CHICAGO - GlobalShop, the largest annual trade show for retail design and shopper marketing, is coming back to Chicago tomorrow (April 16-18), featuring woodworking exhibitors and others who manufacture store fixtures.

GlobalShop also is the fastest growing trade show by attendance as ranked by TSNN. The show has grown in attendance by 11 percent for two consecutive years and has hosted an expanding exhibition floor as well, says show director Tim Fearney. He said he expects GlobalShop’s growth momentum to continue in 2013.

Peer-to-peer networking programs include the Retail Roundtable, sponsored by Reeve Store Equipment, in which participants sit down for discussion with design executives from top retailers. This year GlopbalShop adds the Brand Breakfast, a town hall format panel of brand and consumer products goods marketers.

GlobalShop’s conference program include sessions on Consumer Trends, International Trends and In-Store Trends. The 2013 conference program will also feature Spanish- and Portuguese-language sessions. 

Among wood-products related news releases from exhibitors at GlobalShop:

• At GlobalShop, Gyford StandOff Systems Marks 25 Years

• National Distribution Service logistics at GlobalShop 2013
• DVUV Announces UVMax Gloss
• Karndean Designflooring Showcases New Products at GlobalShop 2013
• Old Dominion Freight Line Showcases Solutions for Shippers

• Messe Düsseldorf to Promote Retail Trade Fair at Global Shop 2013

• IDD InStore Design Display To Exhibit At GlobalShop 2013  

• Tex Visions Introduces New Wooden Chairs Product Line 

• Lamin-Art Intros Large-Scale, Embossed Metal Laminate Collection

• Blanc Industries Interactive Oak Wood Kiosk

• Hexacomb Uses Falconboard at Global Shop Expo