New Product Showcase

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March 25 - 27, 2010
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida

American Pet Products Association
255 Glenville Road
Greenwich, CT 06831
Phone: 203.532.0000
Toll Free: 800.452.1225
Fax: 203.532.0551
www.americanpetproducts.org

APPA's Washington D.C. Office
Suite 100
1900 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202.496.7888

Pet Industry Distributors Association
2105 Laurel Bush Rd., Suite 200
Bel Air, MD 21015
Phone: 443-640-1060
Fax: 443-640-1031
e-mail: pida@ksgroup.org
www.pida.org

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New Product Showcase

Online registration for New Product Showcase is now closed.

If you have not submitted an entry but would like to, please see details about Onsite Registration.

THE NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASE

The New Product Showcase is designed to recognize the year's best creative efforts in New Product and Point-of-Purchase Displays by Global Pet Expo exhibitors. We set aside 30,000 square feet of floor space at Global Pet Expo for the display of all qualifying entries. With hundreds of entries, this will be the largest New Product Showcase at any pet product industry trade show in the world. In addition, each new product will be 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.

ONSITE REGISTRATION

New Product Showcase onsite registration will take place from 8am to 6pm on set-up day, Tuesday, February 10, 2009. The entry price for a Best New Product will be $400.00 and an entry for Point-of-Purchase display will be $450.00.

Oversized Products:
Products exceeding 3 feet or 36 inches in height may be placed in a designated floor space at no extra charge.

Requirements
Any product or Point-of-Purchase Display first shipped after last year's Global Pet Expo (February 16, 2008) 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.

Categories and Awards

BEST NEW PRODUCT AWARDS:
The ten categories for new products are:
1.) Aquatic
2.) Bird
3.) Cat
4.) Dog
5.) Equine     6.) Gift
    7.) Boutique
    8.) Pond
    9.) Reptile
   10.) Small Animal
There will be a Best in Show, second and third prize awarded in each of these categories.
BEST NEW POINT-OF-PURCHASE DISPLAY AWARD:
A Best in Show, second and third prize for the best point-of-purchase display will be awarded.
The professional buyers who attend the show will judge the 2009 New Product Showcase and the Point-of-Purchase Display Awards Competition.
Awards Presentation
All New Product Showcase winners will be posted at the Annual Networking Reception, scheduled for the evening of Friday, February 13, 2009. All registered exhibitors and attendees are invited to attend the reception free of charge.
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).
**Winners must pick up their awards and logo cd on Saturday, February 14^th at 1:00 pm in Room W205C located on Level 2 of the Orange County Convention Center. Our show photographer will be there to take a group picture to be distributed with a press release.
CANCELLATION POLICY
After January 12, 2009, a $100 processing fee will be applied to all cancelled New Product Showcase Entries.
WHY GLOBAL PET EXPO GIVES YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY
The New Product Showcase provides 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.
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.
RESPONSIBILITY
All 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, Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Exhibitors must remove their own display items between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m.on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Any items unclaimed after 6:00 p.m. will be donated to charity by Global Pet Expo.
ENTRIES FORMS & FEES
An entry form must be completed for each entry and submitted online to Global Pet Expo with payment in order to qualify. Please limit product descriptions to 20 words or less for each entry. 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 January 30, 2009.
After February 6th, pictures to be included with your submission will no longer be accepted.