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Related content Ending show freed up FMI resources Associations re-evaluate meetings, events in #MeToo era DHI's trade show never fully recovered from the recession. The National Grocers Association show was going strong. The Clean Show, partly owned by TRSA, was losing its management company. DHI (formerly the Door and Hardware Institute) sold its show outright. NGA sold a majority interest. TRSA (formerly the Textile Rental Services Association) and the four other associations that own The Clean Show are in advanced negotiations to sell. "We realized that we could take the proceeds, and they would carry us for a period of time and during that time we could reinvest in… Read More