DMA08, the largest gathering of direct marketing professionals, is DMA’s annual conference and exhibition and will be hosted in Las Vegas in 2008. DMA08 will feature more than 150 educational sessions, plus roundtables, case studies, white papers and research reports. DMA08’s exhibit hall will feature more than 500 exhibiting companies covering all aspects of marketing and advertising.

Health Ingredients Japan has been held annually in Tokyo since 1989. It is the leading exhibition of its kind in Asia and it continues growth each year in line with the expansion of the health foods market. Hi Japan 2007 saw a total of over 585 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions met with more than 40,000 buyers and industry professionals. Hi Japan 2008 is expected to be even larger with an estimated 600 exhibitors with 1,000 booths.Find your business opportunities in the health ingredients market in Japan through Hi Japan 2008.

Co-located alongside Hi Japan is the S-tec Japan exhibition. S-tec Japan is the only exhibition for food safety and quality control in Japan. These parallel events provide a one-stop source of information on food safety and health functions and attract buyers not only from the food industry but also from the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sector.

When: SUNDAY, October 26 & MONDAY, October 27
Where: Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road, Toronto, ON, Canada M9W 1J1
Attendance: More than 6,000 industry professionals are expected at Grocery Innovations Canada '08.
Who Attends: Key industry players including independent, franchise and corporate retailers, manufacturers, brokers, wholesalers, distributors and government.
Who Exhibits: Food and consumer product manufacturers, equipment, technology and service providers, food processors and more.

Health and functional food are “foods that have a particular, demonstrable, positive effect on our health and well-being”. Because they want to boost their “well-being” and “health”, a growing number of consumers is turning to products and concepts that the food industry is offering across all its product sectors.

The increasing health consciousness of consumers is creating a favourable environment for innovations, which in turn is creating more value for the industry, the trade and the food service and catering market. But what are tomorrow's potential hits, what measures are available for targeted marketing, and which legal requirements need to be considered?

“WellFood 2008” will present successful concepts that show how the food trade, industry and food service and catering market can help to familiarise consumers with healthy nutrition, while generating earnings and strengthening their profile in their respective competitive fields.

On 29th and 30th October 2008 the WellFood Congress for Health & Functional Food will take place for the second time at the Cologne exhibition centre. The two-day congress will feature a programme of presentations, and in terms of its content, the event is being supported by the Federal Association of the German Food Industry (BVE), the German Federation of Food Law and Food Science (BLL), and the Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVL).

WellFood 2008 is a business platform for professionals from the trade, industry and food service and catering market who want to become inspired by new products, positioning possibilities and sales strategies and are seeking to engage in a critical exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Mintel will be exhibiting at Health Ingredients Europe 2008 to demonstrate how our Global New Products Database (Mintel GNPD) can help you to track emerging market, product and ingredient trends.

Meet us at stand number C05706 on the FiPPS pavilion, Hall 1 to find how Mintel GNPD can partner with you to help drive your new product development initiatives and maximise the profitability of your business.

A tremendously influential event, HiE’08 is the focus for sellers and buyers of all kinds of health ingredients, from nutraceuticals and cosmoceuticals to organic constituents and complex functional foodstuffs.

For further details go to the Health Ingredients Europe website.

Forty-one percent of American shoppers now describe themselves as frequent store brand buyers, up from 36% just five years ago. Moreover, nearly one out of three consumers say that they are more likely now than a year ago to buy private label. In fact, the popularity of store brands in supermarkets is having a halo effect on home/office, household, and DIY products.

Where do America's retailers and wholesalers go to source for their private label programs? The answer is PLMA's annual private label trade show. With more than 5,000 visitors and 2,000 buyers, it is the largest show of its kind in the U.S. PLMA’s 2008 show will be held Nov. 16-18 at Chicago’s Rosemont Convention Center. On the food side, the show floor includes fresh, frozen and refrigerated foods, snacks, beverages, ethnic specialties and gourmet lines. On the non-food side, the show includes paper, plastics, wraps and foils, all types of kitchen and household products, health and beauty, DIY and GM.

There's also PLMA's "Idea Supermarket®" with the latest examples of what supermarkets, drug chains and mass merchandisers around the world are doing with their private label programs. Retailers from Europe, Asia and South America are all represented as well as chains from the U.S. and Canada. Plus, PLMA's "New Product Expo" highlights innovations in product concepts, ingredients, and packaging from this year's exhibitors.

For the latest market research and information, there are PLMA's Sunday seminars, offering insight into sales and merchandising while PLMA's "Weekend with St. Joe's," organized in conjunction with St. Joseph's University's Food Marketing Institute, provides executive education courses in private label branding and supply chain management.

Placing you at the heart of the packaging event EMBALLAGE 2008 offers

A forecasting vision of tomorrow's processes and innovations;

A real business event

A sectorized display of exhibits to provide solutions to all user markets and industries

An international showcase of all packaging developments

The Private Label Exhibition launches at the World Food Market 2008 as the UK’s only stand alone event for private label products. Furthermore, the magazine Private label UK, the bible for the own brand buyer have joined forces and come on board to support the show, with over 5000 influential buyers and decision makers reading the magazine and building the increasing buzz and anticipation around the exhibition. The show dates have been confirmed as the 26^th and 27^th November 2008 at Excel London with The Private Label exhibition running alongside The World Food Market which marks the show’s fourth year since beginning in 2004.

The Private Label Exhibition is already attracting a diverse range of international exhibitors to the show in November, many of them launching new products and capitalizing on the chance to bring their products into the UK market. Hungary’s Hun Organics’ director Miklos Horvat on becoming part of the show told The Private Label Exhibition “The launch of the Private Label exhibition alongside it (World Food Market) is a brilliant development. Particularly as we are looking to grow our business into the UK private label sector”.

The Sustainable Package Design Workshop + Designer’s Resource Expo provide insights into the basics of sustainable design for the environment across all package material types and structures. It provides access to the tools necessary to launch sustainable package design projects and the resources to think about, design, source, produce, and deliver through the supply chain environmentally responsible packaging with point-of-purchase impact

Guidance on systems thinking about sustainable packaging for structural and graphic designer

Direction on how to approach “responsible, sustainable” design principles as a natural and logical extension of traditional package design

Easy-to-understand case examples & practical exercises

Produced by the Professional Beauty Association (PBA), ISSE is the largest beauty event on the West Coast and is globally recognized as one of the premiere events in North America! ISSE is committed to providing salon/spa owners, salon/spa professionals, nail technicians and skin care specialists with a world-class educational and shopping experience.

Hardly any other market is changing as rapidly as the confectionery market. Stay on top of these changes! As the world’s biggest and most important confectionery trade fair, ISM shows you all the innovations and seasonal products you’ll need for your successful business. Strategically located at the beginning of the year, only ISM presents the entire global spectrum of products from all relevant sectors. This is where you’ll meet the best partners for sweet success!

The event for environmentally responsible packaging

ECOPACK was the "talk of the town" in packaging when launched in 2008. And no wonder. Companies are under pressure from consumers, retailers and regulators to reduce their carbon footprint. If they get it right, they stand to reap significant rewards, including enhanced business opportunities, more effective marketing within key segments and an improved corporate profile. This in turn presents a great opportunity for suppliers of environmentally responsible packaging equipment, materials and services.easyFairs ECOPACK providedthe ideal platform to showcase innovative packaging solutions that are good for business and good for the planet.