Paula Haerr and Jon Bibo spent the week at the SLTS in Vegas and here are some of their insights and observations. Plenty of Fish in the Collegiate Licensed Merchandise Sea ICBA has attended SLTS the last 3 years and has seen the show grow in 3 [...]
Jon Bibo made it out of CES 2018 in one piece (barely) and shares his final thoughts on what he experienced: So, my 27th CES is now in the rearview mirror. First time ever in Vegas without a single (beloved) Vegas Buffet!! Trust me, I didn’t starve myself. After some years at CES, I [...]
ICBA COO, Jon Bibo, continues his reports from the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show with this recap of Day 1 and 2. Well, in 27 years at CES, I don’t remember having to buy an over-priced umbrella from the hotel gift shop—but this year, a steady rain throughout CES Day 1 made logistics even [...]
ICBA’s Jon Bibo is attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas for the 27th consecutive year and will be sharing insights and observations during the week-long Mega-Conference & Trade Show. Here are his thoughts as he preps for CES. I started attending CES in 1992 and each year, I can honestly say that [...]
Jon is attending the Shop.Org Conference (www.shop.org) this week in Los Angeles. Here is his final recap from the Conference (see his report from Day 1 and visit the ICBA Facebook page for more updates). Shop.Org’s final day kept me busy with both education sessions and booth browsing. Here’s what stuck out for me: [...]
Jon Bibo is checking out the latest Retail Technology that can benefit independent college stores at the annual Shop.Org Conference (www.shop.org) in LA this week. Read his report from Day 1: The National Retail Federation’s Shop.Org Conference is one of the most exciting shows I attend each year. It highlights the latest trends in [...]
In case you missed it, on July 30th, Jon attended the ASD show and shared some key observations (click here to check out his recap). Next stop on Jon's Vegas tour: Las Vegas Market! Las Vegas Market (LVM) is a very different type of show. It focuses on Gifts, Furniture, & Home Décor. This [...]
ICBA at ASD Market Week! This week, Jon Bibo is in Las Vegas to endure the chilly temperatures (just kidding - it's 113 degrees!) and to attend two major shows: ASD Market Week and Las Vegas Market! First up: ASD Market Week! A massive show that attracts over 45,000 Buyers and covers a wide range [...]
Interesting Day 2 at the D&H Show! Many college stores and vendors were very pleased to learn that Paula Haerr had joined ICBA and are looking forward to enhanced support from ICBA going forward. The format of the D&H Show is a “round robin” (aka Speed-Dating) with 48 vendors each getting 5 minutes with each [...]
Tuesday marked the kick-off of the 20th annual D&H Back-to-School Show! According to Larry Staub, of D&H, ICBA members represent a significant portion of D&H’s education business, which made D&H the perfect host for the 2nd annual ICBA Buyer Breakout Session yesterday. Jon Bibo, Paula Haerr, and Marc Smith led the discussion with a review of ICBA’s [...]
