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Brand-color polos, khakis or dark jeans and clean sneakers. Practical for kneeling at a sample bar or a grooming table.
Best for: Sample bars, order countersFriendly, polished SuperZoo 2027 staffing for pet brands: sampling hosts, grooming demo presenters, order-writing reps and camera-ready models. A Las Vegas crew at $85 an hour per person, with no travel fees.
Real Purple eventSources: World Pet Association post-show release for SuperZoo 2026 (August 20, 2026); show floor size, 2027 dates and venue from superzoo.org.
SuperZoo is a buying show, so your crew has to help pet retailers order, not just say hello. Purple Exhibits supplies SuperZoo booth staff for pet brands: sampling hosts, grooming product presenters, booth reps who write show orders, greeters and trade show models. Each role is $85 per hour per person, four-hour minimum. Our people live in Las Vegas, so your invoice has no flights, hotels or travel fees. SuperZoo 2027 fills the Mandalay Bay Convention Center floor August 11–13, with education sessions August 10–11. We brief staff on your treats, tools and show specials, keep the sample bar stocked and move store owners to the order counter. Live animals on the floor stay with your own handler; our staff simply follow the show’s animal rules. Book by late June for the best pick of people, or call with 72 hours’ notice for a rush crew.
Reps and hosts from real Purple Exhibits booths. Warm with visitors, sharp on product, and polished from the first sample to the last order.
01 · Booth staff (top of page). Two booth staff in dark tees sit on green turf with two calm yellow Labradors in working vests at a grooming products booth. Friendly, at eye level, easy to talk to.
That is the tone we bring to SuperZoo: relaxed with pet people, briefed on your line and quick to send buyers to the counter.
Book SuperZoo staffReal Purple Exhibits events.
Four uniform styles that suit a pet products floor. One look for the whole crew, or a different one per job.
Brand-color polos, khakis or dark jeans and clean sneakers. Practical for kneeling at a sample bar or a grooming table.
Best for: Sample bars, order countersA branded apron over a dark tee, sleeves ready. It tells visitors this person can show the tool, not just talk about it.
Best for: Grooming tables, demosA tailored blazer over a plain top with trousers. Calm and polished for chain buyers and planning meetings.
Best for: Buyer meetings, suitesOne bold brand color, simple cut, flat or block-heel shoes for a long day on carpet. Made for photos.
Best for: Launch hours, dinnersSend the dress code and brand colors when you book. We brief each staffer on shoes, hair and badge placement, and we pick comfortable shoes for three days on carpet.
Tell us what your booth does: sampling, grooming demos, order writing. The tag prints your crew and the price at $85 per hour.
Six stations most pet booths have, and who works each one. Tap a station to see the job.
Example 20×30 pet products booth, not to scale. Before the show we mark up your real floor plan the same way.
Buyers scan the wall first. A brand ambassador stands here, names the best sellers and the new line, and hands a sell sheet to anyone who stops.
A sampling host keeps the tray full, reads the ingredient card out loud and offers take-home packs. Sampling follows the rules in your exhibitor manual.
A product presenter shows your shampoo, dryer or clipper on a posted schedule. Between slots the table is wiped and the drip tray emptied, so the next demo starts clean.
Store owners come to write orders. A booth rep confirms the store, scans the badge and enters the show special, then books follow-up with your sales team.
A quiet table behind the counter for chain and distributor buyers. A host checks the appointment list and keeps the next meeting waiting off the aisle.
The greeter reads the badge, asks “store, groomer or distributor?” and walks each visitor to the right person in under a minute.
Brands that have booked Purple
A sample is the start of a sales talk, not a giveaway. Here is how our sampling hosts run your bar at SuperZoo.
A sampling host never just holds a tray. Every sample comes with an ingredient card and a sealed take-home pack for the store owner’s own pets.
Retailers want to know if a product will sell on their shelf. Hosts learn the short answers before doors open.
Food and treat sampling has rules. We read the sampling and animal sections of your exhibitor manual with you and brief every host on them.
Groomers are some of the most hands-on visitors at SuperZoo. Short, regular demos keep them at your table. One presenter runs each slot like this.
Table set, tools charged, drip tray empty, towels stacked. The presenter runs the demo once with your trainer.
A short demo of one product: a shampoo, a dryer, a clipper or a brush. The presenter keeps it under ten minutes.
Wipe down, refill bottles, swap towels. The next group is lined up along your booth edge.
Groomers who want more get a sell sheet and a walk to the order counter.
