TRADE SHOWS
Licensing Expo Drives Brands, Retail and Big Business
By Kelli Freeman, Contributing Writer | June 25, 2026
Strategic, lucrative partnerships and fandom were top priorities at the 2026 Licensing Expo, held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas May 19–21.
IMG Moves Fashion Week Dates
IMG, the New York–based producer of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, has set the dates for the Los Angeles event a week earlier than Los Angeles Fashion Market...
Buyers Face New Challenges at Material World/SPESA Expo
The apparel industry is facing a new dynamic as buyers head to Miami Beach for the Material World, SPESA Expo & Technology Solutions May 8–10....
Strong Buyer Turnout at L.A. Majors Market
Despite the balmy weather, department-store and specialty- chain buyers from all over the country converged on the California Market Center ready to buy cool-weather offerings durin...
Pooltradeshow Goes Eco
The Pooltradeshow in Las Vegas has been a destination for home-grown and directional designers to showcase their wares for specialty boutique buyers since its launch six years ago. This Augus...
Busy Days at L.A. Textile Show
Traffic started strong and continued on throughout the April 16–18 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market Center. ...
D&A Goes Green
Designers and Agents is partnering with Good magazine to launch a new Go Green initiative and Designers and Agents Goes Green, a new section of the bicoastal trade ...
TexItalia Bows Out of L.A.
TexItalia, the exhibition of Italian textile mills sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission, will not be exhibiting at the April 15–18 run of the Los Angeles Intern...
Big Crowds Turn Out in L.A. for Fall Market
There was a lot going on at the March 23–27 run of the Fall ’07 market in Los Angeles, with plenty of exhibitors, crossmerchandising opportunities, satellite trade shows and parties to entice buyers to ...
Advanstar to Be Sold
New York–based Advanstar Communications, parent company of MAGIC International, is being sold to an investor group under the direction of private equity company Veronis Suhle...
Trade Only at CMC's Markets
The California Market Center announced plans to limit access to the building to only trade and tenants during market weeks....
CMC Brings Back Runway Shows
Runway shows will return to the California Market Center, although this time around, the wholesale apparel building will serve as venue, rather than as show producer....
Premire Vision Draws a Crowd Despite Overlap With N.Y. Shows
PARIS—There was plenty to see at the Feb. 20–23 run of Premiegrave;re Vision Pluriel, the umbrella name for the five fabric and fiber exhibitions held at Parc d’Expositions in Paris Nor...
Moda Manhattan Joins Vegas Lineup
Add another trade show to the lineup in Las Vegas next August....
New York Shows Give Buyers the Scoop on Trends
NEW YORK—Quality matters. That was the general theme for buyers who converged on the Big Apple for the women’s contemporary and designer trade shows held Feb. 18–22....
MAGIC Has Lots of Competition in Las Vegas
Exhibitors reported a busy first day at the MAGIC Marketplace, which ran Feb. 13–16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Las Vegas Hilton. From the de...
