SDEA Shoptalk May 2021

SDEA AGM 2021 - PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED
On 19th May members logged on to take part in the Virtual 74th
Annual General Meeting of the Shop & Display Equipment
Association. Attendees heard about the hard work that had been
undertaken over the past year plus all the support given to SDEA
members, as well as the exciting plans for the year ahead. These
include the SDEA App and the launch of the Association’s latest
technological initiative: Creative Virtual Showcases.
During the day’s proceedings Executive Council elections were
carried out with Paul Smart, Business Development Director at
arken P-O-P International being voted President of the Association
for a second term and Mark Chatterton, Managing Director of
Morplan was re-elected Vice President.
The President opened his report with a reminder of how tough the
past year has been for the industry: “What a difficult year for the
SDEA and for most of us in the display industry, in particular those
who work in retail, leisure and hospitality sectors. Keeping our
heads above water has been the name of the game.”
With the SDEA due to hold the new meet-the-buyer event Creative
Design & Display Connections on 23rd September and The
Creative Retail Awards on 14th October, the President closed his
report with a confident outlook: “On a personal note with the 21st
June on the horizon I’m very optimistic and positive about the
remainder of the year.”
Chris Shoebottom, Sales Director of Stylo joined the Executive
Council this year and joins existing Executive Council members:
Ronald Cohen, Chairman of Foxbarn Ltd,
Bob Garton, Managing Director of Glencourt Associates Ltd,
Nick Wraith, Managing Director of Unibox.
The Executive Council will work together over the coming months
bringing fresh ideas and inspiration, securing the future growth of
this highly valued organisation.
If you are interested in joining the Executive Council, please
contact antony@sdea.co.uk or call 01883 348911.
(Paul Smart continues as President of SDEA)
(Mark Chatterton, the Vice President)
NEW SDEA SERVICE:
CREATIVE VIRTUAL SHOWCASES
The SDEA are excited to announce the launch of their latest
technological initiative – Creative Virtual Showcases. Do you want
to cost effectively show off your showroom, an exhibition stand,
your warehouse machinery or any other area within your facility
24 hours a day, every day of the year? Then Creative Virtual
Showcases is for you.
Using immersive imaging, Creative Virtual Showcases gives your
current and prospective customers 360º virtual tours around your
chosen area, with hotspots detailing your chosen products or
capabilities. All hotspots can be linked to webpages, videos,
images and more.
To amplify the visitors to your Creative Virtual Showcase, they will
all be viewable on the SDEA website, SDEA App and the Retail
Focus website, with a combined visitor number of over 40,000 per
month. For the cost of just one week-long virtual exhibition, you
can have all the benefits year round across several platforms.
Pricing starts at just £1,500 (location dependent), including 20
hotspots/products and hosting for 1 year, with hosting just £30
per annum thereafter.
SDEA members receive an exclusive member-only discount of
£250 on their Creative Virtual Showcases.
Contact:
t: 01883 348911
e: enquiries@sdea.co.uk
w: www.creativevirtualshowcases.com
Your Creative Virtual Showcase can easily be embedded in any
website page with just a few lines of code. They can also be
downloaded and used as an executable program to enable offline
viewing - for example via a USB stick. This is an extremely useful
function for remote demonstrations or exhibitions away from a
reliable internet connection.
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