More specialty retailers at PMA 09

PMA 09 recorded an audited registration of 15,066 attendees. Approximately 500 exhibitors showed their latest products and services, while the convention program featured more than 200 educational sessions and 400 speakers. Samples of the PMA 09 sessions can be viewed at www.pmai.tv.

With approximately one out of six visitors coming from outside North America, international attendance was again very strong. Europe accounted for approximately 1,000 vitisors; the largest groups came from Germany (249), the UK (178), France (96), Spain (51) and Switzerland (48).