Overheard on the Showfloor

“We love it. We're thinking of buying a timeshare here.”

–A sarcastic Brian Jolin of shoemaker Cobian, when asked how he felt about MAGIC Marketplace and the WSA Show being less than a week apart this year, at MAGIC (Las Vegas, Feb. 12-15)

“Actually, I just walked up to (show management) and asked them, 'Where do you want me to mail the check?'”

–Amy Sperber, owner and designer of 31 Corn Lane, at Pool, collocated with MAGIC, when asked if she'd return to the show

“The kind of people who are my customers, second-home owners from New York, still have plenty of money.”

–Louis Deering, owner of Chain Goods, at Project, collocated with MAGIC

“My take on it is, it's what you make of it.”

–Nicholas Hawks, co-owner of Quiet Hero, at Pool, talking about the economic downturn's possible effect on business

“In my opinion, it doesn't make sense to split your retailers.”

–Richard Berman, Kokuyo USA's national sales manager, on MemoryTrends being staged in addition to Craft & Hobby Assn. Winter Convention & Trade Show, at CHA

“We evaluate every show and it was just a matter of what the industry could support.”

–Shirley Ziebarth, it takes two, about dropping MemoryTrends from the company's tradeshow schedule, at CHA

“There's more at CHA than at MemoryTrends.”

–Cindy Earnest, CHA attendee, at CHA

“I think hobbies take an even more important role.”

–Ziebarth, on crafts being affected in an economic downturn, at CHA

“It should be an incentive for the foreign people to come here.”

–J.R. Dryden, Falk Industries, of the dollar being weak against the euro, at CHA