WHOLESALE CHILDREN’S WEAR TRADE SHOWS
Editor’s Note: Wholesale Baby and Children’s Apparel Trade Show dates are subject to change. Please confirm dates before making travel plans.
Kid’s Hub, by Playtime
Location: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, New York
In August 2021, the Playtime family grew to include Kid’s Hub, a selection of wholesale children’s brands targeted to the broader U.S. baby and children’s wear market.
February 11-13, 2024
July 28-30, 2024
New York Kids Market
Location: 34 West 33rd St., New York (3rd, 9th, 12th floors)
Wholesale Childrenswear Showrooms open Monday thru Friday 9 a.m to 5 p.m. year-round. Call showrooms to schedule one-on-one shopping for wholesale fall and spring baby and children’s clothing.
Playtime New York
Location: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, New York
Playtime New York launched in 2010 and hast established itself as a major event for the wholesale kid’s fashion and lifestyle industry in the U. S.
February 11-13, 2024
July 28 – 30, 2024
Playtime Paris
Location: Parc Floral de Paris
Since 2007, Playtime Paris has recast the kids’ fashion and lifestyle universe by bringing together the best children’s collections of international designers and avant-garde kids’ brands twice a year in Paris.
January 27 – 29, 2024
June 29 – July 1, 2024
Playtime Shanghai
Location: Expo-I Pavillion Shanghai
The Chinese children’s wear and accessories market is a new horizon.
To turn our dreams into reality, Playtime Shanghai launched in 2019 aimed at a higher-end segment of the kid’s fashion and lifestyle market.
Gathering once a year, a curated selection of wholesale baby and kids brands that put an emphasis on creativity and quality meet in Shanghai for a world-renowned wholesale kids’ trade show. With a focus on prestigious brands in the children’s market, professionals can’t help but be drawn to this exquisite experience.
May 15-17, 2024, Las Vegas
All Baby & Child Corporation (ABC), the parent company of ABC Kids Expo, is a partnership between independent specialty stores & juvenile retailers, brands, sales representatives, and juvenile industry professionals. A united goal is to promote the continued growth and prosperity of independent retailers and manufacturers in our industry. Our objective is to produce trade shows and events that enable ABC to fund critical needs in our industry, provide educational opportunities to industry constituents, and grant assistance to worthy charitable organizations while always protecting the financial health of the trade show.
Atlanta Apparel Children’s World
Location: AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA
July 30 – August 2, 2024
Atlanta Gift Market
Location: AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA
July 16 – 22, 2024
Atlanta Shoe Show
August 10 – 12, 2024
Location: Miami Beach
Bridging the wholesale apparel industry through a carefully curated environment full of thoughtful touches of refinement and escape, Cabana Show is a portal into a stylish world of fashion, travel, and lifestyle. The trade show brings together top brands and retailers in both Miami and NYC. With categories spanning swimwear, resortwear, accessories, RTW, lingerie, jewelry, activewear, and footwear, Cabana ultimately connects brands, retailers, and industry trendsetters who are inspired by a sense of discovery.
Birmingham, AL Show
August 27 – 28, 2025
Carolina Children’s Wear Market (Charlotte)
Location: The River Place, Fort Mill, SC
February 15 – 16, 2024 (fall-holiday 2024)
September 6 – 8, 2024 (spring-summer 2025)
The Carolina Children’s Market is a wholesale trade show with more than 30 participating Southeast sales representatives showing a huge selection of children’s apparel, accessory and gift product lines to the retail trade.
January 28 – 30, 2024
August 6-8, 2024
Chicago Kids Show showcases Wholesale Children’s Fashion, Lifestyle Apparel, and Accessory Brands in a unique loft market place elevating and enhancing each buyer’s experience in the heart of the Midwest.
February 11-12, 2024, New York, NY
July 29-30, 2024
Dallas Children’s Apparel Market
January 16-19, 2024
January 10-16, 2024
Denver Apparel & Accessory Market
Location: Denver, Colorado
January 25-27, 2024
June 27-28, 2024
Location: Valencia, Spain
Spain’s wholesale trade show for children’s and teen fashion, footwear, babycare, toys and associated products, combining quality, innovation and design under the same roof.
