Hi, I’m Diane Kuntzman. I have been a kindergarten teacher 31 years. For most of those years, I have heard of Christopher Pop-In-Kins and his tradition from my students. When my husband was asked to become the president of Christopher’s parent company, Imaginatives, I was able to tell him all about how my students enjoyed the Christmas elf “popping” into their homes.
Now I have seen another side of Christopher by attending my first tradeshow: ASTRA’s Marketplace and Academy. I would like to say first that the ASTRA event was well-organized and well-attended. Whenever we had a question or a concern, the ASTRA volunteers helped immediately. It made the show so much easier and such a success for us.
A surprise for me was how many toy store owners were once teachers. Not only did they understand their young buyers, but they also did their “homework” before arriving at our booth. When an interested buyer came to our booth, they had researched our available information through ASTRA, on our website, and in Toy Directory.
Toy Directory was certainly present at the event, they interviewed exhibitors all day, and my husband was one of the first. I had thought that most of those attending would have been from the region; but we met people from states as far apart as Maine and Alaska, and most states in between.
I must admit that the event was tiring, but I had a lot of fun and am looking forward to next year’s Academy.
Christopher had a lot of fun, too!
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