title: New tricks of the trade show.
abstract: The business of trade shows isn't what it used to be. Vendors are more selective about participating, hospitals don't have money to send as many representatives, and competing state, regional and national associations spread the market thin. Some shows are disappearing; others are surviving by targeting specific audiences, catering to vendors and hatching non-aggression pacts with would-be competitors.
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authors: Burda
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D002140:California; D003132:Commerce; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005085:Exhibitions as Topic; D014481:United States