What Makes Us The Leading Trade Event?

• We are the only juried, all-accessories trade event in the fashion capital of the U.S., not to mention the entire country. Our specific focus attracts thousands of fine specialty buyers whose time is precious and whose budgets are carefully planned.
• Accessories magazine. The support of Accessories magazine, our sister publication, is evidenced in seasonal Line Previews which reach 22,000 buyers before the opening of each of our tri-annual editions.
• 98.5% of attending retailers rated the overall merchandising and price points of the show "good-to-excellent."
• 95.2 % of retail attendance gave AccessoriesTheShow a "good-to-excellent" rating in comparison with other shows.
• 98% like the appearance of the Show.
• 96.9% like the complimentary amenities.
• More stores are attending AccessoriesTheShow and they are spending more time and money at our Show.
• Exhibitors who participated concurrently at competing trade events reported higher sales at AccessoriesTheShow.
• Returning companies to AccessoriesTheShow reported higher sales with us.
  
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Accessories

For over ninety years, Accessories magazine has been the voice of the women's fashion accessories industry and the undisputed market leader.

Each month, Accessories is read by approximately 20,000 of the nation's top retailers and industry executives. It offers them trend information, retail statistics and analysis, informative roundtables, insightful special sections and stunning four-color visuals, as well as profiles of innovative retailers, top designers and key industry leaders. All of this adds up to consistently exceptional readership. Simply put, Accessories is important to retailers because it helps them buy, sell and earn profits.

Accessories, with the industry's largest circulation of retailers, carries more advertising pages than all of its competitors combined. This is a powerful testament to the magazine's effectiveness. Advertising in Accessories gets results. It's the place to break industry news and launch new products as well as build and maintain brands.

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Who's Who

Over a century of combined experience heralds the next 100 years of fashion...

It takes a lot of talent and experience to produce the longest-running and largest accessories-only show in the United States. The people of AccessoriesTheShow skillfully attend to every aspect of the industry's most upscale, EDITED show: Merchandising, visual design, trend forecasting, journalism, licensing, retailing, operations, marketing, public relations, executive sales, design/product development, publishing, customer service. This depth of talent is unusual in the trade-show arena, where the standard practice often calls for interns and temporary personnel.

• Britton Jones, President and CEO
• Mac Brighton, Chairman and COO
• Irenka Jakubiak, Editor-in-Chief of Accessories/Market Forecaster
• Sharon Enright, General Manager
• Shay Andrews, Promotions Manager
• Beth Cowperthwaite, Manager, Retail Development & Public Relations
• Michal Ann Albanese, Account Executive
• Stacy Samet, Director of Sales
• Shawn Hazan, International Sales
• Ann Mordon, Sales & Editorial Assistant

EXPERIENCE AND LONGEVITY AT RETAIL ALSO INFORM OUR EFFORTS ...

Our retail advisory board is instrumental in helping us shape the future of AccessoriesTheShow. We thank them for their contributions and support:

• Ice Accessories
  Dottie Chanin & Tracey Friedman
   
• Brittons
  Faye & Stacey Levinson
   
• Travelwares
  Paula Morgan
   
• Saks Parisian
  Tim Byrket
   
• Plaza Too
  John & Tom Mendes
   
• Tres Jolie
  Glenda Lugay
   
• Daffodil Hill
  Stephanie Riley
   
• Betsy Fisher
  Betsy Fisher Albaugh

The result: 100% of the industry's top buyers give AccessoriesTheShow a "good-to-excellent" rating in comparison to other shows.