Western Buying Conference 2017- Bally’s Hotel & Conference Center, Las Vegas
The Western Buying Conference held their 32nd show this January. It was a huge success! With distributorship attendance up 20 percent and overall attendance up 15 percent this year, WBC continues to expand. This year, the conference, which is usually held Monday and Tuesday in the third full week of January, was moved to Sunday and Monday. This move allowed one of the industry’s top distributors to have a summit the dates following the show. This also provided the opportunity for the heads of many exhibiting companies to attend both the WBC and the summit.
Once again, WBC was sponsored by 13 western rep groups; had 157 exhibitors and a total count of 214 booths. WBC also provided meeting rooms for 4 full-service distributorships who held successful meetings throughout Sunday and Monday. The WBC would also like to thank the many rep groups outside the western territory for supporting their show. These rep groups held booths and brought in numerous exhibitors and attendees.
A sold-out floor on Sunday and Monday made this year’s WBC notably lively. The party Sunday night was well attended with good food, drinks and dancing with music provided by DJ Erio. Then, it was back to business as usual on Monday as many exhibitors closed deals with attendees before show’s end. We would like to thank everyone for their support in making WBC 2017 a greatly attended and a widely successful show AGAIN this year.
The view outside of the Jinny Beauty meeting room.
A crowded show floor aisle
The busy Kirschner Group booth
Cheryl Kinnon and Gabrielle Gaydos of Spilo Worldwide speak with another booth attendant.
Walt Winslow of KAB Brands speaks with a booth visitor.
John Perrone of Fantasia Industries
Nicole Freeman of The Freeman Group sits in a meeting.
(Left to right) Jeff Higgins and Terry Purcell, Regional Sales Managers for Fromm
The American International Industries booth is constantly abuzz with meetings, education and fellowship among colleagues.
Joe Magnano of Beauty Perfection smiles standing beside Carrie English as she speaks with a fellow show attendee.
Harlan Kirschner, C.E.O. of The Kirschner Group, catches up with Kevin Osterloh, also of The Kirschner Group, and Dan Parsons of Oster on the show floor.
Art Emm of Jinny Corp. and James William of Inspired Beauty Brands
(Left to right) Gilles Argivier, Terri Taricco and Leah Bailey of Helen of Troy
Bruce Selan of Zotos and Gary Fishkin of CFN Beauty Representation
Sue Seok and Art Emm of Jinny Corp. meet with Osman Mithavayani and Ayman Abdel of Xtreme Beauty International.
The Don Juan Pomade booth
The Kirschner Group booth
An excited crowd of show visitors gather at the floor entrance.
(Left to right) Garrett Wright and Steve Ma of Jinny Corp.
(Left to right) Dean Kim of Jinny Corp., Jantzen Roth and Jamie Demao of Toppik Products, and Kelly Miller of Greg Dawson and Associates
(Left to right) Sue Seok of Jinny Corp., Thomas Crumpton of Southeast Rep Services, Al Gibbon of Zotos and Matt Bucholc of Van Nest Coleman Midwest.
Dave Vilmore of DeMert Brands
Min Kim of Fisk stands alongside Jinny Corp.’s Steve Ma.
The Jinny Corp. team meets with Andis Company
Mr. Eddie Jhin, president of Jinny Corp., speaks with Dan Parsons of Oster.
Eddie Jhin, president of Jinny Corp., was presented with the Andis Golden Blade Award. Jinny Corp. received this award for its outstanding sales growth and support in 2016.
The Jinny Corp. team meets with Oster Professional
In their meeting room, the Jinny Corp. team meets with Helen of Troy.
Helen of Troy and Jinny Corp. settle in for their meeting.
The Giovanni Cosmetics booth
Interested show visitors stop by the Mini Mani Moo booth to learn more about the company and products.
The Conair booth full of meetings in progress
Conair and Jinny Corp. sit in meeting
Nicole Freeman of The Freeman Group and Dean Kim of Jinny Corp. meet with representatives of Croc.
(Left to right) Art Emm of Jinny Corp, Thomas Crumpton of Southeast Rep Services, Cheryl Kinnon of Spilo, Steve Ma and Dean Kim of Jinny Corp. and Matt Bucholc of Van Nest Coleman Midwest in a meeting at the Spilo booth.
Steve Ma and Dean Kim of Jinny Corp. pause for a quick photo.
Beauty Perfection awarded Jinny Corp. with the Top Customer of 2016 award at the show. Jinny has been the company’s top customer for 5 years in a row!
(Left to right) Walt Winslow of KAB Brands, Eric Dow of BTB Sales and Marketing, and James Lee of Jinny Corp.
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