Most companies take a huge amount of stock but not necessarily everything. Each company has a stand where they display their merchandise and do demonstrations, sometimes talks etc.
VAT is always charged on the day ... it is illegal not to. VAT has to be paid whether we like it or not. There will be fantastic SHOW DEALS, though I doubt any freebies :cry: (when a show can have 10,000 attendies, to gear up to give away something free to all can be very costly indeed. Crumbs the stands cost enough to rent ... you wouldn't believe!
Sometimes the 2nd day can be thin on the stock front ... well I know it can be on the CND stand sometimes although we try very hard to avoid it. There will be a certain amount of stock taken to the show and when it is gone it is gone. When the special deals run out they run out. What can you do?