Record sales at IT Show 2010

By Clara Huang

The four-day IT Show 2010 generated a record $67.5 million in sales over the weekend, an increase of $10 million over last year’s taking.

With more than 807,000 visitors, the show also recorded its highest turnout in its eight-year history.

Ho Wei Xuan, sales director of Starhub, said, “The crowd has been fantastic so far. It is a good sign that consumers are receptive in spending now since the economy is picking up.”

Regarded as the largest electronic fair in Singapore, the fair occupied five levels of Suntec Singapore. This exhibition space exceeded last year’s by 1,500 square feet.

The 820 exhibitors had reserved some of their best deals for this annual fair.

27-year-old marketing executive Huang Youde was one of the satisfied shoppers. He carted away a Fujitsu laptop and a free 19” LCD Monitor.

“The freebie makes this my best buy today. I believe the shops out there are not able to offer this attractive deal,” Huang said, referring to complimentary gifts offered by retailers.

In the exhibition halls, the aisles along the booths were flooded with people making enquiries and purchases of popular products such as high-definition televisions, laptops, digital cameras and printers.

Goh Wan Ling, a third-year NTU undergraduate, who visited the IT Show for the first time, said, “Singaporeans are surely very tempted by the special offers here.”

The showcase of cutting-edge technological innovations also drew many interested visitors. There were long queues at the Sony 3D pavilion to watch 3D-content screened on a 270-inch screen.

IT Show 2010 ran from Thursday to Sunday.