The VMR Industry Calendar will bring you listings for up and coming events relating to the retail industry
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This year PAVE Global celebrates 30 years of mentorship, inspiration, and connection- making this edition of the PAVE Gala extraordinarily special!
The PAVE Gala is an opportunity to connect with industry friends and celebrate everything that’s most special about retail design, retail planning and visual merchandising. It’s a showcase for the very best work produced by these students, bringing them to the attention of some of the biggest names in the industry. It’s a chance to salute the achievements of the year just gone at the same time as savoring the possibilities of the years to come.
Most importantly, the PAVE Gala allows us to raise the money we need to support the students of today in their quest to become the professionals of tomorrow.
During: December 12th 2024
Location: The IAC Building, 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY
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NRF 2025 is a retail tradeshow that brings together more than 6,200 brands from around the globe to New York City for three days of learning, collaboration and discovery.
NEW THIS YEAR! Take a day-long deep dive into solving retail's toughest supply chain issues with the NRF Supply Chain 360 Summit. This robust program features eight sessions led by industry experts and gives you the opportunity to connect with supply chain professionals facing the same challenges.
January 12th - 14th 2025
Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC
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It is named in honor of the late Andrew Markopoulos, whose tenure as senior vice president of visual merchandising and store design for the department store division of Dayton-Hudson made an indelible mark in the field and elevated it from a trade to an art form.
The Award recognizes truly outstanding achievement and contributions in visual merchandising and store design. It is the most prestigious award in the retail industry, named after the late visual merchandising legend Andrew Markopoulos.
The recipients are nominated by peers and selected by The Markopoulos Circle of previous recipients based on their lifetime achievements and overall career accomplishments, their ability to innovate and inspire.
Announcing the Presentation of the 2024 Award to
Andrew Bolton, OBE
Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
See more information at;
www.markopoulosaward.com
During: Tuesday January 14th 2025
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Ralph Pucci International, 44 West 18th Street, New York
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StorePoint Retail is an executive level event for specialty and big box chains to connect with suppliers to innovate the shopping experience. The event provides an intimate and focused forum designed to maximize productivity for retail and supplier executives seeking to innovate and expand their relationships and business.
January 19th - 22nd 2025
Location: San Diego, CA
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The Toy Fair, the UK’s premier event for toys, games, and hobbies. Hosted at the illustrious Olympia London, this annual trade show is an unmissable event in the industry calendar.
With over 250 distinguished companies in attendance, The Toy Fair promises a vast array of innovative products. Retailers, buyers, media professionals, and industry aficionados will converge to explore, network, and celebrate the ever-evolving world of play and creativity.
January 21st - 23rd 2025
Location: Olympia London
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Retailers are relying on RILA more than ever to influence public and private sector actions, to provide forums and networks for retailers to share challenges and solutions, and to deliver crucial information on a wide range of issues affecting the industry.
Coming together in January reinforces these relationships and allows new connections to be built among the many CEOs engaged in RILA’s activities.
January 25th - 28th 2025
Location: Naples, FL
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NY NOW, produced twice annually, is a trade-only wholesale marketplace for retail buyers seeking design-driven innovation and on-trend style. Featuring products from over 4,500 suppliers spanning hundreds of categories across three comprehensive collections – HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE.
NY NOW has a global reach, with exhibitors and attendees from 90+ countries and all 50 states and includes buyers representing every retail segment—independent specialty retailers to big box and national department stores.
February 2nd - 4th 2025
Location: Jacob Javits Center, NY
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As THE sourcing destination for the retail industry, Spring Fair showcases the latest products and gives you insight into current retail trends, whatever sector you're in.
With 13 product sectors across Home, Gift, Fashion and Everyday, we’re your one-stop-shop for sourcing the newest and most innovative products in UK retail.
February 2nd - 5th 2025
Location: NEC Birmingham , UK
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Since 1927, the Independent College Bookstore Association (ICBA) has been focused exclusively on serving institutionally-affiliated college store Members. Our mission is to support the independent operation of a college store, which is the most effective way to serve campus stakeholders. We provide value to our Members through education, networking, and vendor partner programs.
February 2nd - 7th 2025
Location: Chicago, IL
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MAGIC Las Vegas is a high-energy fashion experience and home to the largest selection of trend, young contemporary, modern sportswear, footwear, and accessories brands in the industry.