Demo tools draw real power, and water gets everywhere. Our SuperZoo 2027 exhibitor guide covers electrical, washable flooring and drip trays, so the presenter has a clean, safe table to work at.
The World Pet Association calls SuperZoo a buying show, and most visitors come to place orders. Each kind of buyer needs a different kind of help.
Small store owners buy for their own shelves and decide on the spot. A rep confirms the store, scans the badge and enters the show special while they are still at the counter.
Chain and distributor buyers want a calm table and your sales lead. The meeting host keeps the schedule and seats the next appointment off the aisle.
Groomers want to feel the tool. The presenter lets them try it, answers the practical questions and passes serious interest to your rep.
Seven jobs we fill at SuperZoo, what each person does and how many most booths need.
| Role | What they do at SuperZoo | How many | Book by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling host | Hands out treat and food samples, explains ingredients, offers take-home packs | One per sample bar | Late June |
| Product presenter | Runs grooming, toy or tech demos on a schedule at a table or small stage | One per demo table | Late June |
| Booth rep | Qualifies store owners, groomers and distributors and writes show orders on a tablet | One per order counter | Late June |
| Meeting host | Keeps chain-buyer meetings on time at a quiet table | One per meeting area | Early July |
| Aisle greeter | Reads badges and sends each visitor to the right person | One for 20×20 and up | Early July |
| Brand ambassador | Works the product wall and the aisle, hands out sell sheets | One per hero display | Early July |
| Trade show model | Stands with a launch product for photos and press | One per launch | Early July |
Eight services pet brands book for SuperZoo, all at $85 per hour per person. Exhibiting at other Las Vegas shows this year? Our Las Vegas trade show models and event staffing page covers the whole calendar.
Models stand with your launch product or hero display so buyers and pet press stop for a photo. They learn the product name and the one-line pitch first.
Ambassadors work the aisle and the product wall, trade sell sheets for a badge scan and bring store owners into the booth.
Treat and food sampling with ingredient cards and take-home packs, done by the rules in your exhibitor manual.
Presenters run short, timed demos of grooming tools, shampoos, toys or pet tech, then pass hot leads to your rep.
Reps qualify each visitor, scan the badge and enter show specials on your tablet so the order is not lost after the show.
Hosts keep chain-buyer meetings and hotel suite meetings on time and greet each guest by name.
Check-in for a session you host during education days or for an evening event, with names, wristbands and badge scans.
SuperZoo 2026 drew registrations from 70 countries. Tell us which languages your distributors speak and we confirm who is free with the quote.
Warm with pet people, sharp on product and focused on orders. These are the five roles we send most often to SuperZoo.
Ambassadors who hand out pet treat samples and bring store owners into the booth.
Presenters who demo grooming products on a schedule and reset the table between slots.
Hostesses who greet buyers at a pet brand booth and walk them to the right person.
Sampling hosts with a tray of pet food samples, ingredient cards and take-home packs.
Reps with a tablet who talk to pet store buyers and enter show orders on the spot.
Send your lineProducts, show specials and the sampling plan.
We brief on siteTrays, demo table and order flow tested before doors.
Orders capturedEvery buyer scanned and handed to your team.
Summer goes fast, and most of this happens in June and July. Your ticks save in this browser.
One prep day while education runs, then three days on the show floor.
SuperZoo uses the Bayside Halls on one level at Mandalay Bay. Our Mandalay Bay Convention Center venue guide covers halls, docks and labor. Back at Mandalay Bay in July? The same local crew staffs Cosmoprof North America booths, and we cover MAGIC in August too.
Education day one. Crews do the walkthrough, stock the sample bar and test the grooming table.
Full crews on the show floor, plus meeting hosts in suites at the resort.
Retailer dinners and brand parties along the south Strip and across Las Vegas.
Pets on the floor. SuperZoo allows animals in the halls only for set purposes, such as contests, education and exhibitor display. If you bring one, your own handler stays with it. Our staff follow the show’s animal rules and keep the space around it calm.
Common SuperZoo crews by booth size and setup, at $85 per person per hour.
| Booth | Typical crew per shift | People | Per day | Whole show |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10×10 Emerging Brands | A sampling host and a booth rep | 2 | $1,360 | $4,080 |
| 10×20 treat or food brand | A greeter, a sampling host and a rep | 3 | $2,040 | $6,120 |
| 20×20 with a grooming table | A presenter, a sampling host, a rep and a greeter | 4 | $2,720 | $8,160 |
| 20×30 with an order counter | A presenter, 2 sampling hosts, 2 reps and a greeter | 6 | $4,080 | $12,240 |
| 30×40 island with meetings | 2 presenters, 2 sampling hosts, 2 reps, a meeting host and 2 ambassadors | 9 | $6,120 | $18,360 |
| Education days only | A host for a hosted session or demo, August 10–11 | 1 | $680 | $2,040 |
8-hour days × 3 show days × $85 per person per hour. No travel, hotel or agency markup.
