Impressions - October 2014 - 6

from THE SHOW DIRECTOR
The Year
in Review

his was a great year to be a part of the decorated
apparel industry, and the Imprinted Sportswear
Shows (ISS) saw this ﬁrsthand from coast to coast.
ISS again kicked off 2014 with the industry's
largest trade show, ISS Long Beach. We typically use
Long Beach as a barometer of the year to come for our
community and this year held true, as the Long Beach
event was our largest in six years. Business was booming, with exhibitors saying
"this is like an ISS show from the 1980s."
The train kept rolling to ISS Atlantic City, where decorators from throughout the Northeast made their way to the Atlantic City Convention Center for a
successful three-day event. We also announced a co-location with PPAI's Expo
East for 2015. The two shows will come together in March, creating a must-attend
event for both the decorated apparel and promotional products industries.
This year also saw the launch of ISS Nashville in May. The event received great
reviews from attendees and exhibitors across the board. People traveled from as
far as Alaska to attend this ﬁrst-year event, and they will be glad to know we will
be there for years to come.
ISS Las Vegas was a success in its third year in conjunction with the ASD
show and had almost 5,000 buyers in attendance. ISS Orlando brought us our
ﬁrst co-location with Surf Expo this past September. The response was great on
both events, with our key crossover in resort/beachwear. We will be joined again
in 2015 with even more crossover.
We ended the year with ISS Fort Worth, where we had our largest show in Texas
in six years, thanks to one of the largest decorated apparel markets in the country.
We would like to thank everyone that either attended or exhibited at any or all
of our shows. For those of you who were not able to make it to an event this year,
we would love to have you join us in 2015.
Here are more highlights from this past year:
* More than 35,000 industry professionals either attended or exhibited with
ISS in 2014.
* A comprehensive conference program - containing seminars and workshops
- exists at each of our shows.
* We saw the second successful year of the Master Decorator Series, where
attendees who take four of the six Master Decorator seminars designed for
established decorators or entrepreneurs get Master Decorator certiﬁed.
* The winners of the 2013 Impressions Awards competition were on display at
the Impressions booth throughout the year.
From the entire ISS and Impressions staff, thank you again for attending and
supporting all of our events. And thank you for making 2014 a success.

IMPRINTED SPORTSWEAR SHOWS
ISS Long Beach
Jan. 16-18, 2015
ISS Atlantic City
March 13-15, 2015
ISS Nashville
May 7-9, 2015
ISS Orlando
Sept. 10-12, 2015
ISS Ft. Worth
Oct. 15-17, 2015
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1145 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 355, Alpharetta, GA 30009

SALES

GROUP SHOW DIRECTOR
JEFF BROWN | (770) 291-5416
jeff.brown@emeraldexpo.com
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
ERIN CIANCIOLO | (770) 291-5486
erin.cianciolo@emeraldexpo.com
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
SARAH MALLETT | (770) 291-5418
sarah.mallett@emeraldexpo.com

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS MANAGER
EKITA SHAW | (770) 291-5506
ekita.shaw@emeraldexpo.com

CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE MANAGER
SYDNEY STANFIELD | (770) 291-5402
s dne .s anfield@emeralde po.com

MARKETING

MARKETING MANAGER
ANNE ESTES | (770) 291-5423
anne.estes@emeraldexpo.com

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRESIDENT
DAVID LOECHNER
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER
PHILIP EVANS
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
BILL CHARLES
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
DAVID GOSLING
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DARRELL DENNY
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS
LORI JENKS
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL
TERESA REILLY

Jeff Brown
ISS SHOW DIRECTOR
jeff.brown@emeraldexpo.com
(770) 291-5416

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VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING SERVICES
JOANNE WHEATLEY
VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
EILEEN DEADY
VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE OPERATIONS
DENISE BASHEM

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