The Convenience
Distribution Marketplace: The National Conference for Convenience Products
Distributors, by the Convenience Distribution Association, is the annual celebration of the convenience products wholesale distribution industry. Attendees are the nations’ wholesale distributors of snacks, candy, food service, tobacco & tobacco related products, beverage & beverage programs, HBC, general merchandise, grocery and other products and services to primarily small format retailers. Marketplace integrates great networking events, distributor-focused education sessions, the annual CDA Awards luncheon, two great receptions and an action-packed one-day Marketplace floor.
At the Convenience Distribution Marketplace,
your company will:
- Increase Brand Exposure
- Reach
Unparalleled Buying Power
- The top convenience
products wholesale distributors in the United States will attend
Marketplace looking for products and ideas to better serve their retail
customers and increase their efficiency and profitability.
- Launch New Products
- Close Deals on
the Marketplace Floor
- Demonstrate Your
Support of the Convenience Products Distribution Industry
- Build and Maintain
Your Distributor Relationships
The Convenience
Distribution Marketplace delivers strong exhibitor ROI through:
- Networking
- Much more than a trade show,
Marketplace is an environment where you will easily connect, network and
build your business, with
- Two Great Industry Receptions
- CDA Annual Industry Awards
Luncheon
- Networking Events with
Distributors, including the CDA Golf Tournament
- Breakfast Each Day
- One-Day Marketplace Floor
with Lunch on the Floor
- Education
- Distributor-focused
concurrent education sessions on a variety of topics key to channel
success.
- Marketing to Distributors
- Weekly e-news from
CDA on the event, coverage in Convenience Distribution™ magazine and additional online promotion
targeting distributors across the country.
- Sponsorship & Ad Programs
- A variety of
sponsorship and Marketplace ad programs designed to build your business.
EXHIBIT SPACE LIMITED & MEMBER ONLY
Exhibit space is available only to CDA members in good standing. Space is extremely limited, with Marketplace’s focus on top trading partners of CDA member wholesale distributors. Space is available on a first come-first served basis.
BOOTH SPACE AT MARKETPLACE IS ALL-INCLUSIVE
Marketplace booths are all-inclusive. You simply bring your sales team, collateral and samples and you are set to sell. Your booth fee includes a furnished booth with 10’ x 10’ and 10’ x 20’ booths including a MIS walled and sided booth with your company’s submitted graphics across your booth’s top panel. 20’ x 20’ booths are limited, and have the option of a completely furnished 16’ center structured booth with furniture package or exhibitor may choose a custom carpeted and rigging package and build/design their own space. See exhibitor prospectus for details and descriptions.
Your booth purchase also
includes:
- 5 complimentary
registrations per each 10’ x 10’ of space with full access to all
Marketplace sessions, lunches, receptions and networking events. (Networking
events are available on a first come-first served basis).
- Company listing with full
description and logo in Convenience
DistributionTM Special Marketplace Issue and in the online
exhibitor guide
RUN A MARKETPLACE ONLY DEAL
Companies running a
Marketplace Only Deal - exclusive to buyers who place orders at the Convenience
Distribution Marketplace - will be noted in the Convenience DistributionTM SPECIAL Marketplace Issue, in the online exhibitor directory and on the Marketplace floor. We will
also give you a FREE shelf in the Product Showcase on the floor.
WHO EXHIBITS AT MARKETPLACE
Exhibitors include
purveyors of candy, snacks, food service, tobacco & tobacco related
products, beverages & beverage programs, HBC items, general merchandise, grocery
and other products, in addition to providers of distributor solutions in
warehouse equipment and technology, distributor software and hardware, business
services, consulting and more.
We look forward to
seeing you at the 2018 Convenience
Distribution Marketplace.
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