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NY NOW, the premier wholesale event in NYC, is set to make its grand return from August 13–16 this summer at The Javits Center.

Check out a handful of the new-to-the-show exhibitors showing off at NY Now’s summer edition.

NEW YORK — Revitalizing a nearly 100-year-old trade show is not an easy task, but in the case of NY Now, which gets underway here next week, Alana Branston is going to try.

This year’s NY NOW Wholesale Event featured hundreds of vendors and designers from all around the world. The event was held at New York’s Javits Center from Aug. 13 – 16, 2023. (Image: Vision Times Staff)

Any and every fashionista, influencer and trend setter knows that NY NOW is both next level and cutting edge! It’s your vital resource for spotting trends of what’s new and next! It’s truly your go-to for new and emerging brands.

Ever wonder what the next big trend is going to be? Well, on the floor of the NY NOW trade show, thousands of buyers are looking for just that. Cheddar’s own Shannon LaNier highlights growing wellness brands Sackville & Co. and Somebody.

A fresh crop of brands and makers, plus a new Bulletin audience brought a sense of “innovation and transformation” to NY NOW’s Winter Market.

Our favorite part about winter? All of the trade shows and the literal hundreds of new people we get to meet!

Check out the latest product introductions for kids that were on display during the Winter 2023 NY Now show.

The winter edition of the biannual gift show will feature more than 300 exhibitors offering hand-crafted products from national and international makers.

It may be called NY NOW, but this year it feels like NY Future. Running Feb. 5-8 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, N

Retailing Insight Magazine: How does NY NOW support a community of small businesses through its annual tradeshows?

Stephanie Gaspari: For nearly 100 years, NY NOW, formerly known as the New York International Gift Fair, has been the leading market for wholesale products and innovative designs in North America. Held in February and August,

If you thought that you wouldn’t be paying a visit to the Javits Center in New York City in February, it might be time to reconsider.

NY NOW, the leading national gift and home wholesale trade show owned by Emerald Holding, will unveil a new dedicated toy destination, PLAY USA, to its market, beginning with the 2023 winter edition.

Stephanie Gaspari: For nearly 100 years, NY NOW, formerly known as the New York International Gift Fair, has been the leading market for wholesale products and innovative designs in North America. Held in February and August,

As a part of our series about business leaders who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alana Branston and Ali Kriegsman.

The trade show landscape for the U.S. toy industry is changing, and now a new player is stepping up.

Whom You Know has been honored to continuously cover NY NOW®, previously known as as the Gift Show, since 2009 twice a year consecutively.

A maker of unique greeting cards with special add-ins, Life of Spice debuted at the NY NOW summer show and earned Best New Product for its innovative design.

Trends. Summer 2022 Awards at NY NOW announced after successful market. NY NOW celebrated a successful Summer Market, seeing immense post covid.

A kaleidoscope of culture. An icon of style. A destination that outdoes itself every time. The NY NOW Summer Market brought together brands, designers and buyers to connect and discover a world of inspiration.

NY NOW®, the country’s largest gift and home wholesale market, where brands, buyers, and designers gather to connect and discover a world of inspiration, celebrated a successful Summer Market, seeing immense post covid growth, at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City.

The NY NOW Market is held twice a year and brings together brands, designers, press, and qualified buyers to connect and discover a world of inspiration every February and August. The 2022 Summer Market was held on August 14-17th, 2022, at the Javits Center NYC.

NY NOW® Summer 2022 Market returns to the Jacob Javits Center in New York, August 14 –17, 2022. 

New York, Aug. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Allison Eden Studios, announces a brand collaboration with NY NOW for a curated lounge to debut Allison Eden by ZUO Summer 2022 Collection.

The curated Allison Eden lounge at NY NOW will feature Eden’s new collection with ZUO.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Allison Eden Studios, which specializes in kaleidoscope technicolor glass mosaics, has announced a brand collaboration with NY Now for a curated lounge to debut Allison Eden by Zuo Summer 2022 Collection. NY Now’s summer show will take place Aug 14-17 at Javits Center, where artisans from around the globe gather to explore new and existing trends.

