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EVENT RENTAL FORECAST 2006: THINKING BIG

BY LISA HURLEY

A better business climate? Yes. Tougher competition? Yes again. When we polled the event rental industry for our annual New Year's forecast, we heard...

GUEST ROOM: CHUCK MILLER ON THE CONSOLIDATION NATION

BY LISA HURLEY

L .A.'s Classic Party Rentals proved again that the big get bigger when it acquired the tent rental operations of Torrance, Calif.-based Aztec Tents &...

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: TRASH OR CASH?

BY LISA HURLEY

WHEN an item takes up space but doesn't make a profit, what do you do? This simple question draws a range of responses from party rental pros from selling...

CLASSIC SCOOPS UP DUCKY-BOB'S AND ABBEY

L.A.-based Classic Party Rentals, the biggest event rental company in the U.S., continued its acquisition spree with the announcement last week that it has acquired Ducky-Bob's Party & Tent Rentals, a major player in Texas, and Montebello, Calif.-based Abbey Event Services, a fixture in the L.A. market for years. Terms were not disclosed....

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: POINTERS ON PERMITS

FROM the tallest party tent to the red carpet beneath guests' feet, it seems that virtually every event element requires a permit nowadays. To get some...

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: MASTERS OF DISASTERS

BY LISA HURLEY

It's no party, that's for sure. Yet the tents and generators that shelter guests at fancy weddings have at many rental companies been providing vital...

THE LAST WORD: RICHARD LO GUERCIO IS BACK AT THE PARTY

BY NATASHA GARBER

THE way Richard LoGuercio tells it, he never wanted to leave the thrill-a-minute world of event rental in the first place. Even when the prospective buyers...

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: TLC FOR INVENTORY

BY LEANNDRA MARTINEZ

WITH an intricate inventory management system at work amid rows of colorful linen, stacks of white wood chairs and piles of folded canvas ready for the...

RENTAL ESSENTIALS: THE INFLATABLES INDUSTRY GETS SERIOUS ABOUT SAFETY

BY LEANNDRA MARTINEZ

A gust of wind blows a poorly secured inflatable into the street. A moon bounce deflates while children are jumping on it. A woman falls from an inflatable...