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Article: Retailers, Manufacturers Toast the Success of the 60th Annual National Hardware Show in Las Vegas; Plans Already Underway for Even Larger Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in 2006.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- May 24, 2005
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LAS VEGAS -- As the 2005 National Hardware Show(R) completes its 60th annual event for the home improvement industry, the industry's top companies are celebrating the successful turnaround of the show and setting their sights on the 2006 event.
At this year's show, more than 3,200 exhibitors displayed thousands of new products across some 681,191 square feet of exhibit space. Products ranging from new patio furniture to garden ponds to paint brushes to push brooms lined the aisles, and retail buyers from around the world turned out in droves. While the audit of show attendance is still being completed, attendance increased by an estimated 25 percent.
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