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Comdex Operators File for Bankruptcy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-about-the-pentiums-baby dept.

VileScum writes "According to this article in The Australian, Los Angeles-based Key3Media Group, the company operating the giant Comdex trade show, filed for protection from its creditors yesterday in the United States Bankruptcy Court. Does this mean I have to start buying cloths again instead of getting them at trade shows?" Also see a story in The New York Times. Concerns of bankruptcy were voiced last November.

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  1. Re:Another victim of the economy by HeyBob! · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    I think the trade show demise is more the victom of the web. 6 years ago, at Comdex, when you wanted more info on a product, the booth-bodys referred you to their web page - no brochures, no knowledge.

    It used to take me two days to to the trade show in Toronto (before it was overtaken over by Comdex). The last Comdex here, I did in 2 hours.

    Computer shows were great when you could find products that you never knew existed and could talk to the actual designers. When it became more focused on the end user, the consumer, the web became a much better medium.