The Trinidad and To­ba­go Man­u­fac­tur­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTMA) Moth­er’s Day Pop-Up Shop drew large crowds at the Cen­tre of Ex­cel­lence in Ma­coya over the week­end, with or­gan­is­ers say­ing the event has al­ready out­grown the venue due to over­whelm­ing de­mand.

TTMA chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer Dr Ramesh Ramdeen said the re­sponse to the an­nu­al ini­tia­tive far ex­ceed­ed ca­pac­i­ty, with all vend­ing spaces tak­en with­in hours of reg­is­tra­tion open­ing months in ad­vance.

“This pop-up shop was so suc­cess­ful. We an­nounced it about three months ago at 9 o’clock in the morn­ing. We opened it up, and by about 11.30 to 12 o’clock it was sold out. It is over-sub­scribed. We have out­grown the Cen­tre of Ex­cel­lence, which is the on­ly place that can ac­com­mo­date 90-odd ven­dors. We have about 92 ven­dors in­side here,” he said.