by Sarah Schmidt
April 8, 2019
Andrew Darmohraj, executive vice president and COO of the American Pet Products Association (APPA) is proud to announce Global Pet Expo successfully wrapped its 15th Show with record-setting numbers during the three-day Premier Industry Event. Global Pet Expo, presented by APPA and the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA), boasted a Show Floor spanning 360,400 net square feet of exhibit space. In total 17,207 attendees took part in this year’s tremendous event.
Global Pet Expo 2019, dubbed The One Show to Attend, experienced remarkable growth across the board with total buyer attendance up an impressive 8 percent from the 2018 Show at 7,029 and up an astonishing 61 percent from the inaugural 2005 Show. International buyers made up 29 percent of the buyer attendance, a 4 percent increase over last year, representing 81 countries. And nearly half or 3,565 buyers attended Global Pet Expo for the first time. The number of exhibiting companies came in at 1,174, with 295 first-time exhibitors making their debut at the Show, an 8 percent increase over 2018. Additionally, Global Pet Expo had 304 international exhibitors representing 35 countries at the Show. The Show Floor also expanded with 3,604 booths, a 2.3 percent increase over last year’s Show.
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