IECSC Celebrates 7th Anniversary in New York
City with Record-Breaking Participation
by Michelle Mitchell,
Questex
New York, NY-May 22, 2009-The 2009 International Esthetics,
Cosmetics and Spa Conference (IECSC) co-located with the International Beauty
Show New York held April 26-28 attracted an impressive 9,900 spa and beauty professionals
to the nation's beauty and fashion capital, New York City. This year IECSC New
York celebrated its 7th anniversary and has become the premier spa event in the
northeast region of the country. Spa owners, managers, estheticians, cosmetologists,
massage therapists, medical estheticians and doctors converge at IECSC to discover
and learn about the latest trends in the spa industry and purchase products from
such suppliers as Repechage, Eminence Organic Skin Care, Physiodermie and numerous
others.
"The packed aisles and happy exhibitors we saw
at IECSC and IBS clearly demonstrates the importance of these shows to the beauty
and spa industries," said Dana Lupton, VP/Group Show Director, Questex Media
Group. "When we help our exhibitors drive their business forward and move
product off their shelves, and provide attendees opportunities to advance their
business or craft with new ideas and skills, we've accomplished our goal."
IECSC
exhibitors received a great reception from the professionals in attendance. "Thank
you for putting on an excellent show in New York. LightStim sold almost all the
stock we brought and took orders and follow-up which will double or triple that,"
said Steve Marchese, President, LightStim International, Inc. "All the buyers
were in the mood for spending and we didn't hear a peep about the economy!"
"We
had more sales on day one of IECSC New York than we made in all three days of
previous shows," added Milady.
Overall, IECSC New York
had more than 250 exhibitors showcasing the latest in facial treatments, skin
care lines, retail products, cosmetics, equipment/furniture, nutrition and health
products, microdermabrasion equipment, aromatherapy, spa clothing, electrolysis/hair
removal and spa décor.
In addition to an energetic
show floor, spa professionals took advantage of the six conference programs and
more than 45 free educational classes focusing on business-building content and
the latest in spa treatments and techniques - all to help spa owners and professionals
gain valuable perspective on what it takes to run and maintain a profitable spa
business. Advanced education courses and workshops from such organization as The
American Spa Therapy Education & Certification Council (ASTECC) and CIDESCO
International were held again and extremely popular with attendees.
Next
year IECSC New York will be held March 7-9, 2010 alongside IBS New York at the
Javits Center in New York City. For show information, please visit www.iecsc.com/ny.
Additional networking and educational opportunities for spa
and salon professionals are available at IECSC Las Vegas being held June 13-15,
2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visit www.iecsc.com/lv
for more information.
ABOUT IECSC/IBS NEW YORK
Produced
by Questex Media Group, Inc. and presented by American Spa and American Salon
magazines, International Esthetics, Cosmetics and Spa Conference (IECSC) New York
is co-located with IBS New York -- the largest and longest running professional
beauty event in the country. Both shows are for professionals only and reach a
wide cross-section of participants from beauty and spa product manufacturers and
distributors to salon and spa owners and managers, hair stylists, hair colorists,
estheticians, makeup artists, nail technicians, dermatologists and massage therapists.
