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.
Surf Expo Increases Buyers
ORLANDO, Fla.—Exhibitors at the Jan. 12–14 run of Surf Expo said they were keeping their heads above water and moving forward wi...
Steady Business at Texworld, Attendance Up 22 Percent
NEW YORK—Steady signs of the recovery were evident at the Jan. 16–18 run of Texworld USA, held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in midtown Manhattan.
New Textile Show to Focus on Low Minimums
A frequent refrain at textile shows is "What is your minimum?" It is often repeated by small design companies struggling to find textile resources that sell fabrics in small quantities....
Kingpins Denim Show Continues to Grow With New Lines
With 118 companies attending and 10 more exhibitors than last year, the Kingpins denim show moved into the 11th-floor penthouse of the Cooper Design Space in Los Angeles,...
Upbeat Mood at Première Vision Preview New York
NEW YORK—The aisles were crowded and the mood was upbeat at the Jan. 10–11 run of Première Vision Preview at the Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building in New York’s C...
Designers and Agents to Launch Menswear Show
Designers and Agents is launching a menswear show, called D&A Man, in New York this summer to coincide with Men’s Fashion Week. ...
Textiles, Fashion and Tech to Meet at 8th Annual Smart Fabrics Conference
With an agenda that includes presentations by Nike, Adidas and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the eighth annual ...
Kingpins Lines Up Designers to Demo Waterless Denim Wash, Bows Eco Concept
A Spanish company is taking the water out of the wash, and visitors to the Jan. 10–11 run of the Kingpins trade show in Los Angeles will get to see the company’s methods in person. ...
Glendale Galleria Remodels With Upscale Look
The Glendale City Council unanimously gave design-review approval for an extensive remodel of the Glendale Galleria retail center Nov. 29.The council will further review plans and give its fi...
Maven Ronda Walker Brings the Factory People Together
Pooltradeshow founder Ronda Walker is anticipating launching her latest project—a virtual trade show—this month and predicts that by 2012, the site, called The Factory, will have 3 million users. Walker, who sol...
New Gift Tenants at the CMC
New wholesale gift and home deacute;cor companies are moving to the California Market Center in Los Angeles, joining the building’s growing Gift and Home Showcase o...
Visual Display: Designing a Better Trade Show
David Winston has an antidote to cure the common trade show blues....
Agenda: Filling Up Empty Space
For Aaron Levant, the interior of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is nothing but empty space....
New Media Technologies Put Trade Shows on Path to Innovation
For years, trade shows were saddled with the reputation of being disconnected meet-and-greets in over-air-conditioned convention centers, but now they offer distinct personalities, online communities ...
LA Market Calendar Schedule Disagreement
After the last orders were written at the recent Oct. 17–20 run of Los Angeles Fashion Market, showroom owners started talking about the long-argued, but never-settled, subject of market dates...
