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www.IndependentRetailer.com TRADESHOW CALENDAR AUGUST AUG 1-3, Accessories The Show
New York, NY - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center AccessoriesTheShow is the longest running and largest all accessories trade event in the United States. This juried tradeshow covers every category of accessories. Accessori- esTheShow features a cornucopia of New Market Fads, Fine Nationally Advertised Brands, Key International Collections and Unprecedented Amenities. Replete with every category in demand, the Marketplace for hot, new directions in edited acces- sories. AccessoriesTheShow’s sister publication is Accessories Magazine. For further information: Maggie Wengertsman, Accessories The Show / Business Journals, Inc., 50 Day St., Norwalk, CT 06854. Telephone: 866-696-6020; Fax: 203- 838-5028; Email:
maggiew@busjour.com; Website: www.
accessoriestheshow.com.
AUG 1-3, MODA Manhattan
New York, NY - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center AccessoriesTheShow is the longest running and largest all accessories trade event in the United States. This juried tradeshow covers every category of accessories. Accessori- esTheShow features a cornucopia of New Market Fads, Fine Nationally Advertised Brands, Key International Collections and Unprecedented Amenities. Replete with every category in demand, the Marketplace for hot, new directions in edited acces- sories. AccessoriesTheShow’s sister publication is Accessories Magazine. For further information: Maggie Wengertsman, Accessories The Show / Business Journals, Inc., 50 Day St., Norwalk, CT 06854. Telephone: 866-696-6020; Fax: 203- 838-5028; Email:
Maggiew@busjour.com; Website: www.
modamanhattan.com.
AUG 5-7, Salt Lake Wholesale Gift & Home
Accessory Show Sandy, UT - Southtown Expo Center Since 1954, the Salt Lake Gift Show has been the premier gift and home accessory show in the intermountain west. These Semi-Annual events are open to retail store owners, corporate buyers and premium buyers. This wholesale, order taking market features gifts, souvenirs, seasonal, stationery, jewelry, home decor, fl oral, furniture, imports, apparel, gourmet food, novelty and more. For further information: Kerry Dixon, Progressive Exhibitors, Inc., P.O. Box 902008, Sandy, UT 84090. Telephone: 801-782-7771; Fax: 801-999-7000; Email: info@saltlakegift-
show.com; Website:
www.saltlakegiftshow.com.
AUG 7-9, Atlanta Jewelry Show
Atlanta, GA - Cobb Galleria Fine Jewelry Trade Show Open to the Trade Only. For further information: Carol Young, Southern Jewelry Travelers Asso- ciation, 4 Executive Park Dr., Ste. 1202, Atlanta, GA 30329. Telephone: 800-241-0399, 404-634-3434; Fax: 404-634-4663; Email:
info@atlantajewelryshow.com; Website:
www.atlanta-
jewelryshow.com.
AUG 7-9, Biloxi Mississippi Wholesale Gift Show Biloxi, MS - Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum &
Convention Ceter Wholesale Gift Show. Open to retailers only. For qualifi ed buyers only! General public not admitted. This is not a cash-and-carry show. For further information: Toni Pettigrew, Wholesale Markets Inc., P.O. Box 56, Piedmont, OK 73078. Telephone: 800-951-1994, 405-373-2020; Fax: 405-373-2193; Email: info@
wmigiftshows.com; Website:
www.wmigiftshows.com.
AUG 7-9, Pittsburgh Gift Show
Monroeville, PA - Monroeville Convention Center Wholesale show (to trade only) featuring gifts, souvenirs, house- wares, fl oral, baby & children’s goods, jewelry, stationary etc. NEW this year: Cash & Carry section. For further information: Patti Cartwright, Show Manager, Coral Productions, Inc., 100 Bickford St., Rochester, NY 14606. Telephone: 585-254-2580 ext. 231, 800-997-GIFT; Fax: 585-458-1511; Email: giftshows@
coralproductions.com; Website:
www.pittsburghgiftshow.com,
www.westernnewyorkgiftshow.com.
AUG 8-9, St. Louis Gift Show
St. Charles, MO - St. Charles Convention Center Gifts, Jewelry & Gourmet Foods. For further information: Larry Harris, Rosehill Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 17112, Cincinnati, OH 45217. Telephone: 513-861-1139; Fax: 513- 751-4485; Email:
info@stlouisgiftshow.com; Website: www.
stlouisgiftshow.com.
