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Another company that also enjoyed a very good show was Sturm. Their product line carried a certain niche status (foreign surplus) at the show, and it proved to be an effective at driving sales.
Jeff Daniel of Sturm noted that the show definitely exceeded their expectations.
“The August show was even better than the March show for us,” explained Daniel.
Sturm, like many surplus suppliers, always anticipated a wave of Asian buyers at past ASD Shows, but that has changed in recent years.
“Used to be that the whole first day of the show brought a lot of Asian buyers, but not anymore. There were some Asian buyers, but most of our customers were domestic army/navy retail buyers,” Daniel said.
He also found that hard goods outpaced sales of apparel.
Eagle Emblems also experienced a fast paced, positive selling environment at the show, according to Jim Gilbertson
“It was a pretty good show, and we’re still getting business from it. We try hard to track results from shows and follow up, and we already have determined that this show was even better than last summer’s,” said Gilbertson.
The next ASD Military Tactical Outdoor Show will take place February 28 through March 3, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. There is a likelihood that the LVCC will become the only venue for ASD Las Vegas effective with the August 2010 show.
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Eagle Emblems: (left to right) Steve Gilbertson, Wendy Watson, Jim Gilbertson. |
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Mitchell-Proffitt: (left to right) Lezlee Aultman, Mimi Whang. |
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Rothco: (left to right) Eddie Feliciano; Ron Parl, Save More Sport Store, Toronto, Canada; John Brucceleri, Hans Blechschmidt. |
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Major Surplus: (left to right) Chip Matthews and Bud Matthews of M & I Surplus, Pomona, CA; Steve Adkisson, George Telson, Alan Pizer; Allan Matthews of M & I Surplus; Bob Rosenfield; Jack Scarborough, Arkansas National Guard, Little Rock, AR; Jim Lease. |
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Alpha Industries: (left to right) Hy Slavin, Bill Hochinson. |
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Fox Outdoor: (left to right) Andre Garibay, Ted Szewczyk, Danny Fox; Jeff Goldsmith, Joe’s Army Navy, Waterford, MI; Michael Felstein, Woodville Surplus, Oregon, OH. |
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Sturm: (left to right) Roger Bonner, The Mountain View, Campbell, CA; Joey Beach; Cynthia Cohen, Surplus Too, Seattle, WA; Burt Porter, Military Supplies & Equipment, Napa Valley, CA; Jeff Daniel, Sherice Daniel. |
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Capsmith: Dan Smith (left) writing orders at their busy booth at the Sands. |
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Marspec Int’l: (left to right) Jerry Houk, Bob Patrick. |
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Emco Supply: (left to right) Jim Desmond, Surplus Planet, St. Paul, MN; Mick Roche, Shelly Wechter, Cliff Emmons. |
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American Cap Exchange: Sinbad El Haddad (left) with a customer at the booth. |
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Palco Sports: (left to right) Jeff Steeves, David Buman, Eric Krantz. |
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Personal Security Products: (left to right) Chris Stewart, Billy Pennington, Heather Hinkle, Gina McCarley, Eric Baker. |
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Rapid Dominance: (left to right) Maria Castellanos, Felicia Guardado. |
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Schwarzman: (left to right) Aron Itzkowitz, Moe Schwarzman. |
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Wuu Jau/Neptune Trading: Margaret Lu helping many customers at the booth at the Sands. |
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Collector’s Armoury: (left to right) Scott Nelson, Tom Adams. |
