Greetings from Planet Vending Towers, and on this Friday morning I’m talking about product reviews and Vendex Midlands.
There was a time that Vendex North was the premier version of Vendex. The Midlands edition was seen as the little sister, however in the last few years we have seen a shift in the relationship. Not that Vendex North has diminished in any way, on the contrary it is growing year on year. No, its just seems that the southern edition has gained in importance to the industry.
During our twice yearly campaign to support the show by providing welcome shout outs for exhibitors I contact most of them and increasingly the message has been either that they are trying out Vendex Midlands as their first time, or, when budgets are stretched, Midlands is their ‘if I can only do one this year, it will have to be in the south’. A sign of the times possibly more than anything else but I’d be interested to hear your views.
Anyway, we are back in the game and working on Milton Keynes. Just a heads up, I tried to book The Doubletree again and was really surprised, and a bit disappointed, that it was sold out. There are plenty of other hotels around but it was so nice to be able to fall out of bed and into the show without taking taxis or driving to the venue.
Next, for the last couple of years in addition to the Spotlight on Vendex feature we have sent our roving taste tester out around the aisles at the show and he has picked out his favourites to review. You’ll find the results here.
First, if you have been featured – well done and I hope you like what he’s said. We can provide readership stats if you’d like to get in touch with us.
Second, these are independent reviews, and the opinion of the tester who has been given some samples. This will continue at his discretion at future Vendex shows.
However, this year, and in response to some requests, we would love to find out more about your vending friendly products. Its tough enough to get onto the spirals so let us help you jump over one of the barriers. Our tester has agreed to allow himself to be bombarded (we hope) with your samples and will provide an honest response. As this will take up his time, and crowd his doormat, we will need to make a small charge but be warned… he will still tell it as he sees it!
To take part, contact us here with the heading ‘Product Review Please’… or something similar. Please note that we do also have a feature on the site where you can offer x number of samples to our readers, or make special offers. We can talk to you about the specifics, so get in touch.
Finally, we have now started working on the Spotlight. Its fully open at the moment but as we get closer to the show I may have to close it out. So, book your space as soon as you can.
Enjoy the weekend, and I look forward to hearing from you.
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Yvonne Reynolds-Young – Managing Director and Publisher.
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