Following a tumultuous 2020, when most on-site events were suspended and the trade-show industry was defined by virtual offerings, <strong>Zoom</strong> meetings and health regulations to suppress the spread of COVID-19, the second half of 2021 is seeing a long-anticipated return to fashion-industry productions hosted on location. While many in the industry are looking forward to returning to the show floor in person, a number of opportunities for expanding show reach through virtual tools were discovered during this time.
May 17, 2021
NEW YORK May 17, 2021 Texworld New York City and Apparel Sourcing New York City will debut on the west coast this September. Today, Messe Frankfurt, Inc. announced a partnership with LA Textile,- the West Coast’s premier destination for textile, design, and production resources. Texworld and Apparel Sourcing will join LA Textile following a year-long pause of physical events. The highly anticipated relaunch of LA Textile will present a re-envisioned show located in California Market Center’s newly renovated Building C.
The partnership with LA Textile will include the addition of a Texworld and Apparel Sourcing branded pavilion on the show floor. As the largest textile sourcing event on the East Coast, Texworld will add a strong international exhibitor base to LA Textile’s established US domestic and European exhibitors. The collaboration between the two expands the resources available to both of the event’s traditional buyers. Texworld New York City
TRADE SHOWS By Dorothy Crouch | Thursday, March 4, 2021
Building on its momentum from a successful October show,
LA Textile was hosted Feb. 24–26 on
CMC Uploaded, the
California Market Center’s digital platform. This edition of LA Textile was a testament to the virtual production’s growth in only five short months. According to the CMC’s senior manager of events, Matthew Mathiasen, attendance figures for the show doubled from the October edition.
“Key points that we look at, show after show, all showed great improvement,” Mathiasen said. “Last October, which was our first virtual edition of Textile, we had between 700 and 800 attendees come through over the three days. This time we clocked in right around 1,400 over the three days.”