May 11, 2004
National Hardware Show
I am here in Las Vegas attending the National Hardware Show. It is simply an amazing collection of new tools, products and smiling people who are energized about the home improvement and lawn and garden industries. I truly hope Alan Greenspan doesn't find out about what is going on here because there is so much excitment he might think that runaway inflation is just around the corner. The next thing you know, up go the interest rates.
The show is being held in the Sands Expo and Convention Center which is immediately adjacent to the luxurious Venetian resort hotel/casino. There are nearly 2,300 exhibitors spread out over nearly a half million square feet of floor space.
When the doors first opened yesterday I discovered five clever products in just the first 90 minutes. That is a new record for me, especially when you consider I have been coming to these trade shows / conventions for ten years. I still have more to look at and will be going back down on the show floor in a few minutes. This morning was so exciting, I had to take a break because I thought my adrenal gland was going to burst.
