Buyers have an opportunity to get a preview of the New Products Showcase at 8:00am  before the Show officially opens for the day. This is an exclusive opportunity for Buyers, and badges will be required in order to gain entrance into this 45,000 square foot area of new products hitting the store shelves this year. 

Business is built by relationships and we want you to have every opportunity to meet everyone at the show.  Our fabulous FREE Networking Reception gives you the time and place to rub elbows with people you might never have another opportunity to meet.  Have a drink, some eats and mix it up with new friends and old. 

No registration is required but please wear your badge to the event.

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Buyers have an opportunity to get a preview of the New Products Showcase at 8:00am  before the Show officially opens for the day. This is an exclusive opportunity for Buyers, and badges will be required in order to gain entrance into this 45,000 square foot area of new products hitting the store shelves this year. 

Start the day with a healthy buffet breakfast while outstanding pet specialty stores are honored with the Ninth-Annual Retailer Excellence Awards. Then, after the awards ceremony, stick around for our Retailer Roundtable Discussions, where expert Global Pet Expo Academy speakers will facilitate peer-to-peer roundtable conversations about the hottest topics impacting pet product retailers. You're guaranteed to leave with practical, actionable business-building ideas and valuable new connections with your peers.

No registration is required but please wear your badge to the event.

If you really want to be up on new trends and hot products for 2019, make a plan to attend the annual New Products Showcase Awards Presentation. 

Each year, more and more manufacturers wait to launch their new products in the New Products Showcase so they have a chance to win first place in the Best in Show contest. The media attention our awards get is incredible and long lasting. 

Nine winners will receive a Best in Show award in the following categories:

• Aquatics    • Bird   • Boutique   • Cat   • Dog   • Natural Pet • Small Animal   • Reptile   • Point-of-Purchase Display 

After a long two days at Global Pet Expo, first-time exhibitors are invited to get acquainted with APPA staff, service providers and other new APPA members. Join us to mix and mingle with new APPA members.  Hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine will be served.