What is Meet the Market?
Meet the Market is a special program designed to provide registered exhibitors with the opportunity to present their company and products to retailers through a series of NACDS-arranged appointments.

When is Meet the Market?
Saturday, June 28 from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
(prior to the opening of the Marketplace Exhibit Hall)

Where is Meet the Market held?
San Diego Convention Center - Sails Pavilion

More Information
Which of these questions best fits your purpose at Marketplace:

Do you have a product/service to present?
Do you buy products/services?

Exhibitors:

Who is eligible to participate?

	All “First-Time Exhibitors.”
	Any exhibitor who has a “New Product” that has been launched since July 2007 or will be launched in 2008 is eligible. If you have exhibited at a Marketplace Conference in prior years, but have a “New Product,” you are eligible.

Is there a fee?

	There is no additional fee; however, sign-up for Meet the Market is required in addition to your Booth Application and Individual Registration.

Meet the Market Table Program Format for Suppliers

	NACDS will schedule your company to meet with buyers in your category(s) through a series of 10-minute appointments.  The schedule will be mailed to your Main Representative approximately two weeks prior to Marketplace.  We ask that you pick up an updated schedule at the Meet the Market check-in desk on Saturday, June 28, 2008.
	Eligible exhibitors may designate two representatives to work together in the program; however, the company will have only one schedule of appointments.
	All scheduled appointments are based on the product category(s) that you indicate on your Meet the Market Exhibitor registration form.
	All buyers are seated at their own tables.  Your representative(s) will circulate among the tables for their appointments.
	Your representative(s) are encouraged to bring appropriate company and product information for demonstration purposes; however, it should not be more than you can hand carry or pull in a Pullman-type/carry-on rolling case.

Meet the Market Exhibit Hall Appointments for Suppliers

	As an extension of the Table program, NACDS may schedule your company to meet with a limited number of buyers in your category(s) at your booth during Exhibit Hall hours on Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday.  These appointments will be 15 minutes each.

How do I register?

	Eligible companies must complete the Meet the Market supplier registration form.

Retail/Chain Participants:

Who is eligible to participate?

	Individuals registered for the Marketplace Conference as "Chain/Retailer", and who are interested in participating, should e-mail abatchelet@nacds.org for more information and eligibility requirements.

Meet the Market Table Program Format for Retailers

	Your company may designate buyers to engage in this program.  NACDS will schedule each participant with 10-minute appointments according to the categories selected on their Retailer Registration Form.
	Each participating buyer will be assigned to a table on Saturday, June 28 from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
	Supplier participants circulate among the assigned tables to present their products according to the NACDS-arranged schedules.
	Senior retail executives or representatives without schedules may accompany their participating buyers during the Meet the Market Table Program.

Meet the Market Exhibit Hall Appointments for Retailers

	As an extension of the Table program, NACDS will schedule participating buyers to meet with up to 5 supplier companies at their booths during Exhibit Hall hours on Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday.
	These appointments will be 15 minutes each.

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