At the moment you hear about it, it’s kind of a surprise. But when the initial shock passes, it’s not. I thought The Editors over at Boardistan put it best. Back in 2009, referring to ASR, they said; “We have to wonder what happens to the entire trade show business model when they have to pay retailers to attend. Lord knows retailers need to be treated well these days, but it still seems More…
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Requiem for the ASR Show. Now What?
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010ASR and Crossroads Make a Deal; What a Surprise!
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009This is good news because it makes things easier for the retailers, which I may have said a time or two is what trade shows need to be about. Crossroads needed retailers, which ASR can help supply, and Jamie Thomas doesn’t want to have to manage the logistics that will be required if Crossroads grows. ASR needs the skateboard industry. I don’t think Andy Tompkins wants ASR to be thought of as “a More…
Hype, Technology And Trade Shows; Not Enough of Some, too Much of the Other.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2002Slowing growth, or a decline in year over year sales if that’s what your company is experiencing, was inevitable in skateboarding. Sure, we would rather it didn’t happen. But since we all knew it was going to happen, it might as well be sooner rather than later so it’s less painful. What I didn’t see in San Diego, happily, was what I saw at the Vegas snowboard industry show in More…
Another ASR. Anything to Learn
Thursday, September 13th, 2001Lousy time for a deadline. What am I going to say about ASR that seems relevant when what’s left of the World Trade Center towers is still burning? The most talked about issue at ASR seemed to be conjecture about what was holding up the girls’ low riser pants, and it suddenly doesn’t seem so compelling. I love this business, and am grateful to be in it because it’s fun and More…
Tulips
Sunday, September 17th, 2000I walked out of ASR feeling positive about skateboarding and its market and will discuss why below. Still, when things look too good to be true, it’s been my experience that they usually are and I’m as susceptible to the hype as the next person. Let’s start, then, with this cautionary tale from Edward Chancellor book “Devil Take the Hindmost- A History of Financial Speculation.” Tulip Mania “Conditions in the More…
Thoughts From the Action Shoe Retailer Show; Opps- Did I Get That Wrong?
Friday, February 11th, 2000This article sort of took shape the Monday the show ended. In the first place, I was flying back to Seattle on an Alaska Airlines MD80, which didn’t exactly put me in a positive frame of mind. Second, thanks to the ticket to the Sunday evening Gallas party Jeff Cutler gave me, I was suffering from the residual affects of too much fun. There were 42 companies listed as selling footwear. I More…
What I Learned at ASR: Products, Movies, Cooperation, Culture and Hype
Friday, September 24th, 1999I spent three days walking and talking. I suffered through the usual distraction and traffic jam at the Reef booth (why is it that no matter which way you try and go, you end up there?). In no particular order, I noted the following things: No major new products Snowboarders trying to do skate tricks in the new movies A focus on culture that goes beyond individual sports The industry’s continued More…
