additional 2' x 2' spaces can be purchased. If you would like to show more than one new product, please submit a separate entry form and display card for each. Do not mail product to Global Pet Expo.
Best New Point-of-Purchase Display: The cost per entry is $250. This pre-show discount is available until Friday, February 3rd. Entries submitted after Friday, February 3rd will cost $450 each. A 4' long by 2' deep space will be provided. If the entry requires more than a 4' x 2' space, additional spaces can be purchased. If the entry requires floor rather than table space, please indicate this on the entry form. Do not mail product to Global Pet Expo. Oversized Products: Products exceeding 3 feet or 36 inches in height may be placed in a designated floor space at no extra charge. Requirements to Enter the New Products ShowcaseAny New Product or Point-of-Purchase Display first shipped after last year's Global Pet Expo (March 18, 2011) will be considered. The product or display must be new for the participating company, not merely a revision. If a radical improvement has been made on an old product the changes must be indicated on the application. In the event of any dispute, Global Pet Expo's decision will be final. No entry may be submitted if it was submitted in a previous Global Pet Expo New Products Showcase. Cancellation PolicyAfter Friday, January 13, 2012, a $100 processing fee will be applied to all cancelled New Products Showcase Entries. NO REFUNDS on cancelled entries after Friday, February 3, 2012. How do I enter the New Products Showcase? An entry form must be completed for each entry and submitted online to Global Pet Expo with payment in order to qualify. Payment in full must be submitted with each entry form. Check, Visa, MasterCard and American Express are accepted. Please note that all payments via check or wire transfer must be received no later than Friday, February 10, 2012. Link to the entry form is at the bottom of this page. Categories and AwardsNew Products:
The eight categories for new products are: 1.) Aquatic
2.) Bird
3.) Cat
4.) Dog
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6.) Boutique
7.) Reptile
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There will be a Best in Show, Second and Third prize awarded in each of these categories. New Point of Purchase Display: Point of Purchase Displays are various types of displays such as table top or floor displays located at retail stores and are usually placed near a product or at the front of the store to attract consumers and promote sales of a particular product. Click here for an example of a Point-of-Purchase display. A Best in Show, Second and Third prize for the best point-of-purchase display will be awarded. The Judges:
The professional buyers who attend the Show will judge the 2012 New Products Showcase and the Point-of-Purchase Display Awards Competition. Awards Announcement & PresentationNew Products Showcase participants have more reason than ever to take part in this special section at Global Pet Expo 2012! In addition to the exposure this special area brings to your company and its products, this year’s “Best in Show” winners will also be featured at an exclusive Awards Presentation! The Global Pet Expo New Products Showcase Awards Presentation will take place on the Show Floor, Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 5 pm. This fantastic new event gives participants even more opportunities to get the attention of buyers and media! All products displayed in the New Products Showcase will be eligile to win. All exhibitors who submit entries are strongly encouraged to attend this special event. The spotlight may be on YOU and YOUR WINNING NEW PRODUCT(S). Responsibility for products submittedAll participants will be responsible for transporting their entries to and from the New Products Showcase. Guards will be on duty 24 hours a day, however, due to the size of the New Products Showcase, Global Pet Expo cannot be responsible for loss, damage or vandalism of any kind to individual products and/or displayed items. All items must be brought directly to the display area between 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on set-up day, Tuesday, Feburary 28, 2012. Exhibitors must remove their own display items between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m.on Friday, March 2, 2012. Any items unclaimed after 6:00 p.m. will be donated to charity by Global Pet Expo. **** NO FAXED ENTRIES, PLEASE. ******By clicking on the Registration link, you are entering a secure site. If a security alert appears, please choose "continue" as there is no security risk with entering information into this form.
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