AUG 8-10, JCK Toronto Toronto, Canada, ON - Metro Toronto Convention
Centre - North Building This world showcase will feature international and national manufacturers displaying jewelry, gifts and related products. Connect with Canada’s most-celebrated jewelry event of the year for Eastern Canada - JCK Toronto. Join us for three days of discovering, learning, buying, selling and networking with the most infl uential jewelry professionals in the business. Witness the latest fashion-forward trends in fi ne jewelry, diamonds, gemstones and timepieces - at the very best buying season, just in time for the holidays. JCK Toronto is where the Canadian jewelry industry comes to shine. For further information: Elaine Smith, Canadian Jewellers Association / Reed Exhibition Companies, 27 Queen St. E., Ste. 600, Toronto, ON, Canada M5C 2M6. Telephone: 888-322-7333 ext. 218; Fax: 416-368-1986; Email:
elsmith@reedexpo.com; Website:
www.jewelleryexpo.ca.
AUG 8-11, ASD Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Convention Center ASD Las Vegas is now under one roof at the Las Vegas Con- vention Center and is the largest wholesale variety and general merchandise show in the country, featuring tens of thousands of unique products in hundreds of popular categories in every price point. ASD Las Vegas features four sections including Value & Variety, Gift & Toy, Jewelry, and Style & Beauty. Register for free today at
www.asdonline.com/register For further information: Lori Higgins, Nielsen Business Media, 11835 West Olympic, Suite 550E, Los Angeles, CA 90064-5810. Telephone: 310-481-7324; Fax: 310-481-1937; Email: lori.hig-
gins@nielsen.com; Website:
www.asdamd.com.
AUG 8-11, G.L.D.A.’s Las Vegas Jewelry & Gift Show
Las Vegas, NV - The Mirage Casino Hotel This show has exhibitors from many foreign direct source deal- ers and groups as well as a large selection of fi ne U.S. Gem & Jewelry companies. Exhibitors and buyers will enjoy the comfort of this show location at the luxuriously plush Mirage Casino- Hotel “Events Center”. Corner booths and wide aisles will give buyers ease of movement and improved visibility of displayed merchandise. Delivery goods will be one of the important options available to the buyers at this G.L.D.A. trade show. Customers will have a choice of taking immediate delivery of goods or making factory orders. Variety and direct sourcing will be added features of this show. For further information: Tanna Wyatt, G.L.D.A., P.O. Box 2391, Tucson, AZ 85702-2391. Telephone: 520-792-9431; Fax: 520-882-2836; Email:
info@glda.com; Website:
www.glda.com.
AUG 8-11, L.A. Market Week Holiday & Resort
Los Angeles, CA - California Market Center Holiday & resort women’s apparel. For further information: Chelsea Matthews, Senior Tradeshow Manager, California Mart, 110 E. 9th St., Los Angeles, CA 90079. Telephone: 800-cal-mart (225-6278), 213-630-3737; Fax: 213-630-3708; Email:
cmatthews@californiamarketcenter.com; Website:
www.californiamarketcenter.com.
AUG 8-11, Los Angeles Shoe Show
Los Angeles, CA - California Market Center Showcases hundreds of premier footwear collections from burgeoning labels and established brands. For further informa- tion: Chelsea Matthews, Senior Tradeshow Manager, California Mart, 110 E. 9th St., Los Angeles, CA 90079. Telephone: 800-cal-mart (225-6278), 213-630-3737; Fax: 213-630-3708; Email:
cmatthews@californiamarketcenter.com; Website:
www.californiamarketcenter.com.
AUG 9-11, The WSA Show Las Vegas, NV - The Venetian Hotel and Sands Expo
Center This show features men’s, women’s and children’s shoes, ac- cessories, handbags, shoe products, store fi xtures, shoe jewelry, socks & hosiery. For further information: Jennifer Nosratian, Marketing Coordinator, The WSA Show, 15821 Ventura Blvd, Suite 415, Encino, CA 91436. Telephone: 818-464-7113; Fax: 818-464-7019; Email:
jnosratian@wsashow.com; Website:
www.wsashow.com.
AUG 9-13, Retail Tobacco Dealers of America
Trade Show New Orleans, LA - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center This is a annual trade show for the benefi t of association members selling premium tobacco products including cigars, pipes and gift items. NOT open to the public. For further information: Ira Fader - Executive Director, Retail Tobacco Dealers of America, 12 Galloway Ave., Ste. 1B, Cockeysville, MD 21030. Telephone: 410-628-1674; Fax: 410-628-1679; Email: info@
rtba.org; Website:
www.rtda.org.
