CAMEX 2003 Opens in St. Louis; Largest Conference/Tradeshow in Collegiate Retailing Connects Buyers to the Latest Product Innovations For 18-24 Year-Olds, March 7-11.Business Editors CAMEX CAMEX Campus Market Expo (collegiate trade show) CAMEX Convection and Moisture Experiment (NOAA) CAMEX Chamber of Foreign Trade CAMEX Computer-Assisted Map Exercise 2003 ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2003 CAMEX, the largest annual conference and tradeshow in the $10.68 billion collegiate retailing industry, kicks off in St. Louis today at the America's Center America's Center is a convention center located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, and is situated next to the Edward Jones Dome, the home of the National Football League's St. Louis Rams. . Sponsored by the industry's leading trade association, the National Association of College Stores (NACS NACS National Association of Convenience Stores NACS National Association of College Stores NACS North American Catalan Society NACS North American Catalysis Society NACS Network Access Control System NACS National Advisory Committee On Semiconductors ), CAMEX will connect thousands of college store buyers with product vendors seeking a share of the 18-24 year-old market between now and Monday, March 11. Celebrating its 80th year, CAMEX features two days of intensive retail education (March 7 and 8) followed by a three-day tradeshow (March 9-11) that occupies 250,000 square feet and features 1,350 booths. More than 30 different product categories are featured at the show, including: novelty gifts; consumer electronics; collegiate apparel; cosmetics; entertainment products; and gourmet foods/snacks. "CAMEX connects the latest products with a group of buyers that are always on the look-out for something unique and different," says Laura Nakoneczny, NACS' director of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . "It's also big business. Because many people form lifetime shopping habits in college, distributing these new products through college stores is quite attractive to many companies. About 90% of the buyers attending CAMEX will actually place orders for fall 2003." Special guests Captain Jerry Linenger, Benjamin Zander Benjamin Zander (born March 9, 1939, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English-American conductor. He is the music director of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a faculty member at the New England Conservatory. along with noted authors Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels. , Patricia Seybold, Josephine Humphreys Josephine Humphreys (born February 2, 1945) is an American novelist. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, which is also the setting of her novels Rich in Love and The Fireman's Fair , Bob Smith and Susan Vreeland will speak during the event. CAMEX attendees will contribute more than $5 million in direct spending to the city of St. Louis during their stay according to a formula established by the International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. MEDIA NOTE: Media credentials are available in the CAMEX Press Room (Room 253 of the America's Center) or by calling Jennifer Parker in advance at (314) 342-5823 or cell, 440-223-1336. Additional information on CAMEX 2003 including a complete schedule of events is available online at www.camex.org. |
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