Editor’s Take

Certainly the exhibitors had reason to be unhappy — although not entirely miserable. Traffic in the exhibit hall was very quiet. That’s nothing new, however. For as long as I can remember, in good times and bad, exhibitors have complained about the lack of booth traffic at this conference. But hold on there. This year I also heard something a little different: A good number of vendors I spoke with said those visitors they did receive came prepared to do business. They felt that, despite the light attendance and lack of traffic, their money was well spent.