Great Event Shoe Show
Location: Teaneck, New Jersey
August 7-8, 2024
The GREAT EVENT SHOW was created in 2020 for the sole purpose of giving vendors and retailers that are in the footwear business a home to gather twice a year to view and buy future products for the following season as well as purchase goods that they might need for immediate delivery. The show is two days and you will need every bit of your time to get to see it all. This show is a footwear retailer’s dream! Formerly, the Children’s Great Event Shoe Show.
Gulf Coast Caravan
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana – Hilton
Gulf Coast Caravan
Location: New Orleans (Metairie), Louisiana – Quality Inn
Gulf Coast Caravan
Location: Houston, Texas
Gulf Coast Caravan
Location: Robinson Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Location: Cranmore Park in Solihull, United Kingdom
The UK childrenswear industry’s national trade show, INDX Kids brings together an expert edit of UK and international labels, attracting department stores, kidswear shops, and boutiques.
January 28-29, 2024
June 30-July 1, 2024
Jackson, MS Show
March 2-4, 2024
Kind & Jugend
Location: Cologne, Germany
Lafayette, LA Show
Location: Hampton Inn
September 8-9, 2024
July 28 – August 1, 2024
Los Angeles Kids’ Market
Location: California Market Center, Los Angeles
June 17-19, 2024
Location: San Francisco, Oakland Center Marriott
Midwest Children’s Apparel
Group: The Children’s Show at Deerfield
Location: Embassy Suites, Deerfield, IL
Group: The Livonia/Detroit Children’s Show
Location: Livonia, MI, Embassy Suites
The Midwest Children’s Apparel Group (MCAG) is the largest organization of independent sales representatives in the Midwest, specializing in selling wholesale baby and kid’s apparel, gifts, accessories, and shoes. The core strength of MCAG is our annual schedule of regional trade shows in Deerfield, IL, and Livonia, MI. We organize shows two times per year in each city. Shows are held at the comfortable Embassy Suites hotels. This format allows us to offer a showroom setting with more privacy than booth shows. We also display samples outside of each showroom, which allow buyers to preview the different lines.
Nashville Dixie Children’s Show
Location: Nashville, TN
August 16-18, 2024
New Orleans Show
Location: Hilton Airport
September 11-12, 2024
Location: Tigard, Oregon
September 7-10, 2024
The Northwest Market is the largest regional show on the West Coast with over 230 exhibitors representing over 1,200 women’s, men’s, and children’s apparel, footwear, lingerie, handbags, accessories and gift lines. Northwest Market Association hosts two markets (a Spring Market and a Fall Market) every year in Tigard, Oregon, which is in the greater Portland area. The market attracts exhibitors and buyers from California and all over the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and southwest British Columbia.
NY Now (formerly Gift Show)
Location: Javits Center & The Piers
August 4-7, 2024
Pitti Immagine Bimbo
January 17 -19, 2024
June 19-21, 2024
Inside the Fortezza de basso in Florence, Italy the Bambino and The Kid’s Lab sections showcase the wholesale kidswear universe, highlighting the various styles and facets of the children’s fashion world. Plus, PittiPets, the space dedicated to the world of furry friends, and The Nest, the project highlighting small children’s clothing brands with
great potential.
July 22-26, 2024
Swim Show
Location: Miami Beach
SwimShow offers exclusive access to the most current designs in swimwear, beachwear, resortwear, lifestyle, men’s, children’s and accessories. SwimShow caters to boutiques, resort shops, specialty stores, surf shops, department stores, mass merchants and more. SwimShow is planned and executed with the utmost needs of swimwear brands and buyers – working directly with trend forecasters, veteran and up-and-coming designers to present fresh and vibrant collections on the show floor, each year.
United Boston Children’s Wear Market
Location: 75 McNeil Way, Dedham, MA 02026