Transforming ordinary places into compelling spaces. From trade show booths to pop-up shops, we create brand affinity through spatial design.
Our Collaboration With
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THE MART
The Merchandise Mart asked us to use our brand marketing skills to make exhibitors the focus of their trade shows. Each year, we work with 500-plus exhibitors at nine shows held in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. Our brand-centric approach allows us to think about each booth through the lens of buyer emotion, and to create unique spaces and experiences that increase opportunity. As a local company and the Mart’s only ‘one-stop shop’ for all exhibitor services, we’re boots-on-the-ground that make the trade show process easier so you can focus on your primary work - selling.
Place An Order
From essential signage to necessary fixtures to storing your materials between shows, we offer everything needed for an efficient and successful trade show experience.
Click below to see our most popular products and services, which you can reserve at no up-front cost. If you don’t see what you want or need help navigating the options, schedule a time to chat with our team. It’s free and you’re under no obligation.
Get More From The Show
Use our expertise and experience to create a better selling environment, as well as to connect with your audience. Our design and event promotion services help you get the most from exhibiting in trade shows at the Merchandise Mart.
We merge our marketing know-how and our familiarity with the ins-and-outs of the Mart to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions. From an effective booth to an appealing marketing activation, we make your 3 days in Chicago useful. There’s no extra charge for our services. Submit the survey below and we’ll reach out to get the ball rolling.
Important Dates
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2024-12-12 Standard order deadline
2025-01-09 Rush order deadline*
2025-01-23 Super rush order deadline*
2025-01-31 On-site order deadline*
*Rush fees may apply
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2025-01-24 Standard order deadline
2025-02-06 Rush order deadline*
2025-02-20 Super rush order deadline*
2025-02-28 On-site order deadline*
*Rush fees may apply
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2025-01-30 Standard order deadline
2025-02-13 Rush order deadline*
2025-02-27 Super rush order deadline*
2025-03-07 On-site order deadline*
*Rush fees may apply
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2025-05-01 Standard order deadline
2025-05-15 Rush order deadline*
2025-05-29 Super rush order deadline*
2025-06-05 On-site order deadline*
*Rush fees may apply
Unleashing
Brand
Power
Unlike many apparel trade shows that want exhibitors’ to conform, the Chicago Collective has harnessed brand power by encouraging individual expression. Each show is an extraordinary experience that excites and amazes. Our job is to ideate ways with exhibitors on ways to communicate their message, and then to execute it to their exacting standards. Like mimicking a speakeasy through graphics on an elevator door.
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Changing
Mindset
Convincing buyers a luxury tee-shirt was a sartorial necessity needed refashioning expectations. To expand horizons we upended conventional thought about trade show booths to reinforce Left Coast Tee’s creative chops while raising curiosity about its interpretation of an iconic product.
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KEEPING
IT
REAL
When you visit the Lee Allison Company’s loft, you’re immediately immersed in a space that is best defined as somewhere between steam punk and old-world luxury. The cool factor excites you to a level that you say to yourself that you’ve got to buy something. To evoke that emotion in buyers and tell them what makes Lee Allison’s accessories so appealing, we took the eclectic, quirky, bohemian chic sensibility of the loft on the road.
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Using
Your
Assets
Bogner is a European brand steeped in ski. Not surprisingly Willy Bogner, whose father established the company, is a world-class skier like his father. But to our amazement, he’s also an accomplished cameraman. Once we learned that he had filmed some of the ski footage for the Bond movies, we had to find a way to highlight this as part of their brand story. Viola! We designed and built a custom video monitor surround with a cut-out in the shape of ski googles. The brand’s video content was already an attraction. The stage drew attention to it from far and wide.
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Investing
In Smart
Design
David Donahue knows the power of presentation. Their New York showroom is handsome and designed to function. Large surfaces to show product. Well-organized and accessible drawers for samples and swatches. Modular furniture that can be repurposed as needed. Our brief was to bring this distinction and effectiveness to their booth while adding efficiency and durability needed for furniture that’s always on the go. From fabrication to booth production to warehousing, our white-glove service allows the David Donahue team to focus on building relationships versus building fixtures.