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.
CMC Sets Market, Textile Dates for Spring
The California Market Center has moved the Los Angeles International Textile Show dates to eliminate a conflict with the new Los Angeles Contemporary Market dates in March, ...
CMC to Host January Glow
The California Market Center said it will host a new trade show focusing on lifestyle products during the same week it sponsors the Los Angeles Gift & Home Mark...
Levant Buys Out Agenda Partner
Aaron Levant, partner of Los Angeles–based Agenda LLC, has purchased the 50 percent share of his business partner, Luis Pulido. Levant is now the sole owner of the company, which prod...
Los Angeles Contemporary Resources Shift Fall '05 Market Dates to March
Contemporary and designer representatives announced plans to move the Fall ’05 Los Angeles Market Week dates to March 20–24 in an effort to boost business and increase participation....
Project Joins Las Vegas Line Up
New York–based Project Global Trade Show will take its contemporary menswear show to Las Vegas, staging its event concurrently with MAGIC International’s next run in February....
No Europe for ASR
Action Sports Retailer has canceled its 2005 European trade show because it failed to secure a date and location that would satisfy retailers and manufacturers in the surf and skate industrie...
Strong Sales At L.A. Market
Traffic was heavy and business was brisk during the Oct. 29–Nov. 2 run of Los Angeles Market Week—despite the uncertainty during the last days of the presidential election and the ongoing finan...
Permanent Showrooms Open at S.F. Market
SAN FRANCISCO—A group of San Francisco–based reps opened permanent showrooms during the San Francisco Fashion Market at a space across from the Concourse Exhibition C...
Mood Light Despite Gray Skies at L.A. Textile Show
Neither rain nor fast-approaching fashion and market weeks kept designers and piece-goods buyers from turning out at the Los Angeles International Textile Show, held Oct. 18–20 at the...
New Gift Sourcing Show Coming to L.A.
Sources L.A.—an annual trade show geared toward gift industry importers, distributors and volume buyers—will debut Jan. 21–24, 2006, at the Los Angeles Convention Center....
MAGIC Adds Hilton Space for February Show
Woodland Hills, Calif.–based MAGIC International has acquired space in the Las Vegas Hilton to use for the next MAGIC Marketplace trade show, set for Feb. 14–17, 2005...
Spring Sales Buzz at L.A. Majors Market
The California Market Center was abuzz with buyers looking for Spring 2005 merchandise at the Los Angeles Majors Market, held Oct. 11–14....
Trina Turk, Nicole Miller at Dallas Markets
Designers Nicole Miller and Trina Turk will be among those making personal appearances Oct. 21–24 at two separate Dallas apparel markets....
Increasing the International in the L.A. Textile Show
Visitors to the Oct. 18–20 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market Center will get a greater sampling of international exhibitors than they...
Spring Fever and Key Trends at Fashion Coterie and D&A
NEW YORK—“Spring” was the buzz word at the Designers & Agents and Fashion Coterie trade shows in New York. Aisles were crowded with buyers hungrily viewing ...
