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60%<br />
40%<br />
20%<br />
0%<br />
Massive Appeal!<br />
At left, a<br />
variety of new<br />
cue and case<br />
options from<br />
Fury Cues and<br />
Sterling Cases.<br />
At right, “Flirt”<br />
Players cues and<br />
cases for women<br />
players from Cue<br />
& Case Sales!<br />
Of the forty percent of billiard dealers who answered “yes” to success with<br />
certain product categories, cues, cases, and gameroom options top the list!<br />
42.1%<br />
57.9%<br />
Yes No<br />
Left: a dining-to-poker table from Darafeev. Above,<br />
actor/producer Yancey Arias and Paul Darafeev,<br />
collaborators on the Ariastar line of poker tables.<br />
Final Predictions<br />
We asked buyers their thoughts about<br />
the next 6, 12 months and 24 months:<br />
Some still had concerns: “Our high end<br />
products will probably drop, but low end<br />
sales should stay the same or increase.”<br />
One buyer told us candidly, “The next<br />
six months will be challenging.”<br />
But most were more enthusiastic. “I do<br />
expect business sales to pick up,” said one.<br />
Another dealer said, “We actually hope<br />
to increase sales by 6 to 12 percent.”<br />
One buyer projected that business would<br />
be, “steady for six months, somewhat better<br />
in twelve, hopefully very good in 24.”<br />
For the both buyers and manufacturers<br />
who’ve weathered the storm so far, this<br />
year’s BCA Expo seemed a solid indicator<br />
of brighter days on the horizon...<br />
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