Plenty of business bagged at Shop 2011
Featuring over 140 exhibitors, thousands of retailers and buyers alike discovered Shop 2011 proved a valuable aid to growing their businesses this year
Print18 November 2011
Thousands of retailers and buyers descended upon Shop 2011, Ireland’s definitive food and drink, retail and hospitality exhibition, which was held in the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin on 27 to 29 September. Shop this year continued to offer all the right ingredients to help exhibitors and visitors alike achieve a much needed sales boost and act as a catalyst for completing business deals.
For 60% of exhibitors, Shop was a new forum for them to showcase their products and business solutions, and therefore provided visitors with a unique opportunity to discover a wide variety of new merchandise. This year’s exhibition spanned over 1,500 square metres and was home to over 140 exhibitors over the course of the three days, many of which have already signed up for Shop 2012.
New additions incuded the Knowledge Sharing Village and the French Pavilion. Familiar features of the show, such as the Irish Cheese Awards, Product of the Show Awards plus the well-known Association of Craft Butchers’ National Sausage and Puddings Final, all attracted huge entries and appealed to many visitors at the show.
Educational features such as the learnShops, the Knowledge Sharing Village and the Retail Doctor’s workshops were all well received and offered, visitors to the three day event invaluable and free advice.
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