Anybody notice that the Progressive shows were cancelled?

[Ollie]

I've seen it coming. We used to attend the IMS in Cleveland back when the place was packed with vendors and attendees. Manufacturers had large spaces with their whole lineups. Then we started noticing the line to get in was shrinking each year, once in there were less people. Many of the independent vendors selling things like gear, trailers, etc. were no longer there. The manufacture's spaces got smaller and smaller to the point only part of their lineup was on display. Some manufacturers simply pulled out citing the high cost of display space per sg ft at a time that they were having to tighten their own belts.