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.
MAGIC Adds Bling to WWDMAGIC
MAGIC International will expand its jewelry resources in February with the addition of MODEUROPE, a new fashion jewelry show featuring product from Europe. “This will be the first ti...
The Seminar Circuit
The Doneger Group has been around so long—just about 60 years—you figure there isn’t a lot the company hasn’t seen. Once a buying office, The Doneger Group has morphed way beyond its origins to become one of the premier fashion forecasting...
ASR Announces Holiday Show
Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo plans to put a surf-and-skate twist on the Holiday season....
Show and Tell
From the smallest first-time exhibitor in a 10-by-5-foot space to the organizer of a mega-show, trade show exhibitors and those who put on the shows share one goal: strong sales....
Doneger Group's Trend-spotting 2007
David Wolfe: “The most exciting and challenging movement is from maximalism to minimalism. Simpler silhouettes; bigger, more interesting shapes tailored to make them interesting; less embellishment. We...
Getting in Ship-Shape
For heavy apparel industry machinery, no domestic apparel trade show can top SPESA Expo. Held in Miami every three years (in rotation with Germany’s IMB and Japan’s JIAN), SPESA Expo b...
Hotter Than Haute
Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, and, of course, Las Vegas—from sea to shining sea, the major market centers offer buyers great restaurants to talk shop, and inspi...
DMC Considers Weekday Markets
The Dallas Market Center is considering shifting future market schedules away from the current weekend format to a weekday schedule, DMC officials said....
Californian Brings Premium Fashions to Hawaii
Contemporary streetwear will head to the land of Aloha shirts when Los Angeles–based showroom owner Jason Bates produces the Coconuts & Bananas trade show for premium denim and streetwear....
Spring's Feminine Styles Keep L.A. Market Strong
With high gasoline prices falling last week, retailers seemed to feel optimistic enough to give a vote of confidence to Spring 2006 fashions and last-minute shopping for the upcoming Holiday season. ...
Despite Rain and Shows, Dedicated Buyers Come Out for L.A. Int'l Textile
This season, the Los Angeles International Textile Show was sandwiched between two market weeks, opened during dramatic thunderstorms and ran concurrently with the runway shows of Lo...
Business Healthy at L.A. Majors Market
The Los Angeles Majors Market concluded with reports of good attendance and brisk schedules....
Tech Draws Solid Start for Material World NY
NEW YORK—Apparel designers and manufacturers warmed up to technology and technical fabrics during Material World New York, which ran Sept. 28–30 at the Jacob K. Javit...
Spring Cleans Up at Coterie, D&A and The Train
NEW YORK—The Big Apple was bustling as buyers, manufacturers and sales reps convened for the trade shows that followed New York Fashion Week. There was excitement over the n...
Good Weather Makes for Good Numbers at Surf Expo
ORLANDO, Fla.—Exhibitors and attendees enjoyed clear skies and increased attendance at Surf Expo, held Sept. 16–18 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, a marked contrast from last year...
