Where have all the vendors gone?
Attended the Philadelphia RV show yesterday....lots of dealers and RVs...(some interesting) but outside of campgrounds with their brochures, etc., the only vendors I took notice of were Beef Jerkey, b...
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Almost anything you can buy from a vendor at a show is available cheaper online, and its delivered to your house. Vendors can't compete with that.
It's sort of like a side business I had for over 20 years. I had a business where I wrote, published, and marketed certain radio-related technical books. Then some guy comes along and puts up a webpage with essentially the same information, and gives it away for free. Can't compete with that, even if the quality of his material is nowhere as good as what I was selling. After writing 19 books, I no longer do that.
One has to adapt to current market conditions to survive as a business. Those vendors that used to sell at the shows would have to convert to a web-based business to survive, and even then its often a tough way to go.
It's sort of like a side business I had for over 20 years. I had a business where I wrote, published, and marketed certain radio-related technical books. Then some guy comes along and puts up a webpage with essentially the same information, and gives it away for free. Can't compete with that, even if the quality of his material is nowhere as good as what I was selling. After writing 19 books, I no longer do that.
One has to adapt to current market conditions to survive as a business. Those vendors that used to sell at the shows would have to convert to a web-based business to survive, and even then its often a tough way to go.
