Please note the following partial list of companies that have registered. If you want to see a particular supplier at NNEP 2010, let us know! We'll send out an invitation and encourage them to participate.

If you have never attended a trade show at an Embassy Suites before, you are in for a treat. The exhibitors set up their displays in the living rooms of their individual suites on two floors of the hotel.

You go from suite to suite, "store to store" if you will. In each exhibitor's suite, take your time and look at the products, ask questions - get the information you need! It is a more relaxed atmosphere, and you are able to maximize the time you spend with each supplier.

Come to the Trade Show ready to do business with the suppliers. Bring lots of business cards. Prepare a credit application that includes all the pertinent information about your company, such as your federal tax ID#, credit references, companies with whom you already have Net 30 terms established.

Walk the entire trade show once. If you have time after that, walk it again, going in the opposite direction. Sounds strange, but many folks see things they missed the first time around! If an exhibitor is busy, stop back when you can have the access and time you need to make sure that all your questions are answered. Look at how products are merchandised, get ideas for your business.