Allies

LOCAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS
MAIN STREET MANAGERS
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
SBDC DIRECTORS
RETAIL/DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATIONS

The Mississippi Market is a great opportunity for your local businesses and retailers.

WE CAN ASSIST YOU BY:

• Providing a speaker for your next program - call with your dates
• Providing our NEW VIDEO for your next meeting. Click here to view!
• Providing flyers, registration forms for you to distribute to your local businesses. Download informative flyer HERE or Download rack card HERE .
• Send us your list of local retailers to insure they receive our mailings
• Send us your list of potential exhibitors (Mississippi only*) for us to contact and visit
  
  

WHY YOUR LOCAL RETAILERS SHOULD ATTEND:

• Last year over 800 credentialed buyers attended from seven states.
• The most COST EFFECTIVE market of the year.
• Plenty of on-site FREE PARKING.
• Over 100 VENDORS every year, with many showing products NEVER BEFORE seen.
• Friendly atmosphere with down-home SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
• Lots of ELBOW ROOM with large isles.
• Stock your shelves with MISSISSIPPI PRODUCTS.
• View some of the most UNIQUE PRODUCTS you’ve ever seen!
• Two-day IN STATE show is economical to travel budget and time.

           
WHY YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES (MISSISSIPPI ONLY*) SHOULD EXHIBIT THEIR PRODUCTS:

• In 2009, over 113 businesses exhibited with total show sales of $590,701, an average of $5,322.
  
• 1,586 orders were taken, 70% from new customers.
  
• Direct mail campaign inviting over 10,000 customers.
  
• Aggressive national and regional ad campaign with exposure at the Atlanta and Dallas Markets.
• Personalized postcard invitations are provided FREE.
  
• One day workshop for registered exhibitors on how to prepare for wholesaling.
  
• One-on-one consulting offered year round by the MDA Existing Industry & Business Division.
  
• Exposure on the Mississippi Market website.
  
• Low cost, in-state show is economical to your travel budget and time.

*The Market is a program funded and hosted by the Mississippi Development Authority.  Therefore, only Mississippi-based businesses are allowed to exhibit their products.  Retailers from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and other states in the southeast may attend with proper credentials.