 NAMM has announced the final registration and exhibitor numbers for 2010 Summer NAMM. At show close, NAMM reported a four percent decrease in registration from last year’s event, with 12,463 total registrants for the three-day event. Exhibitor numbers were slightly up at the Nashville Convention Center during this year of economic recovery, with 383 companies displaying and demonstrating products.
 "In addition to some of our industry's largest manufacturers and distributors, Summer NAMM appeals to the new and emerging companies, and there were 70 brand new NAMM exhibitors this year," said Joe Lamond, president and CEO, NAMM.
Exhibiting companies reported strong booth traffic and sales during all three days of the show.
"Anytime we can get dealers and have a chance to sit down and talk to them is an awesome show, " said Brad Smith, Hal Leonard Corporation. "Clearly the numbers weren’t the same as previous years, but the quality here has been great so we’re very pleased.”
“Given the light attendance, which was expected, our overall show was quite good," said Rick Young, Yamaha. "Winter and Summer NAMM for us are important vehicles to introduce new products and be able to obtain immediate feedback from retailers of varying sizes, on how it will fit into their assortments.”
On Sunday, the show was open to music enthusiasts, students and parents as part of the first "Wanna Play Music Sunday" at Summer NAMM. Approximately 1,000 people attended the show with wristbands purchased online and at the door.
"It was exciting this year," said Bob Taylor, Taylor Guitars. "We had a lot of traffic in our booth and it was like that for the entire show. We need more public attendees coming in.”
“We’ve been so busy, there are very few times when we’ve gotten to take a break," said Steve Skillings, JamHub LLC. "We are so fortunate—we had a bunch of industry partners help us out with this booth, and it’s been a blast
New exhibitor Don Oriolo of Oriolo Guitars said, "If we continue to have as much fun as we did at this, our first NAMM trade show, you'll be seeing us here for a long time to come."
Providing flood relief for the city of Nashville was a theme of the show, and the economic impact of the show along with NAMM's efforts in partnership with Next BIG Nashville, American Songwriter magazine, the Nashville Musicians Association and MusiCares brought millions in much-needed aid to the city through events, a silent instrument auction and donations from caring NAMM Members.
NAMM's next event will be the 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif., January 13-16, 2011. |
