The twice-a-year retail trade show was scheduled for March 22-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Subrina Hudson joined the Review-Journal in August 2019 after covering automotive, retail and advertising for the Orange County Business Journal. She has also worked for The Real Deal and Los Angeles Business Journal. The Los Angeles native has a master's in journalism from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's in journalism from Boston University.
An estimated 5,000 people were expected to attend the event, according to figures from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
The National Cannabis Risk Management Association has postponed its NCRMA 2020 convention, scheduled to be held March 22-24 at Bally’s, due to coronavirus concerns.
The list of business conferences in Las Vegas that have either postponed or canceled continues to grow with the latest being the National Association of Divorce Professionals.
The expo released a statement Thursday saying recent developments such as participant cancellations and the World Health Organization labeling the coronavirus as a global pandemic, have led it to postpone the event for the safety of its members and attendees.
The annual event was scheduled to take place April 25-30 and was estimated to draw in about 3,500 attendees, according to the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority.
Zappos initially told staff earlier this week that working from home was optional but to stop all non-essential business travel.
The convention was expected to take place April 18-22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The show expected about 90,000 to attend.
The organization LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition pulled the plug Wednesday on hosting an industry event during this year’s National Association of Broadcasters 2020 convention.
NAB outlined on its website that the show will still move forward saying about 96 percent of its exhibitors are still planning to attend and of the four percent that have canceled, more than 80 percent are from China and unable to attend due to travel restrictions.
Coronavirus concerns have led the Next Gen TV Coalition to poll its members to decide whether it should attend next month’s National Association of Broadcasters trade show.
It was the highest number of January closings since 2008, when it was 881.
A staple of the Costco shopping experience — free food samples — has been temporarily suspended by retailer because of the spread of the coronavirus, an employee said Friday.
Volvo Group appears to have had a change of heart just one day after announcing it would be pulling out of next week’s ConExpo-Con/Ag 2020.
Reed Exhibitions Group Vice President Will Wise said in a statement the decision was not made lightly.
