Tuesday, June 12, 2012
**All Tuesday events will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center (BCC)
8:00-8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
Start your morning on the right foot with ASTRA. Join us for a continental breakfast and chat with ASTRA friends over hot coffee and a light breakfast.
8:30-9:00 AM
Retail Session
Using ASTRA ’s Neighborhood Toy Store Day to Promote Your Store
It’s the day we celebrate your uniqueness in the marketplace, your contributions to the community and the smart cool toys you love to sell. Learn how Neighborhood Toy Store Day can be one of your best-selling Saturdays in November. We’ll share day-of-activity suggestions, marketing tips and tools, plus Facebook and Twitter campaigns that will get you noticed.
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Exhibits Open
Another full, uninterrupted day with toys and vendors! By 5:00 PM, you’ll be set with the hot selling classics and innovative new toys your store will stock for the holidays—and you’ll have gotten a hefty discount on most products in the bargain!
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Best Toys for Kids Finalists Display and Voting
ASTRA’s signature Best Toys for Kids program is a proven attention grabber for your store during the holiday season, and ASTRA provides great user-friendly tools to support your sales of Best Toys for Kids winning products. Stop by to see the products nominated by your fellow retailers for this honor, and vote for your top picks at the booth. Winners will be announced at the Wednesday closing session.
NOON – 1:00 PM
Lunch in Exhibit Hall Provided by ASTRA
5:00 PM UNTIL…
Free Evening with Family and Friends!
Baltimore! Home of crab cakes and the Orioles, Inner Harbor and Edgar Allen Poe! You will find plenty of family-centered attractions to enjoy, and lots of fun stuff for grown-ups, too! For starters, stop by Baltimore’s Harborplace on the waterfront, home to many tasty restaurants, unique shopping, famous museums, live entertainment, local pubs and taverns. Although nearly everything is within easy walking distance, you can also explore Baltimore’s many one-of-a-kind neighborhoods, museums and attractions via the fast, free and green Charm City Circulator. Other enjoyable options include water taxis, trolley tours or harbor cruises.
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