2013 Fall Home Show
Date: Fri-Sun, Oct. 11-13, 2013
Time: TBA
Location: DAYTONA BEACH OCEAN CENTER
101 N. Atlantic Ave.
Daytona Beach
32118
For more information about the show contact Jessica Fox at 386-681-2365 or e-mail: jessica.fox@news-jrnl.com
The event includes more than 300 exhibitors, demonstrations, seminars, giveaways, a Wellness Zone, a Fun Zone, Pink Booth for breast cancer awareness and even antique appraisals.
Last year, dogs and cats beckoned to be adopted, flu shots were administered, thrift-shop items invited inspection and bounce houses offered fun for youngsters at the show.
The Fall Home Show, presented by The Daytona Beach News-Journal at the Ocean Center on Friday, Mar. 22, to Sunday, Mar. 24, 2013, includes 150 exhibitors and more than 300 booths. Chef and fitness demonstrations will be featured, as well as Dr. Lori Verderame of the Discovery Channel’s "Auction Kings" show appraising potential antique items.
Her evaluations were extremely popular last year. One woman brought a basket that was valued at $8,000. "We’ve had some pretty high-end items," said Jessica Fox, event marketing manager. Edith Bogusz walked in with a 1926 edition of A. A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh," which was valued at $4,000-6,000.
Dr. Lori, a University of Michigan graduate who earned her doctorate from Penn State University, said she started appraising items after a woman was shortchanged on a document related to George Washington. She sold it to an appraiser for $50, not knowing it was worth $50,000.
"I don’t want any more 75-year-old women getting stuck," she said about why she got into appraising items. "You’re going to get an honest, accurate appraisal because I don’t have a financial interest."
Dr. Lori has seen it all throughout the nearly 20 years she’s appraised objects for the public. The most-expensive item she’s come across was a $500,000 Tiffany lamp a man brought to her wrapped in a cat’s bed.
The weirdest: a lock of hair purportedly from Napoleon Bonaparte.
"They’re all interesting,’’ she said.
Previous Fall Home Shows
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Exhibitors!
Showcase your product at The News-Journal's Spring Home Show at the
Ocean Center!
This show will feature home and outdoor related products and services, specifically those with a "green" spin.
• Volusia/Flagler adults spent over $391 million on home improvements in the past 12 months, including remodeling, landscaping, pool or spa installations, security systems, flooring and paint. Of these households,
- 43% have household incomes of $50,000 or more
- 80% own their own homes
- 25% have children at home.
• The News-Journal audience accounted for 70% of all money spent on home improvements in the past 12 months.
• In addition, 209,000 area households (83%) bought the following items in the past 12 months: carpeting or floor coverings, window treatments, furniture, paint, lawn or garden items, mattresses, home music systems or televisions.
Click here to see the convention center floorplan:
For more information or to showcase your products at the Spring Home Show, please contact Lauren L. Johnson at 386-681-2753 or e-mail: lauren.johnson@news-jrnl.com
Included in the cost of exhibitor space:
. Advertisement in the Spring Home Show tabloid in The News-Journal, read by over 326,400 homeowners and consumers
. High profile attendee promotion
. Booth drapery and ID sign
. Exhibitor badges
. 2 parking passes
"...our best show every year"
A number of vendors exhibit in shows all over the Southeast. They consistently report this is their best show, and over 93% of our vendors renew each year.
"It's a great show! We'll definitely be back."
New vendors are usually delighted with sales, leads and contacts they get from the show. A Home Show booth can pay for itself many times.
"It made our business year."
The Home Show provides a fourth quarter boost in sales for vendors.
"We had to restock three times!"
Even seasoned veterans can't always anticipate the show's full potential.
"Calls from The News-Journal's Home Show came in all year."
Many exhibitors report getting calls for many months after the show.
"...great visibility. Big crowds..."
Over 25,000 people attend The Home Show. It's your opportunity to creat a lasting impression with people who don't yet know about your business