Denim’s Future and Legacy Take Center Stage at Kingpins Amsterdam
| April 27, 2026
Kingpins Amsterdam brought in 1,033 attendees from 514 companies across 40 countries—a slight dip in traffic from October’s show.
Cal Mart Adds Focus, Giveaway
The California Mart has added a new multi-line exhibition area to the Nov. 2–6 run of the Los Angeles market....
Mixed Message at L.A. Textile Show
Textile buyer turnout was good but fell below expectations at the Los Angeles International Textile Show, according to several textile reps and organizers who said they were hoping the Oct. ...
ISAM Moves to Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
It’s official—the Los Angeles swimwear industry’s biannual swim show, International Swimwear/Activewear Market (ISAM), will move from the California Mart to the Santa Monica Civic Audi...
L.A. Textile Show to Open With High Hopes, Realistic Expectations
The Los Angeles International Textile Show will open with exhibitors hoping for strong turnout following less than stellar showings at other recent national and international textile shows....
Possible Move, Sluggish Traffic Hot Topics at ISAM
Both exhibitors and buyers reported feeling the ripple effects of the national crisis stemming from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the Oct. 8–11 run of the annual International Swi...
Focused BuyingMarks Spring Junior/Contemporary Market
Cars were triple-parked in the California Mart parking lot for much of the week, and turnout was strong at the Directives West and Barbara Fields Buying Office fashion shows that also took ...
Garreaud Joins GLM Team
Veteran sales manager Julia Garreaud has joined trade-show manager George Little Management LLC as its new buyer services consultant. Garreaud is based in Southern California and will be re...
Slow Traffic Marks Third Installment of Urban Suburban
Less than one month after the terrorist attacks that physically impacted New York and Washington, D.C., but psychologically impacted the entire nation and nearly every industry, the Urban Suburban t...
ISAM Considers Westward Move
The Los Angeles swimwear industry’s biannual swim show, International Swimwear/Activewear Market (ISAM), is considering moving its venue from the California Mart to the Santa...
Cal Mart Keeps Buyer Incentive Program
As the nation continues the process of picking itself up and dusting itself off after the tragic events of Sept. 11, the impact from the day is still reverberating in several of the country’s industri...
Material World's Promise Cut Short
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—A favorable start for the second annual Material World textile trade show in Miami Beach was halted with the news of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., on Se...
Skate's Up, Snow's Down and Surf Maintains at ASR
Skate shoes and apparel, including streetwear, dominated over surf gear and the barely showing snow gear category at the Sept. 6–8 edition of Laguna Beach, Calif.-based VNU Expo...
Material WorldOpens AmidGlobal Concerns
The second annual run of Material World, the Miami Beach, Fla.-based textile show set to take place Sept. 10–12 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, will be held against a backdrop o...
Las Vegas Draws Cautious Retailers Looking for Hits
Apparel manufacturers and buyers, bruised from the economic blows hitting the industry, entered the retail ring again at this year’s Spring 2002 MAGIC International trade show in Las Vegas with temper...
ASR Exhibitors Expand Show Beyond Walls
The Spring/Summer edition of the Action Sports Retailer Trade Expo (ASR), to be held Sep. 6–8 in San Diego, has grown beyond the old walls of the San Diego Convention Center, which ha...
