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Trade show exhibiting offers marketers economic efficiencies not available from other promotional techniques. Effective exhibiting is enhanced by using certain information. This paper studies exhibit managers’ use of this information.

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Kelly, J.S., Comer, J. (2015). Marketing Information Management by Trade Show Exhibitors. In: Lindquist, J.D. (eds) Proceedings of the 1984 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16973-6_71

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