…for the Summer’s Largest Craft and Hobby Trade Show
Interest Fueled by Recovering Economy and Rosemont Venue
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (March 15, 2010) – With several months remaining before the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) 2010 Summer Convention & Trade Show, CHA announced today that over two dozen new and returning exhibitors have signed-on to join over 275 companies at the CHA Summer Show. The Summer Show – to be held July 27-29, 2010 with education starting on July 26 – marks the return to Rosemont, IL and the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center after moving to Orlando in the summer of 2009.
As the summer’s largest craft and hobby trade show, the 2010 event has drawn several new companies, including many manufacturers that did not exhibit at the 2009 Summer Show. Companies such as Darice, Anna Griffin, Dreamweaver Stencils, KI Memories and many others will occupy several thousand feet of exhibit space. They join long-time exhibitors such as 7gypsies, Coats & Clark, Die Cuts With a View, iLovetoCreate, Plaid, and Ranger as exhibitors at the CHA Summer Show.
Thousands of craft professionals are expected to converge on Rosemont to discover the newest products and latest trends at the Summer Show. Widely considered the key buying event of the season, the Summer Show attracts thousands of domestic buyers from independent retailers as well as from international and national retail craft chains.
“CHA is pleased with the early influx of new exhibitors to the Summer Show,” explained Steve Berger, president and CEO, CHA. “We think this is due in part to an improving economy and the member request to return to Rosemont.”
The 2010 Summer Show also marks the debut of a brand new Toy Industry Association (TIA) Pavilion. The TIA will host the Pavilion featuring toys and youth products in an effort to better serve both CHA and TIA memberships with a broader array of products.
This summer also marks CHA’s debut of the first Craft SuperShow in Illinois. This consumer event will be held immediately following the CHA Summer Show July 30-31, and is open to the public. The Craft SuperShow is expected to draw more than 8,000 crafters. For more about the Craft SuperShow visit www.craftsupershow.com.
To learn more about the upcoming CHA 2010 Summer Convention & Trade Show, including how to exhibit, exhibitor listings, travel discounts and other key show highlights visit www.chashow.org. Online event registration opens April 12, 2010.
About the Craft & Hobby Association
The Craft & Hobby Association is an international not-for-profit trade association consisting of thousands of member companies engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and retail sales of products in the nearly $30 billion craft and hobby industry. For more information about CHA visit www.craftandhobby.org. To find out more about its award-winning Conventions and Trade Shows visit www.chashow.org.
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