Small business owners often dream of getting acquired by larger businesses so that they have more reach in their industry and more resources to access. 

Emerald Holding, Inc. the owner and organizer of NY NOW, the wholesale market for retail where brands, buyers, and designers gather to connect and discover, announced the acquisition of Bulletin Inc, a wholesale marketplace connecting over 3,000 independent brands with over 26,000+ retailers.

Emerald Holding, Inc. (NYSE; EEX), the owner and organizer of NY NOW®, the wholesale market for retail where brands, buyers, and designers gather to connect and discover, today announced the acquisition of Bulletin Inc, a wholesale marketplace connecting over 3,000 independent brands with over 26,000+ retailers.

Owner and organizer of NY NOW, Emerald Holding, Inc., has acquired Bulletin, Inc., a wholesale marketplace connecting more than 3,000 independent brands with more than 26,000 retailers.

Bulletin, a wholesale marketplace connecting over 3,000 independent brands with more than 26,000 retailers, has been acquired by Emerald Holding, the owner and organizer of NY NOW, the wholesale market for retail where brands, buyers and designers gather to connect and discover.

Emerald Holding, Inc. announces the acquisition of Bulletin Inc, a wholesale marketplace connecting over 3,000 independent brands with over 26,000+ retailers.

Hosted in late April, SF NOW completed its first-ever show, co-located with *Noted, the Greeting Card Expo. Here are a few of our favorite things we found while scouring the aisles.

Increased foot traffic in retail stores, new accounts and reliable backlist sales resulted in a strong year
for San Francisco-based Chronicle Books in 2021 as well as specialty stores,” said the president of
Chronicle Books, Tyrrell Mahoney. “Specialty stores – Uncommon Goods, CostPlus, Williams Sonoma,
Pottery Barn, Old Navy – showed real interest in the books and had customers.”

When you were a kid, did you collect Beanie Babies? I never did, because they were invented when I was well into adulthood, but I still have a small collection of them because people have been giving them to me as gifts for over thirty years. Why, I have no idea. 

It’s too bad that I couldn’t wait for Halloween – which is understandable, being as it’s more that ten months away — to post this very creepy Cherry-scented Shower Gel disguised as a gruesome bag of blood.

The best greeting card Carla Lyles ever received was a homemade Valentine’s Day card made by her six-year-old son Kaleb, in which he asked her to be his Valentine. 

NY NOW®, today’s wholesale market for tomorrow’s retail, where brands, buyers, and designers gather to connect and discover a world of inspiration, is pleased to announce a successful, safe and in-person Winter 2022 Market held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City.

Some trade shows come and go but we’ve attended The New York Gift Fair twice a year every year since August 2009. It has changed throughout the years and now it is called NY NOW.

Tarbert-based Essence of Harris is starring on the world stage again after a major award at a New York international gift fair. 

Company founder Jamie McGowan, who is at the show, said he was “absolutely delighted” to get a Best Product award in Beauty & Wellness.   

The John Cole collection is not like any other handbag and accessories line on the floor of NY NOW on Sunday at the Javits Center here in New York City, it’s the real deal, and nothing but skins such as crocodile at pricing points both high and low.

After a sleepy January, one of the most exciting and important events for the design industry is NY NOW: New York’s premier gift show gathering hundreds of brands and makers from around the world who showcase their latest home goods, stationery, textiles and novelties. ie McGowan, who is at the show, said he was “absolutely delighted” to get a Best Product award in Beauty & Wellness.

NY NOW kicked off their 2022 today at the Javits Center here at New York City’s Hudson Yards with all the clothing collections, accessories, and goods for that make your home worth living in, Daniel plus Lauren made their way to ah-dorned [e-dorned], a colorful eye-popping handbag collection that goes all out in changing up prints, colors, symbols, and straps.