A 20×20 booth with a sample bar, a grooming table and an order counter needs four people: a sampling host, a presenter, a rep and a greeter. Compare a local Las Vegas crew with flying the same four in for an August week.
| SuperZoo 20×20, three floor days | Cost |
|---|---|
| Purple local staff | |
| Travel, hotel, per-diem | $0 |
| Your SuperZoo total |
| Typical fly-in agency, same team | Cost |
|---|---|
| Staff hours at $85 | |
| Round-trip flights ~$360 each | |
| Hotel Mandalay Bay area, August · ~$240/night | |
| Per-diem ~$84/day | |
| Fly-in total |
Compared on what actually changes your results and your invoice in SuperZoo.
| Purple local crew | Fly-in staffing agency | General temp agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay per hour | One flat $85, models to reps | Day rate plus travel costs | Cheap, but not booth-trained |
| Travel and hotel | $0. The team lives in SuperZoo | About $360 flight plus $240/night per person | $0 |
| Local knowledge | Halls, transit and shortcuts | Arrives with a map | Depends on the person |
| The SuperZoo edge | Trays, demo table and order flow tested before doors. | Not local | Not specialised |
| Trained on your product | Briefing call and cheat sheet | Sometimes, for a fee | No |
| Lead capture | Qualifies and tags every scan | Varies | Not part of the job |
Fly-in costs use the same typical SuperZoo rates as the budget above. Other agencies’ pricing varies.
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We’ll email your quote within 24 hours, usually much sooner. Need it now? Call (800) 994-8030.
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$85 per hour per person, with a four-hour minimum. Sampling hosts, presenters, reps, greeters and models all bill at that one rate. The crew is local to Las Vegas, so there are no travel fees.
The show floor is open August 11–13, 2027, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Education sessions run August 10–11.
Count one sampling host per sample bar, one presenter per grooming or demo table and one rep per order counter. Add a greeter at 20×20 and up. The crew builder on this page does the math.
Yes. Sampling hosts keep trays covered and full, explain ingredients and hand out take-home packs. We follow the sampling rules in your exhibitor manual.
No. If you bring a display animal, your own handler stays with it. Our staff follow the show’s animal rules and keep the space around the animal calm and clear.
Yes. Reps learn your show specials, scan badges and enter orders on your tablet or order form. Pricing exceptions stay with your sales team.
Yes. A product presenter runs short demos on a schedule, resets the table between slots and sends interested groomers to your rep. Your trainer briefs them before doors.
Yes. SuperZoo is limited to pet industry professionals, and everyone on the floor needs a badge. Plan exhibitor badges for the crew; we send names early.
Late June gives you the widest choice of staff. After that we still book, and rush orders are possible with 72 hours’ notice.
Standby staff are on call in Las Vegas for all three floor days. If a replacement who knows your brief is not at the booth within two hours, you do not pay for that shift.
No. We are an independent company that pet brands hire directly. We are not affiliated with SuperZoo or the World Pet Association.
Book with Purple Exhibits by phone or with the quote form on this page. Our crew lives in Las Vegas and reaches the Mandalay Bay Convention Center with no travel fees.
Yes. Book one floor day, one launch hour block or one evening event. Each person has a four-hour minimum at $85 per hour.
The same $85 per hour per person as every other role. An eight-hour floor day for one model is $680, with no travel fees on top.
Yes. We design and build exhibits, including sample bars and grooming tables with washable flooring, and staff them under one plan.
Pet brands do a lot of business off the floor. We staff those hours too, same rate.
Seating, name cards and sample gift bags.
We send: HostessesPrivate range meetings for chain buyers.
We send: Meeting hosts, booth repsCheck-in for a session you host.
We send: Registration staffNew product reveals for buyers and press.
We send: Product presenters, modelsGuest lists, wristbands and photo walls.
We send: Door hosts, ambassadorsStaffing by show
Las Vegas and this show
Purple Exhibits is an independent exhibit and staffing company. We staff exhibitors at SuperZoo; we are not affiliated with the World Pet Association (WPA). Show names belong to their owners.
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