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NATIONAL JEWELER

Brands in the Curated at Luxury Lifestyle segment will benefit from education sessions and one-on-one meetings with industry consultants Liz Kantner and Robin Kramer. Pictured here are the “Sun Goddess Supreme” ring and “Pyramid Rutilated Quartz” necklace by Sunlit Fine Jewelry, an exhibiting brand.

GIFTS & DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

NY NOW, the premier wholesale trade show in New York City serving the gift, home, and accessories marketplace, unveiled plans as it continues its 100th anniversary celebration this August at the Summer 2024 Market.

CRAFT FOCUS

 NY NOW, the premier wholesale trade show in New York City serving the gift, home, and accessories marketplace, today is pleased to unveil exciting plans as it continues its 100th anniversary celebration this August at the Summer 2024 Market. Returning to New York City’s Javits Center from August 4–7, 2024, NY NOW’s Summer Market 2024 will showcase key enhancements aimed at providing a collaborative and immersive experience for the thousands of exhibitors and attendees that gather at the preeminent event. Designers, industry veterans, and media members are invited to join buyers and suppliers across the gift, home, and accessories sectors, promising meaningful connections within the retail capital of the world.

GIFT SHOP PLUS

NY NOW, the premier wholesale trade show in New York City serving the gift, home, and accessories marketplace, unveiled plans as it continues its 100th anniversary celebration this August at the Summer 2024 Market.

DANIEL + LAUREN

NY NOW is a place to discover all the comforts you need for your home, the little knickknacks adding much-needed comfort to your lineup of living room furniture and kitchen appliances with future kitchen technology in mind, the third day today is no different here in New York City at the Javits Center near the Hudson River in Midtown Manhattan where we find not only abode, but also hair maintenance that’s home to the stars, give a round of applause to Mason Pearson, the hairbrush magnifying five-star hair beauty.

HOME ACCENTS TODAY

Exhibitors at this week’s NY Now included people who changed career directions during the pandemic, companies looking to expand to the U.S. market, as well as veteran brands. Sustainability continued as a strong theme, with exhibitors touting their efforts with eco-friendly packaging and materials

DANIEL + LAUREN

Here today on day 2 of NY NOW at the Javits Center here in New York City, you will find many new and familiar aspects of home decor while also blending in with fashion, housing fixtures are always in season no matter if the weather outside is frightful, you also need decorative pieces that can handle all types of weather, especially holiday decorations, enter Holiball: The Inflatable Ornament that’s a durable and decorative solution at Christmas time, and has passed the rigorous test of “Shark Tank”.

LICENSING INTERNATIONAL

While the customization of products is not a new trend, it is one that is taking on added importance in the current retail landscape. That much was clear at the NY Now Show in New York this week as specialty stores worked to stand out from mass retailers that are focused on launching their own exclusive collections and private labels.

GIFTS & DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

Exhibitors at this week’s NY NOW included veteran brands, makers who changed career directions during the pandemic and companies looking to expand into the U.S. market. 

JCK ONLINE

NY NOW’s Emerging Fine Jewelry Designer Incubator (EFJDI) was created to offer its participants mentorship, industry insights, and support in establishing a sustainable business—three things that can drive their success, organizers say.

GIFTS & DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

The first edition of NY Now for 2024 is just days away and brands, buyers and designers alike are prepared and ready to take over the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.

NEW YORK FAMILY

NY NOW, the leading gift, home, toy, and accessories trade show, will return to NYC to celebrate its 100th Anniversary at the upcoming 2024 Winter Market. This significant milestone marks a century of community, quality, and innovation.

AMNY

NY NOW, the leading gift, home, toy, and accessories trade show, will return to NYC to celebrate its 100th Anniversary at the upcoming 2024 Winter Market. This significant milestone marks a century of community, quality, and innovation.

GIFTS & DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

NY NOW will commemorate the anniversary with enhancements, immersive experiences and more at its winter event.

RETAIL TOUCHPOINTS

NY NOW is a multi-day wholesale event where thousands of legacy and emerging brands unite to showcase their newest collections to the most prestigious buyers from around the globe.

WORLD LIBERTY TV

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.

GIFTS & DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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

HOME ACCENTS TODAY

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.

VISION TIMES

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)

FLOSS MAGAZINE

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.

CHEDDAR NEWS

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.

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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.

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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

BUSINESS OF HOME

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

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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

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,

TOY BOOK

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.

TSSN

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,

MEDIUM

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.

TOYBOOK

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

WHOM YOU KNOW

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

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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.

STATIONERY TRENDS

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

WHOLEFOODS MAGAZINE

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.

DANIEL+LAUREN

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.

CAFLEUREBON

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.

DANIEL+LAUREN

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

GLOBENEWSWIRE

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.

FURNITURE LIGHTING & DECOR

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

FURNITURETODAY

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.

FORBES

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. 

STATIONERY TRENDS

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.

PIERCING KEN

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.

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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.

RETAIL TOUCHPOINTS

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.

EARNSHAW’S

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

GIFTS AND DECORATIVES ACCESSORIES

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.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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.”

THE WORLEY GIG

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. 

THE WORLEY GIG

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.

REFINERY29

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. 

DANIEL+LAUREN

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.

WHOM YOU KNOW

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.

WE LOVE STORNWAY

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.

DANIEL+LAUREN

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.

ARTHURIOUS

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.

DANIEL+LAUREN

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.

JCK

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.

BLACK ENTERPRISE

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

CLASSIC EXHIBITS

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.

BUSINESS OF HOME

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.

T2CONLINE.COM

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.

HYPE MAGAZINE

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.

FLIPBOARD

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

DANIEL+LAUREN

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.

DANIEL+LAUREN

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.

DANIEL+LAUREN

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.

MARGARETRUSSELL

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.

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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.

TRADE SHOW EXECUTIVE 

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.

HOME ACCENTS TODAY

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.

NY1

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.

BUSINESS OF HOME

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. 

GIFTS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES

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

GIFT SHOP PLUS

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.

FORBES

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.

ACCESSORIES COUNCIL

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.