Fusing scale with curation to foster community, drive connectivity, and deliver unique experiences, MAGIC Las Vegas joins a global audience of retail buyers – from big-box to boutique – together with influencers, media, and industry thought leaders.
February 10th - 12th 2025
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center
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A women’s East Coast market event featuring trend, young contemporary, modern sportswear, footwear and accessories categories, spanning accessible to moderate price points.
Bringing the spirit of MAGIC to New York, experience the East Coast home for women’s trend, young contemporary, modern sportswear, footwear, and accessories, including brands previously found at FAME, MODA, and Sole Commerce.
February 18th - 20th 2025
Location: Jacob Javits Center, NY
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LINK: The Retail Supply Chain Conference is the only dedicated supply chain event built by and for retailers, grocers, and product manufacturers—with a conference program developed by a steering committee comprised of leading supply chain executives.
LINK: The Retail Supply Chain Conference is your chance to gain access to and build relationships with the top supply chain decision-makers from the nation’s top retailers.
February 16th - 19th 2025
Location: Orlando, FL
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StorePoint Fashion is an executive level Event for all Fashion retail to connect with Suppliers to innovate the shopping experience.
All Fashion will be represented including department stores, apparel, cosmetics, jewelry and accessories. The Event provides an intimate and focused forum designed to maximize productivity for Retail and Supplier executives seeking to innovate and expand their relationships and business.
February 16th - 19th 2025
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Serving as the hub for cutting-edge eCommerce and digital marketing strategies. Here, you’ll experience the transformation of insights from leading retailers into actionable "how-to's" that breathe life into your business.
Designed to ignite ideas and foster meaningful conversations, eTail will help you achieve omnichannel excellence and increase profits. Join the excitement as we celebrate 25 incredible years together!
February 24th - 27th 2025
Location: Palm Springs
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Over four days, you'll have the chance to hear from some of the most successful retailers in America and learn how they've boosted their profits with disruptive strategies and innovative ideas.
During: February 24th - 27th 2025
Location: Boston, MA
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Taking place at the AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE), SEASONS | Spring is gearing up to showcase product introductions covering a wide range of categories, including Costume & Base Metal Jewellery, Stainless Steel Jewellery, Natural Materials Jewellery, Fashion Accessories, Curated Collections from Independent Designers, Display & Packaging, and Fashion Jewellery Materials
March 3rd - March 6th 2025
Location: HKSAR,China
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Prosper Show is where established marketplace sellers (Amazon, Walmart, and beyond) network, connect, and learn how to make their businesses more profitable.
If you are looking for actionable solutions you can implement immediately, then reserve your spot at this year’s must-attend event.
March 25th - 27th 2025
Location: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
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Our show is held twice a year in Las Vegas. At ASD, the world’s widest variety of general merchandise and consumer products comes together in one efficient four day shopping experience. On the show floor, retailers of all sizes discover quality choices at every price point.
March 9th - 12th 2025
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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The Inspired Home Show features thousands of product categories across the entire home + housewares industry.
March 2nd - 4th 2025
Location: Chicago, IL
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Shoptalk is where thousands of retail changemakers come together every year to create the future of retail. The Shoptalk agenda covers the latest technologies, trends and business models, as well as the rapid transformation of what consumers discover, shop for and buy—everything ranging from apparel and electronics to beauty and grocery.
March 25th - 27th 2025
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Explore the leading destination for networking and learning in the field of payments and fraud management. Join us at the upcoming MRC Vegas conference, the foremost event for professionals in the payments and fraud prevention industry.
March 10th - 13th 2025
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Bringing a preview of MAGIC into a new, and emerging market, MAGIC Nashville showcases a curated assortment of brands and products at price points from accessible to moderate with top selling categories including women’s sportswear, young contemporary, and trend apparel, as well as footwear, accessories brands.
Delivering the experience MAGIC is known for with a Nashville twist, new and influential retailers.
April 16th - 17th 2025
Location: Music City Center, Nashville
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This is a must-attend opportunity to connect with industry peers in a uniquely sophisticated and experiential setting. What do consumers want from retail? How can we adapt to meet those changing expectations? What role will leading brands play in retail evolution? Join us at Shop! MarketPlace 2024 to explore what it means to create memorable experiences at retail!
