The Digital Signage Insider

For those of you who haven't heard, this year's Digital Retailing Expo is coming up next week (May 18th and 19th) in Chicago.  The show is organized around digital signage, in-store television networks, narrowcasting, interactive kiosk applications, and anything else that might fit under the digital retailing moniker.

While I'm not a huge fan of trade shows, this one looks to be picking up steam, and in terms of growth and performance, will likely mirror the industry as a whole.  If digital retailing continues to expand at its currently vigorous pace (estimated at between 18-35% CAGR over the next few years), the Digital Retailing Expo will likely do quite well.  If things don't go quite as swimmingly as expected, they could be in for some trouble.

A list of exhibitors includes:

3M Touch Systems - Booth #219
Accenture, LLP - Booth #110
ActiveLight - Booth #611
Adcalator - Booth #928
Adtec Digital - Booth #312
Advanced Communication Design Inc. Booth #828
AEI Components - Booth #100
American Technology Corporation - Booth #204
Audio Video Interactive Inc. - Booth #417
Avocent Wireless - Booth #423
Barco Media - Booth #317
BTV+ - Booth #222
Captive Audience - Booth #105
Chyron Corporation - Booth #819
Chief Manufacturing, Inc. - Booth #915
Clinton Electronics - Booth #334
Clarity Visual Systems - Booth #701
Convergent Media Systems - Booth #501
Data Display - Booth #922
Digit Professional, Inc. - Booth #910
Digital View - Booth #623
Display Devices - Booth #811
DMX MUSIC - Booth #200
DSI Group / DSI Connect - Booth #723
Dynascan Technology, Inc. - Booth #729
DynaTek Media - Booth #509
EDR Media - Booth #823
Electronic Displays, Inc. - Booth #209
Electrosonic Media Networks Division - Booth #905
Focus Enhancements - Booth #422
Four Winds Interactive - Booth #104
GestureTek - Booth #118
GFX Dynamics - Booth #100
Helius, Inc. - Booth #517
Hitachi Home Electronics - Professional Products Group - Booth #901
Hughes Network Systems - Booth #218
In-Store Marketing Institute - Booth #735
Inlighten - Booth #201
Inscriber - Booth #629
Intellimat, LLC - Booth#123
Gesturetek - Booth #118
Keywest Technology - Booth #535
KING Products and Solutions - Booth #801
Kiosk Information Systems, Inc. - Booth #235
Magenta Research - Booth #308
Mainstream Data - Booth #122
Matrox - Booth #213
Microspace Communications Corporation - Booth #210
Minicom Advanced Systems Inc. - Booth #318
MxN Inc - Booth #129
Nanonation - Booth #617
NEC Display Solutions of America - Booth #709
NEC Solutions (America) Inc. - Booth #323
Omnivex Corporation - Booth #829
Optec Displays, Inc. - Booth #335
Opticality - Booth #523
Panasonic - Booth #311
Peerless Industries - Booth #429
Philips Business Solutions - Booth #322
Premier Mounts - Booth #904
Prism Technologies, Inc. - Booth #223
Promo Only Inc. / BMD - Booth #911
Real Digital Media - Booth #805
Reflect Systems, Inc. - Booth #214
Samsung - ITD - Booth #534
Scala, Inc. - Booth #717
Sharp Electronics Corporation - Booth #929
SMART Technologies Inc. - Booth #815
Richardson Electronics - Booth #111
Solaris Labs - Booth #115
Sprox, Inc.- Booth #918
Stagepost Studios - Booth #529
Stratacache - Booth #114
Sunrise Systems, Inc. - Booth #634
Symon Communications, Inc. - Booth #434
Telkonet, Inc. - Booth #900
Teraview Technology Co. Ltd. - Booth #101
The Screen Works - Booth #128
Toshiba Display Systems - Booth #601
USAV Group LLC - Booth #734
Viewsonic - Booth #919
VM+SD - Booth #914
Wireless Ronin Technologies - Booth#923

You'll notice that WireSpring won't be exhibiting.  But don't worry - our own Mike Smith will be roaming the floor and schmoozing with key partners and clients in attendance.  If you'd like to meet up with him while you're there, send an email to sales@wirespring.com, or open a live chat by clicking the "Live Help" link at the bottom of this page.

When you get back, let me know what you thought of the show.  Past attendees have expressed reactions ranging from "worthless" to "great," with the majority falling somewhere in the middle, but I'd like to know if that opinion is changing.