Thomas Nelson News: Nelson pulling out of BEA, ICRS
Thomas Nelson dropped a bombshell late yesterday when it announced that it is pulling out of both BEA and the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS), the summer show of CBA, the association of Christian retailers. The announcement came on the heels of Nelson’s first Open House event for Christian retailers, held last week (April 10-12) in Nashville.
Open House was created as an alternative to Nelson’s participation in Advance, CBA’s winter trade show. Soon after Nelson announced its abandonment of Advance, the show was cancelled and replaced with an Industry Conference that drew disappointing participation. Now Nelson has decided to abandon trade shows altogether.
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