PrimeTime! goes live in Vegas
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| Rental Dealers at RentDirect Nationwide PrimeTime! kickoff Sunday. |
Close to 3,000 retail and rent to own dealers packed the convention center at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Sunday night for the kickoff of Nationwide Marketing Group’s (NMG) PrimeTime! conference and buying show.
More than 3,300 are registered for the show — the second highest attended Nationwide event ever — including dealers from 175 rent to own companies under NMG’s RentDirect division.
"I know that in our channel, in rental, things picked up in December and they’ve been pretty solid ever since," said RentDirect Executive Director James MacAlpine. "We’ve all been experiencing a decline in our APU (average price per unit) but I think that’s going to pick up as well."
The introduction of new technology this year will be key to boosting electronics sales, he said.
Nationwide Executive Vice President Robert Weisner Sunday, announced that Nationwide was selected as a 2010 ENERGY STAR Award Winner for excellence in appliance retailing.
"There is a tremendous amount of new products here," Weisner said. "Make sure you go to each booth and even if you don’t plan to buy anything, evaluate if it will be good for your business over the next year."
Some 150 vendors will showcase their wares in furniture, appliance, electronics and computer categories and a variety of specialty lines and services as well.
The 150,000 square foot exhibit hall opens Monday at 10 a.m.