The 2016 Changing Environment of Exhibitions study dives into the minds of executives who are involved in the decision to exhibit at business-to-business exhibitions, as well as other promotional and advertising decisions for their company. This series of 10 fact sheets documents the use of business-to-business exhibitions today, the level of participation now compared to several years ago as well as executives’ plans to exhibit looking out to the next several years. Issues addressed include:
This particular fact sheet identifies the most urgent, high priority marketing and sales objectives exhibiting companies are striving to achieve today. It reports on how valuable exhibitors find using business-to-business exhibitions to help achieve these objectives.
This fact sheet reports on the level of exhibition participation today compared to several years ago as well as exhibitor plans for exhibiting in the next several years.
This report documents current sales and marketing practices of exhibiting companies, revealing extensive integrated marketing efforts. Business-to-business exhibitions rank second as a marketing and sales tactic being used, and are identified as the primary channel by 77 percent of surveyed exhibitors.
This report provides insights into why business-to-business exhibitions enjoys high ranking as a primary marketing and sales tactic in today’s world of integrated marketing. Virtually all surveyed exhibitors – 97 percent – identified one or more unique values this channel delivers.
This particular report documents what percentage of exhibitors face the major task of extensive marketing efforts to reach their target industry sectors or professionals and the high value these exhibitors place on using the business-to-business exhibition to reach these target audiences.
This report documents the factors exhibitors use when making exhibiting decisions, including whether to exhibit or expand participation as well as whether to reduce the level of participation or discontinue exhibiting. This fact sheet offers essential benchmarks for exhibition organizers and exhibitors.
This report explores the relationship between exhibitor executive perceptions about the state of the global and U.S. economies as well as the outlook of their industry sector and company. Results indicate that the more positive the outlook an exhibitor has about one’s industry sector or one’s business, the greater the level of participation reported in business-to-business exhibitions.
This report explores how business relationships are evolving in today’s dynamic and digitally transformative times. It identifies how business-to-business exhibitions support exhibitor business relationship objectives in this environment.
This report reflects positive linkage between sales channels and participation in business-to-business exhibitions. It profiles exhibition company sales channel practices and differences by industry sector.
This report highlights similarities and differences between exhibitors in general and power users of the business-to-business exhibition channel. It includes a snapshot of key profile characteristics and motivations for exhibiting.