BoothEconomy · September 11, 2026 Search "vendor canopy buying guide" and you'll get buried in advice. Most, if not all of it, will be from companies trying to sell you their tents. Some will tell you to buy the sturdiest tent you can afford, or they might say, “go commercial-grade.” That's not bad advice for any vendor. It's just not the whole picture. With this guide, … [Read more...] about Vendor Canopies Buyers Guide: What You Want vs. What You Need
For One Craft Vendor, This Was Like Hitting the Powerball
Luck, amazing product, or both? A guy sold handmade bags at the same New York flea market booth for the better part of two decades. Some weeks he sold one. Maybe two. Breaking double digits was out of the question. Then one customer filmed nine seconds of video on her phone, and everything changed. The story is everywhere right now — CBS Saturday Morning just did a segment on … [Read more...] about For One Craft Vendor, This Was Like Hitting the Powerball
Vendor Theft Is Hitting Antique and Craft Markets From Every Direction
BoothEconomy · August 25, 2026 Four vendors. Four states. Five weeks. A run of booth theft cases this summer shows outdoor markets share the same security gap — and vendors are already changing how they set up because of it. Chicago: Gone In Seconds A rare 1987 Louis Vuitton Cartouchiere shoulder bag disappeared from John Crispino's booth at Chicago's … [Read more...] about Vendor Theft Is Hitting Antique and Craft Markets From Every Direction
Everybody Has An Opinion About Your Next Tent
Post "THE QUESTION" — which canopy tent should I buy — in a vendor Facebook group, and watch what happens. It generates more passionate, specific, brand-loyal disagreement than asking half a dozen people in Philly where to get a cheesesteak (expect way more than six answers to that one). In Vendor group booths displays and more, a Facebook group with more than 46,000 members … [Read more...] about Everybody Has An Opinion About Your Next Tent
Five Trade Show Exhibit Ideas Dominating the Floor at Mid-Year 2026
Event Marketer's mid-year trend report, based on reporter Anna Huddleston logging what the outlet describes as tens of thousands of steps across major U.S. trade shows over six months, groups this year's standout exhibits into five recurring ideas. The first and most talked-about is AI moving past photo-to-sketch gimmicks into functional booth features: Optimizely's Shoptalk … [Read more...] about Five Trade Show Exhibit Ideas Dominating the Floor at Mid-Year 2026