Fall 2021Hardlines Strategies

MARKET PREVIEW

Faces at the Market Denise Keller, Keson Denise Keller has

worked at Keson LLC, a levels, measuring and marking tools company offering both Keson and SOLA brands, for 16 years as a sales manager. She has been a regular face at the Blish-Mize markets for five years. You can find her at the Keson/SOLA booth at the Fall Market. “I never want to

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Here are some additional ways Blish-Mize is working to ensure attendees stay safe.

miss a customer visiting our booth, so the majority of my time is spent in the booth,” she says. “I not only like educating customers on our products, but I also enjoy building relationships with them to better understand their businesses. Blish-Mize has many family-owned businesses with a strong history, much like our Keson and SOLA brands. We are also family owned, so I have a strong understanding of the importance of relationships. We look forward to the in-person Fall Market!”

All meals are individually boxed and tables are socially distanced from each other. Wider aisles and more space between the vendor booths throughout the convention center.

Janet Elias, Blish-Mize

Janet Elias, Blish-Mize regional sales manager, has worked for the company since 1973 and has been attending the markets since 1980. You can find her on the show floor at the Fall Market. “One of the cool things about the longevity of my career at Blish-Mize is that I’ve gotten to know a lot of

Hand sanitizer stations will be available.

Discover Pointy Blish-Mize will be reintroducing the Pointy program at the Fall Market. Pointy connects to a store’s point-of-sale system to automatically populate scanned products online and help the store appear in Google search results. “This program gives our customers a web presence by simply scanning products at the checkout,” Kane says. “Pointy is designed to increase foot traffic into the store. And what’s great about the program now is it’s free! Be sure to join us at 3 p.m. on Friday to get all the details, or stop by the Sales Area of the show floor.”

customers,” she says. “When I go to the market, it’s kind of a homecoming for me. I get to see all these people I’ve had the privilege of getting to know, now maybe the second or third generation. I also get to reconnect with the sales force and go by each booth and see the vendors I deal with so much. I get to visit with them and see what’s new—I love to see how things work.”

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