Between the NY NOW and Melee the Show events in New York City, the Enigma Diamond online auction in London, and webinars on two disparate but equally fascinating topics, the jewelry marketplace is full of action this week.

Manny Beckles has a passion for collecting sculptures, but not just any sculptures – his expertise and interest lies in Shona sculptures and the rich history and contemporary cultural influence that they have within the home design industry. This passion is what led to the founding of Shona African Sculptures in 2005

At some point, everyone attends a trade show by industry. It may not be called a trade show, but it’s a show where people and businesses are engaged in commerce or trade.

Along with an array of industry destinations making their yearly return, next month’s event roundup features a lineup that spans the globe. Read on for BOH’s monthly calendar highlights, including conferences, trade shows, showhouses and design discussions.

NY NOW®, the wholesale market for retail, is excited to return in-person for the Winter 2022 Market at the Javits Center in New York City from February 6-9, 2022.

Manuel Beckles, founder of Shona African Sculptures and New Jersey-Native, has received NY NOW’s inaugural Exceptional Black-Owned Emerging Talent Award and will be showcasing his sculptures at the upcoming Winter Market being held at the Javits Center from February 6-9.

Trade shows are back, baby! Trade shows are the Scouting team’s favorite one-stop shops for discovering what’s out there, and NY Now was the first

NY NOW is holding the prestigious honor today of being the very first fashion trade show in nearly 17 months to take place at the Javits Center here in New York City’s Hudson Yards.

Walking through NY NOW on Sunday not only brought a homecoming to buyers, exhibitors, and press alike after being locked away at home thanks to COVID19, but brought out collections such as Quilted Koala’s collection who’s mission is to make a statement, bring out your daily emotions, and rest assure you have substance 100 percent.

NY NOW at the Javits Center in New York’s Hudson Yards brings out brands and designers who share an appreciation of not only retail and their work, but appreciate what appeals to the human being, what kind of wow factor they’re aiming for, that’s where the By Aris jewelry collection comes in with its colorful gems and classic jewelry.

The @javitscenter, designed by @peicobbfreed and forever cool. Javits has reopened for shows; @ny_now is one of the first + was fully masked today. Happy to be back. Please remember to #wearadamnmask.

Fresh from her trip to NY NOW, Senior Editor Alex Herring shares her favorite finds from the show.

The wholesale market’s first in-person event since Winter 2020 featured strong attendance and order writing, as well as displays of the most exciting new products across 11 categories.

NEW YORK — NY NOW, the modern wholesale market for retailers and specialty buyers, was the first major event to run at the reopened Javits Center.

NEW YORK—There is no carpet underfoot at the Jacob Javits Convention Center here, where NY Now, the first in-person show to take place since the convention center shut down in March 2020, wraps up today.

The Javits Center was once a vital tool in fighting COVID-19 — first as a temporary field hospital and then as a vaccination hub.

But on Sunday the center reopened for its intended use as two trade shows kicked off, attracting hundreds of business owners shopping for merchandise.

Afrid Ghoffrani was one of the sellers. She owns Zig Zag Asian Collection and has taken trips from California to the Javits Center trade shows for 20 years to sell her goods to business owners.

The summer is in full swing, and design events across the country are opening their doors (both in-person and virtual) to industry insiders eager to shop, learn and connect before the season comes to a close. 

Following a successful opening, NY NOW announces winners of the Summer 2021 NY NOW Awards, adjudicated by a panel of industry leaders and pioneers.

NY NOW announced the winners of the Summer 2021 NY NOW Awards. Winners and finalists for the Summer 2021 edition of the NY NOW Awards were announced at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City.

After completing a massive $1.5 billion expansion in May, the Javits Center in Manhattan hosted its first in-person trade show since suspending such events in the midst of last year’s pandemic lockdowns.

As Vice president of marketing for Emerald, Meg Estevez oversees trade shows, including American Handcrafted and the newest, SF NOW, debuting in San Francisco in April 2022. Her crown jewel is NY NOW.