April 8th - 10th 2025
Location: Charlotte Convention Center
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Whether you are a retailer, designer, in the leisure and entertainment industry or in fact use visual merchandising to promote your products or services in any way, this Show is a must visit!
The Show covers everything within visual merchandising and display from Mannequins, Print, Christmas Decorations, Display Services, Props, Design, Graphics, Bust Forms, TurnKey Service, POP, Lighting, Fabrics and everything in between.
April 9th - 10th 2025
Location: Business Design centre, London
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Asset protection professionals are increasingly being called upon to tackle complex challenges essential to retail success.
We’re on the front lines combatting a surge in organized retail crime and other threats to employee and customer safety, but we’re also on the cutting edge of new technology, implementing strategies to improve the shopping experience and deliver value for customers.
April 27th - 30th 2024
Location: Washington, DC
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In its 10th year, the Women in Retail Leadership Summit has evolved from an event into a movement. We’re breaking barriers, challenging stereotypes, and creating an environment that empowers women across the retail landscape.
This exclusive, invitation-only event is designed for women in leadership positions at top retailers and brands who want to learn, network, and improve their business acumen. You’ll experience dynamic presentations and inspirational keynotes that cover everything from leadership development to staying at the forefront of retail technology.
April 28th - 30th 2025
Location: The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
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In 2025, the World Retail Congress will make its return, bringing together over 800 prominent figures in the retail industry for the purpose of learning, networking, and crafting strategies for the year ahead and beyond.
The chosen theme, "High Performance Retail," will focus on the characteristics required to achieve true excellence in the contemporary retail landscape.
April 12th - 14th 2025
Location: Hilton Park Lane, London
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C-StorePoint brings together Convenience Retail and Supplier executives to discuss innovation for the in-store experience, interior design, merchandising, fixturing, equipment and foodservice.
Suppliers’ management teams will connect with Convenience Retail Executives intent on finding innovations and best practices in a variety of settings designed to improve their business and to expand their business partnerships.
May 5th - 8th 2024
Location: San Antonio, TX
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eTail Connect is a private, invitation-only event customized for 75 senior eCommerce and Digital Marketing leaders from top retailers and brands.
Over 3 days, network and benchmark your strategies in an interactive, closed-door environment, discuss the latest trends and technologies to stay ahead of the curve, meet with handpicked solution providers who can help further your business, and hear from industry experts who provide actionable takeaways on your biggest priorities.
May 7th - 9th 2025
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
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Join us at The National Restaurant Show, May 18 – 21, 2024 in Chicago and be a part of the largest gathering of foodservice professionals in the Western hemisphere, with more resources, information and connection opportunities than any other industry event.
That is why we say the show is The Show for Foodservice.
May 17th - 20th 2025
Location: Chicago, IL
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The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, held at New York City’s Javits Center, is North America’s major platform for global design. With a selection of both established and emerging designers, the ICFF delivers a selection of the globe’s finest, most creative, individual and original avant-garde products showcased in one venue.
Exhibitors from 36 countries come to the ICFF each year to showcase the newest frontier of high-end, contemporary interiors.
May 18th - 20th 2025
Location: New York, NY
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Where digital leaders, eCommerce heads, CX experts, business leaders, developers and architects explore the digital tools and innovation changing the face of modern commerce.
May 13th - 14th 2025
Location: Birmingham UK
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Licensing Expo is the only global event to bring together thousands of brands under one roof and enable conversations that help bring the brands we love to the world in new and meaningful ways.
By attending this event, you’ll not only get the chance to speak directly with the brand decision-makers but also help define pop culture and the consumer trends of tomorrow.
May 20th - 22nd 2025
Location: Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas
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Home Delivery World USA has evolved to encompass every aspect of the retail logistics and supply chain process, starting from inventory management and fulfillment in the warehouse to delivery and the customer experience at the final destination.
During: May 21st - 22nd 2025
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Be a part of the largest event that gathers leaders and rising stars alike within the subscription, membership and recurring revenue sector. Three days of industry moments highlighting lessons learned, successes and future innovations.
