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After a sharp increase in the first quarter, the performance of the business to business exhibition industry, as measured by the CEIR Total Index, remained relatively strong during the second quarter of 2015, posting a year-on-year gain of 3.8% (see Figure 1). This growth is the second highest rate since the second quarter of 2007 […]

  The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announces the launch of a new report series, the Industry Insight Series. These reports offer advice from market leading practitioners. The inaugural report is an article written by Justin Hersh, past President of the Exhibit Design Producers Association and CEO/Founder of Group Delphi, a leading designer and […]

  The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) is pleased to announce a new, landmark study which provides an in-depth look at how exhibitors evaluate the outcome of participating in business-to-business exhibitions. CEIR President and CEO Brian Casey, CEM remarks, “The business-to-business, exhibition channel is a powerful sales and marketing vehicle that enables exhibitors to […]

Landmark Study on Young Professional EXHIBITOR PreferencesNew SISO-Sponsored CEIR Report Released Today DALLAS, 15 April 2015 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) has teamed up again with the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) to produce its latest publication, 2015 Young Professional Exhibitor Needs and Preferences Study.   CEIR has conducted research with young professional […]

 Media Inquiries: Mary Tucker Sr. PR/Communications Manager +1 (972) 687-9226 mtucker@ceir.org DALLAS, 3 June 2015 – The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announces the release of its latest Guru report, Separating Signal from the Noise – How to Make Your Emails Better. Written by leading digital strategist, author and speaker Jason Falls, this report provides practical […]

  DALLAS, 1 June 2015 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released 2015 first quarter data collected for the annual CEIR Index report. Despite the severe winter, the performance of the business-to-business exhibition industry, as measured by the CEIR Total Index, posted a year-on-year gain of 4.6 percent (see Figure 1). This increase […]

  Breaking News: 2014 CEIR Index Results ReleasedExhibition Industry Continues Upward Climb DALLAS, 13 April 2015 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released the CEIR Index Report. The CEIR Index analyzes the 2014 exhibition industry and provides a future outlook for the next three years. In 2014, the Total Index increased by a […]

DALLAS, 23 March 2015 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced the release of two reports from a groundbreaking study on data analytics practices among business-to-business exhibition organizers. The first report, Use of Analytics by Today’s Business-to-Business Exhibition Organizers, documents overall trends in use of analytics. The second report, The Roads Traveled […]

DALLAS, 4 March 2015 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released fourth quarter data collected for the annual CEIR Index report. The performance of the business-to-business exhibition industry, as measured by the CEIR Total Index, continued to improve during the fourth quarter of 2014.  The fourth quarter of 2014 marked the eighteenth […]

Dallas, 3 March 2015 – Today, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced the release of its latest report, The Marketing Spend Decision. This study profiles marketing channel spending of business-to-business exhibitors from small to large-sized organizations, across all exhibition industry sectors. “This report offers exhibitors an invaluable tool to determine whether their marketing expenditures, […]