Overheard on the Showfloor

“In this business, we trade on one thing: our reputation.”

–Jim Wurm, executive director of the Exhibitor Appointed Contractors Assn., at the Tradeshow National Labor/Management Conference (Las Vegas, March 7-8)

“They see us all as one.”

–Keynote speaker Randy Eppard, president of Organizational Strategies, addressing exhibitors' perception of showfloor workers, at the Labor/Management Conference

“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 Craft & Hobby Assn. Winter Convention & Trade Show (Anaheim, Feb. 10-13)