SIA Denver: Day 3

Today was our third day here in Denver for the SIA tradeshow with Rome SDS. It was another day of setup, but today was especially awesome because a ton of the sales reps came in today as well as the awesome new product for 2010/11.

The day started with some more set-up of shelves and things like that, followed by the product. We headed down to the loading dock where we've moved a number of boxes to grab more boxes of product. Rome has a pretty big product line so it was a considerable amount of boxes. We got hooked up with free cart service to get it all up to the show floor, so that was definitely nice.

After that, the day was spent getting the booth show ready. I spent a good chunk of my time pulling the bindings out of their many boxes and organizing them on the many display shelves. With only a few complications, it went pretty smoothly and still took at least 2 hrs. Other people were getting the boots and boards on the wall and steaming all the outerwear for the sales presentations. After that was some pizza lunch from a local place called Anthony's, then onto some cleaning. We had to start picking up the booth, organizing all the tools in the back area, and vacuuming everything. Following that was some final details in the boot and bindings displays and a sales meeting with all the reps. I unforunetaly wasn't able to sit in on it since I had to take care of some cleaning, but I was approached by the Sales Manganer Sully who asked me to pretty much be his apprentice at the show, helping buyers find the appropriate reps and making sure sales meetings go smoothly. He said he thought it would be good for me to get experience with the sales at the show, so I am very excited for tomorrow.

Once everything wrapped up and us interns were the only ones left with our supervisor Runke, it was around 5pm, so it was nice to get out earlier today. Afterwards, Steve, David, and I went to a sub shop called the Cheba Hut, which is pretty similiar to a Jimmy Johns except I thought it was better. Since then, we've just been hanging out, taking it easy in the hotel since we're sure the tradeshow is going to be some crazy times. Tomorrow is the first day of the show, so be sure to check back for the blog on that, as well as a seperate blog with all pictures I plan on taking. Peace.