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
This Long Beach Warehouse Is Where Food Trucks Are Born
On Anaheim Street in Long Beach, next to the Los Angeles River, an unmarked industrial building is where a good chunk of Southern California's food truck fleet gets its start. Martin Ramirez has run California Food Trucks out of the space for 15 years, and as he told the Long Beach Post, "This is where food trucks are born." Ramirez, shop manager Cody Madole, and … [Read more...] about This Long Beach Warehouse Is Where Food Trucks Are Born
The Cabana Is a Status Machine: What Sponsor Tents Get Right (and Wrong)
BoothEconomy · July 23, 2026 Social Life Magazine's breakdown of sponsor cabanas at Polo Hamptons reads like a trade show booth-design memo dressed up in linen. The core argument: a 20-foot-by-20-foot tent, rented for four hours, works as a "status machine" — not because of what's displayed inside it, but because it creates semi-private territory, forces introductions, … [Read more...] about The Cabana Is a Status Machine: What Sponsor Tents Get Right (and Wrong)