AUG 12-14, The Printwear Show Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Convention & Enter-
tainment Center The Event for Buyers involved in screen printing, embroidery, heat-applied graphics, digital textile printing, sublimation and apparel. For further information: Laurie Thiel, NBM Shows (National Business Media, Inc.), 2800 West Midway Blvd., Broomfi eld, CO 80020. Telephone: 800-669-0424, 303-469- 0424; Fax: 303-469-5730; Email:
laurie@nbm.com; Website:
www.nbmshows.com.
AUG 12-15, Dallas Apparel & Accessories
Dallas, TX - Dallas Market Center A showcase for some 14,000 lines of women’s and children’s apparel and accessories. For further information: Pat Zajac - Senior Director, Communications, Dallas Market Center, 2100 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207. Telephone: 214-583-8792, 800-325-6587; Fax: 214-749-5458; Email:
pzajac@dmcmail.com; Website:
www.dallasmarketcenter.com.
AUG 13-15, ACC Craft Fair - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA - Fort Mason Center Craftspeople from around the country display handmade items such as ceramics, glass, jewelry, leather, metal & wood. For further information: Bernadette, American Craft Council, 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. Telephone: 800-724-0859, 212-274-0630 ext. 252; Fax: 212-274-0650; Email: shows@
craftcouncil.org; Website:
www.craftcouncil.org.
AUG 13-15, ASR Trade Expo
San Diego, CA - San Diego Convention Center Action Sports - Surfi ng, Skateboarding & Snowboarding. For further information: Cindy Hare, Merchandise Group / Nielsen, 310 Broadway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651. Telephone: 949-376-6200; Fax: 949-497-3932; Email: chare@vnuexpo. com; Website:
www.asrbiz.com.
AUG 13-15, Great American Gem Show “InterGem”
Chantilly, VA - Dulles Expo Center Many beautiful and exotic gems, beads and jewelry, can be found among the rows and rows of exhibitors at each show. Engagement
rings, anniversary gifts, birthstones, healing
gemstones, heirlooms, possessions of movie stars and inter- national celebrities, multiplies in value as gifts for friends, family or oneself. For further information: International Gem & Jewelry Show, Inc., 120 Derwood Circle, Rockville, MD 20850. Telephone: 301-294-1640; Fax: 301-294-0034; Email:
info@intergem.net; Website:
www.intergem.net.
AUG 13-18, Great American Gem Show “InterGem”
Buffalo, NY - Western New York Event Centre Many beautiful and exotic gems, beads and jewelry, can be found among the rows and rows of exhibitors at each show. Engagement
rings, anniversary gifts, birthstones, healing
gemstones, heirlooms, possessions of movie stars and inter- national celebrities, multiplies in value as gifts for friends, family or oneself. For further information: International Gem & Jewelry Show, Inc., 120 Derwood Circle, Rockville, MD 20850. Telephone: 301-294-1640; Fax: 301-294-0034; Email:
info@intergem.net; Website:
www.intergem.net.
AUG 14-19, New York International Gift Fair New York, NY - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
& Piers 92-94 The New York International Gift Fair is the nation’s premier gift and home accessories marketplace, featuring an extraordinary depth and breadth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware. NYIGF runs concurrently with EX*STRACTS®: New discoveries in beauty and wellness, at the Javits Center; and Home Textiles Market Week® at the Javits Center, Pier 94, 230 Fifth Avenue and 7 West 34th Street. For further information: Deborah Holfman, Show Manager, George Little Management, LLC., 10 Bank St., Ste. 1200, White Plains, NY 10606. Telephone: 914-421-3200; Fax: 914-948-2867; Email:
info@nyigf.com; Website:
www.nyigf.com.
AUG 15-18, The Off-Price Specialist Show Las Vegas, NV - Sands Expo / Las Vegas Conven-
tion Center The Off-Price Specialist Show is the premier show for off- price apparel and accessories. The wholesalers and jobbers at our show carry men’s, women’s, and children’s apparel 20-70% below the original manufacturer’s wholesale price. For further information: Don Browne, Marketing Director,
Off-Price Specialist Center, 16985 W. Bluemound Rd., Ste. 210., Brookfi eld, WI 53005. Telephone: 262-782-1600; Fax: 262-782-1601; Email:
dbrowne@offpriceshow.com; Website:
www.offpriceshow.com.
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