Themes noted among the 389 exhibitor booths on the floor of the 2018 edition of Licensing International Expo were as varied as the product that represented them. They included the continued growth of collectible toy brands as licensed properties, merchandise with a message, properties tied to … [Read more...]
Fancy Food Gets Ugly
The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest specialty food-industry event in North America. Held at New York’s Javits Center, this year’s show provided a snapshot of upcoming food trends. Food and licensing expert Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf of Project Partners Network identified one of those trends as … [Read more...]
Interviews at Dallas Market Center — June 2018
What do you get when you combine a floral-trends expert with a home-décor trends expert? The answer: Grow With Us, a day of education and inspiration sponsored by Dallas Market Center, which took place on June 20th. Led by uBloom's J Schwanke and The Trend Curve's Michelle Lamb, this session was … [Read more...]
Heimtextil 2018
Heimtextil is the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, and because it’s the first trade fair of the year for its sector, it acts as a barometer for the new business year. Interestingly, however, the next edition of it (to be held from January 9th through 12th 2018) will … [Read more...]
Light + Building 2018
The Light + Building exhibit is the leading world trade fair for Lighting and Building Services technology and the Spring 2018 edition of it is sure to become a hotspot for design. Running from March 18th through the 23rd, this Fair will be focused upon various styles, which incorporate the latest … [Read more...]
Ambiente 2018 Trends
The Ambiente Trade Fair in Frankfurt, Germany sets the pace for the world of consumer goods. However diverse, these products fit into the categories of Dining, Giving, and Living. This is the fair where business and creativity come together and where visitors place orders with international … [Read more...]
Color Notes from Cersaie 2018
Cersaie is the international tile and bath exposition held annually in Bologna, Italy. Editorial Correspondent Elaine Markoutsas was there. She offered these insights about on-trend color. At this year’s Cersaie tile fair, metallics continued to shimmer like jewelry. Warm-and-burnished gold and … [Read more...]
Tile Trends at Cersaie
Over 850 exhibitors showed their newest and best tile products to more than 105,000 visitors from around the globe at the latest edition of Cersaie trade fair. This annual trade fair, held in Bologna, Italy is dedicated to ceramic floor and wall tiles, bathroom furnishings, fire places and … [Read more...]
A Few Color Notes From NYNow
Color is always evolving. Here are Editorial Correspondent Hermine Mariaux’s observations about how that was happening at NYNow: Blue A complete range of watery blues ruled, often with neutrals of all shades and nuances as a comforting backdrop Brown Brown was pushing forward, especially … [Read more...]
Licensing International Expo 2017
For more than 35 years. Licensing Expo has connected the world’s most influential entertainment, character, fashion, art and corporate brand owners and agents with consumer goods manufacturers, licensees and retailers. At this year’s show, held in Las Vegas May 23 – 25, more than 16,000 licensing … [Read more...]