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L.A. Sourcing, Textile Shows Provide Greater Options
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | August 7, 2026
As July wound down, Los Angeles welcomed a roster of apparel textile and sourcing shows across categories. Messe Frankfurt hosted its summer Los Angeles Texworld and Apparel Sourcing L.A. editions July 21–23 at the California Market Center in downtown’s fashion district to showcase supply-chain resources from textile providers to apparel manufacturers.
Q&A: Trade Show Outlook on 2018
As we get ready to ring in the new year, trade-show organizers are starting to roll out some of their plans for 2018.
At Fashion Market Northern California, Business Continues Despite California Fires
It didn’t look like a good day to go to a trade show.
CMC Hosts Influencer Panel
The California Market Center organized several seminars during the recent Los Angeles Fashion Market, including one titled “The Importance of Influencers for the Modern-Day Retailer.”
Buyers Navigate Sprawling LA Market
The recent Los Angeles Fashion Market was a sprawling affair with permanent showrooms and temporary exhibitors showing at trade shows showcasing everything from Immediate goods to Spring merchandise to a group of buyers that were predominantly local.
OC Mix’s Easy Format Draws Regional Buyers
In the trade-show world, small can be beautiful.
LA Textile Show’s Mix Includes Fiber, Fabric, Factories and More for Sourcing from Concept to Creation
Traffic ebbed and flowed during the Oct. 2–4 run of the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market Center, where exhibitors included just about every point along the apparel supply chain.
Majors Market Busy Despite Big Changes in Retail Industry
Department stores and big-box retailers are going through a time of incredible change, but salespeople working at the LA Majors Market, which is devoted to department stores and mass retailers, reported a busy pace during the Oct. 2–4 market at the California Market Center.
Coterie’s Wide-Ranging Mix of Apparel and Accessories
More than 1,000 apparel brands came to the Coterie trade show, which took place Sept. 17–19 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York.
D&A NY: Focused on Specialty Brands and Independent Boutiques
Though the news is rife with stories about internet retailers hammering bricks-and-mortar stores, at the Designers and Agents trade show, which took place Sept. 16–18, independent fashion boutiques—and the specialty brands they carry—were alive and well.
Shop.org Gages Power of Digital Commerce
With the star power of Tyra Banks and Kobe Bryant making speeches, National Retail Federation’s Shop.org convention made the case that digital commerce was on a course to grow even more prominent with the help of burgeoning technologies such as voice technology, artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
Surf Expo Dodges Hurricane to Showcase Summer 2018 Collections
There were no registration lines at 9 a.m. on the opening day of Surf Expo and few vehicles in the massive parking lots at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.
Serious Retailers Turn Out to Write Orders at Fashion Market Northern California
The August edition of the Fashion Market Northern California trade show is always the smallest of the event’s five annual shows because it is held just days after the humongous apparel trade shows wrap up in Las Vegas.
Pool Provides a Showcase for Up-and-Comers and Indies
UBM’s Pooltradeshow has always been a venue for independent and up-and-coming apparel and accessories brands. The Aug. 14–16 show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center returned to its prime location next to Project near the shuttle bus drop-off.
Sourcing at MAGIC: Focus on Vietnam
At the vast Sourcing at MAGIC show, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, it was around the world in more than 2,000 booths, not around the world in 80 days.
Offprice: Even Discount Retailers Feeling the Pinch
Bargain hunters should feel right at home at the Offprice show in Las Vegas, held Aug. 12–15 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
