ICAST Statistics
ICAST 2006 sold out in early April with 392 total exhibitors filling 1,264
booths spanning 250,000 square feet of
the Las Vegas Convention Center. ICAST 2006, the largest show in recent
years with a show floor increase of 8 percent. This year’s show housed
more than 6,800 attendees, of which nearly
2,000 were wholesale or retail buyers and over 500 were media representatives.
New Product Showcase
With each passing year, the New
Product Showcase ratchets
up a notch on the competition ladder. In 2006, more than 188
companies entered over 500 new
products and innovations vying for the coveted
Best of Show honors as well as the overall Best of Show. Pure Fishing
took top honors with “Best of Show” for its Berkley FireLine
Crystal. The New Product Showcase category winners are Airrus; AA/Optimum
Bait Co.; C.A.G.I. Outdoor Products; Costa del Mar; Humminbird; MegaStrike,
Inc.; Minn Kota; Okuma Fishing Tackle Corp.; Outdoor Adventure Kids;
Penn Fishing Tackle; Plano Molding Company; Shimano American Corp.;
and Swifty Manufacturing, Inc. Plan ahead for ICAST 2007 to make sure
your innovations make it from the drawing board to the show floor,
where over 500 members of the media and
roughly 2,000
buyers will judge
your products.
Manufacturer and Retailer of the Year Announced
During the
ICAST 2006 Chairman’s Industry Awards reception, sponsored
by Shimano American Corporation, the Recreational
Fishing and Boating Foundation (RBFF) and ASA announced the “Take
Me Fishing” Manufacturer of the Year and Retailer of the Year award
recipients. This year’s Manufacturer of the Year award went to Shakespeare
Fishing Tackle and the Retailer of the Year award went to Cabela’s,
Inc. Angler’s
Legacy, a
new mission under the “TakeMeFishing” campaign
which had its official launch at ICAST, is an innovative program to
entice avid anglers to introduce someone to the joys of fishing. For
more information, contact Kirk Gillis,
703.519.0013.
Industry Breakfast
This year, close to 500 people attended
the Industry Breakfast. In their comments, Mike
Nussman, ASA president and CEO and Dave
Pfeiffer, executive vice president, Shimano American Corporation, addressed
the importance of innovation in the sportfishing industry.
ICAST 2006 Press Releases
To find out all the news from
ICAST 2006, please visit ASA’s
Newsroom.
Want More Information?
For the most up-to-date ICAST information
please contact Maria del Valle, ICAST director, 703.519.9691 x240 or Kelly
Camirand, ICAST coordinator.
