A foreign company from Austria, Construct Data Verlag AG, trading as Fairguide consistently sends companies exhibiting at Australian trade fairs, a pre-completed directory listing form for their online directory. It would be easy to simply sign the form and return it in their pre-paid envelope without reading it fully, as many online directory listings are free.

However beware as the fine print on the form makes it into an order for a 3 year “full sized insertion” subscription at US$1531.00 per year, (around AUD$1,850.00 per year a total of AUD$5550). Whereas they seem to list all exhibitors basic details in their directory anyway.

Their fee also seems a little high when listings in many online directories (like giftware.net.au for example) are FREE. Additionally, you probably would get a lot more bang for your buck in local directories if you are primarily targeting Australian retailers.

The GHA (Australian Gifts and Homewares Association) has have advised that costs associated with implementing Australian trade fairs have risen to a point whereby an increase in their space rate is required.

Space is to be charged at $264 per Square meter for 2007. The GHA have been running Australian gift fairs for over 30 years now. They were initially established to offset the high costs associated with exhibiting at commercially run exhibitions. Currently they run simultaneous trade fairs with the only serious competitor, Reed Gift Fairs, with free shuttle buses between the two venues for retailers in both Sydney and Melbourne.

Still Very Cost Effective.
Since the GHA is a not for profit association of importers and wholesalers, despite the increases, the overall cost of exhibiting with them is still around half the cost of exhibiting with their competitor Reed Gift Fairs. Hence exhibition space is much in demand at GHA’s trade fairs.

Two Big Fairs at the Two Showgrounds.

The GHA advise that with increased space from the new joint venue at the Melbourne Showgrounds, there will be a lot of new exhibitors however there is still likely to be a waiting list for exhibiting there. However in Sydney (also at the showgrounds) the GHA still has some exhibition space available for the September Fair.
The Melbourne (August) and Sydney (September) trade fairs, are major events which most retailers in those respective states use to select their stock for the main Australian summer retailing season. Retailing for the summer of 2007 is expected to be solid.

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