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2024

Port at sunset

October

Looming Dock Workers’ Strike Underscores Importance of “Made in USA”

Buyers enter the Atlanta Mart for the summer show

September

Summer Show Exhibitors Hopeful About Economic Picture

Woman Shopping

August

New Report Surveys Trends in Retail

Woman Shopping

July

Increased Port Traffic Shows Retailers’ Optimism

Woman with horse

June

Find Your Niche at Association Trade Shows

Woman Shopping

April-May

New Report Surveys Trends in Retail

Best Friends Hanging Out at Shopping Mall

March

Increased Port Traffic Shows Retailers’ Optimism

Small Town Main Street Stores

February

Trends in Retail for 2024

Couple Christmas Shopping

January

Holiday Retail Sales “Okay”

2023

It's Showtime!

December

CAMEO EZ Vendors “Show” Up

Cheerful young woman with colorful shopping bags having fun in the city street at Christmas time.

November

Holiday Shoppers Predicted to Spend More this Season

Channel Craft Print Room

October

Making Things Around the USA

Social Media Icons

September

Report Outlines Social Media Sales Strategies

School Supplies

August

Back-to-school Shopping Expected to Break Records

July

OmegaNet News

Las Vegas Market Center

June

All the Summer Trade Shows – Semi-Annual Trade Show Special Issue

Sale Tag

May

Pricing and Profit Margins in a Changing Retail Environment

Woman Trying On Hat

April

Will Ecommerce Replace “Brick-and-Mortar” Retail? Or Are the Prophets Wrong?

Kids In Store

March

Winning the Hearts of Your Customers

US_Capitol

February

The State of the Union and Retail

Happy New Year

January

New Year — New View – What Will 2023 Likely Bring for Retail?

2022

Anchorage Silver Bear

December

So Many Shows, So Little Time

25 Year Badge

November

OmegaNet is 25 This Month!

Made-in-USA Banner

October

Annual Made in USA Issue: Federal Government and Manufacturers Large and Small Making Moves to “Made in USA”

Woman with "Open" sign

September

Good Customer Service Made Simple

"Recession Ahead" road sign

August

To Recession or Not to Recession? That Is the Question.(With Apologies to Shakespeare)

Container Ship on the water

July

Signs Show Sourcing Shift From China to Mexico

It's Showtime!

June

If It’s Summer, It Must Be Showtime!

Cash register

May

In-Store Sales Outstrip Ecommerce in the First Quarter

Cash Flow Quadrant Book Cover

April

Are You a Business Owner? Wait! Don’t Answer Yet!

Shoplifter

March

Small Business Owners Take Action on Shoplifting

Customer Service Image

February

Four Rules For Great Customer Service

Businesswoman holding and stacking coins on the table

January

Producer Price Index Tracks Record Wholesale Price Increase

2021

Women at Las Vegas Market

December

Trade Shows Report Expanding Temporary Exhibits

Woman Christmas Shopping

November

Holiday Retail Sales Poised to Grow as much as 10%

Made-in-USA Banner

October

Made In USA Special Issue: Made In USA May Be More Important Than Ever

Shipping Containers

September

Shipping Costs Going Through the Roof

Woman in home office

August

A Shift In How and Where People Work Could Impact Retailers: Part 2

Two beautiful women shopping and looking at storefronts

July

A Shift In How and Where People Work Could Impact Retailers

Dallas World Trade Center Atrium

June

Trade Show Calendars Mostly Normal After COVID

US Capitol Building

May

Senate to Consider PRO Act: How Would it Affect Your Store?

Retail Boom Image - Sept Gift & Home Feature Image

April

Surviving COVID-19: Is a Retail Boom Coming?

US Capitol with Pay Envelope

March

Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Without $15 Minimum Wage

Store Clerk and Customers

February

A Tale of Two Retails: Surprising 2020 Holiday Shopping Season

Payment with smartphone

January

Retail Poised for Rebound

2020

It's Showtime!

December

Industry Trade Show Landscape Clarifies Going Into 2021

Great shopping in Christmas time

November

What Will the 2020 Holiday Shopping Season Look Like in the Age of COVID?

Made-in-USA Banner

October

Made in USA Front and Center This Week in Washington DC

Woman in Mask

September

Surviving COVID-19: Vendors Adapt to Changing Needs

Woman putting on mask

August

Surviving COVID-19: Tradeshow Schedules Upended

"Come in we're awesome" sign

July

The Silent Sales Tool that Brings in the Bucks

It's Showtime!

June

Surviving COVID-19: Trade Shows Open Up Again

Cargo Ship

May

Surviving COVID-19: “Reshoring” Is the Word of the Day

Crystal Media Webinar

April

Surviving Covid-19: What Some in the Industry Are Doing

Chinese Workers

March

Coronavirus Fears Disrupt American Trade Show and China’s Supply Chain

Las Vegas Market

February

Vendors At Major Trade Shows Report Record Attendance, Sales

Payment with smartphone

January

Online Sales Account for Most of Increase in Holiday Shopping