From Fortune 500 brands to startups ready to grow, every attendee walks away with new partnerships and tactics designed to take their business to the next level.
During: May 28th - 30th 2025
Location: Dallas, TX
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Well over half of Fortune 500 Retail Brands have presented at CRMC during our 29-year history. Expect to hear from an impressive list of 20 Brands each and every year.
Touching on a variety of high-level, strategic topics such as the future of retail, the in-store experience, the economy, and much more. Prepare to gain new insights into topics important to marketers today.
June 4th - 6th 2025
Location: Chicago, IL
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Future Stores has been a leader in the retail store space and this year, we're bringing the excitement to a brand-new location! We’re gathering senior retail executives in operations, design, digital, and technology and we can't wait to see the community together again!
Future Stores has always prided itself on not being a massive tradeshow; instead focusing on giving you actionable strategies and valuable insights for using store technology effectively, educating your front-line associates and creating the next generation store experience.
June 4th - 5th 2025
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Uniting the world’s biggest and most influential retailers and brands with the industry’s boldest technology companies to equip themselves with the tools, skills and connections to gain and maintain the upper hand, drive growth and reimagine digital innovations in store and online.
June 2nd - 4th 2025
Location: Fira Gran Via, Barcelona
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At this event, retail loss prevention, asset protection, cybersecurity, digital fraud and risk management professionals come together to stay informed, benchmark, exchange ideas, forge powerful alliances and uncover the latest tools that prevent harm to customers, colleagues and brands.
June 23rd - 25th 2025
Location: Texas
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As the industry’s largest and most renowned jewelry trade event in the world, JCK is the leading global gathering. With over 30,000 industry professionals from over 130 countries, it’s a global gathering of the people, products and innovation covering all major facets of the jewelry industry.
June 6th - 9th 2025
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Join our community of trailblazers and change-makers to focus on the future of digital commerce and share the latest strategies for retail and ecommerce growth. This year, we’re expanding our content to discuss technology and the intersection of physical retail and digital. We’re also adding a 3rd day to bring you even more content!
During: June 24th - 26th 2025
Location: New York Hilton Midtown
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Outdoor Retailer serves the worldwide active outdoor recreation business community. Core exhibitors are manufacturers and retailers that produce/sell gear, apparel, footwear, accessories and services for pursuits in the natural environment.
During: June 18th - 20th 2025
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Speakers from leading retailers, DTC brands and innovative tech companies including executives from Anthropologie, Domino's, Forever 21, Coach, L'Oreal, Walmart, Build-A-Bear, Solo Brands, DSW and many more!
During: June 20th - 21st 2024
Location: New York, NY
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With over 60 years of being the industry's favourite summer sourcing event, this year has been nothing short of amazing! This year we welcomed thousands of you over four fabulous days of buying, networking and of course summer socialising in the picturesque Harrogate.
During: July 20th - 23rd 2025
Location: Harrogate, UK
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Connecting retailers with vendors that support sexual wellness across categories that include personal care, pleasure products, lingerie and intimate apparel, sexual health and more, STIMULATE also provides complimentary retail education to all registered attendees with our STIMULATE+EDUCATE experience.
During: August 4th - 5th 2025
Location: Nashville, TN
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Be inspired by the biggest retail leaders across Europe in one of the world’s most dynamic and consumer-driven markets.
Retail professionals from around the globe can experience three days of educational programming and an all-encompassing Expo featuring the latest retail solutions, as well as an Innovation Lab and Startup Zone featuring breakthrough technologies in Europe’s retail sector..
During: September 16th - 18th 2025
Location: Paris
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Groceryshop covers the evolution of grocery retailers (supermarkets, mass merchants, convenience stores, drug stores, club/warehouse stores, discount stores and ecommerce players) as well as the rapid changes in the production and distribution of consumer products including fresh and packaged foods and beverages along with beauty, personal care, household and health products.
Groceryshop addresses the evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy these products in a digital age, including the latest technologies, trends and business models.
During: September 28th - 1st October 2025
Location: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
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Shoptalk will be landing in Chicago. Shoptalk Fall will set the industry narrative by bringing the most innovative brands in retail into the spotlight; and facilitating tens of thousands more connections.
During: September 17th - 19th 2025
Location: Chicago, IL