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Dallas Market Center announced dates for its 2025 markets. The dates include a shift in the March 2025 markets to better serve retailers and to manage regional holidays including spring breaks.

For buyers and exhibitors, the updated calendar will mean the ability to plan ahead for future shows in Dallas.

“Our mission is to help retailers succeed by maintaining a calendar with market dates set well in advance but also making adjustments to provide the most convenient and inspiring experience possible,” said Cindy Morris, president and CEO of Dallas Market Center.

A full schedule of dates for all trade events is available on the Dallas Market Center website including the monthly First Monday & Tuesday events when select showrooms are open. Dates for 2025 Dallas Design Days and Design Week will be announced separately.

Highlighting the calendar is the January 2025 “Fashion Week” of multiple apparel and accessories trade events taking place in succession and the new dates for March markets.king place in succession and the new dates for March markets.

2025

• Jan. 8-11: Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show
• Jan. 8-14: Dallas Total Home & Gift Market (Temps January 8-11)
• Jan. 21-24: Dallas Apparel & Accessories Market
• Jan. 21-24: KidsWorld
• Jan. 22-25: WESA’s International Western/English Apparel & Equipment Market
• Jan. 22-25: AETA International Trade Show
• Jan. 25-27: Dallas Men’s Show

• March 25-28: Dallas Apparel & Accessories Market + Total Home & Gift Market
• March 25-28: KidsWorld 

• June 10-13: Dallas Apparel & Accessories Market
• June 18-24: Dallas Total Home & Gift Market (Temps June 18-21)
• June 18-21: Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show
• June 18-24: KidsWorld 

• July 26-28: Dallas Men’s Show 

• Aug. 12-15: Dallas Apparel & Accessories Market
• Aug. 12-15: KidsWorld
• Aug. 13-16: WESA’s International Western/English Apparel & Equipment Market
• Aug. 13-16: AETA International Trade Show

• Sept. 16-18: Dallas Total Home & Gift Market
• Sept. 16-17: ArchLIGHT Summit

• Oct. 21-24: Dallas Apparel & Accessories Market
• Oct. 21-24: KidsWorld

Markets in Dallas held since 2020 have welcomed an increasing number of buyers from coast to coast and internationally, with specific gains in buyers attending from the Southeast, Upper Midwest, and Western U.S. Dallas Market Center has also welcomed a record number of first-time buyers who have created new businesses for which they seek a single marketplace of in-demand brands across multiple product categories. The marketplace serves many of the largest and most successful independent retailers as well as department stores, buying groups, and e-commerce.

The fashion marketplace in Dallas spans more than one million square feet and includes leading brands in women’s, men’s, and children’s, together with Western and English, showing in permanent showrooms and temporary booths. For January 2025, a new neighborhood of Western and English showrooms will debut, complementing the existing exhibitors inside the largest marketplace in the world for the business of Western and English.

In addition to apparel and accessories, only Dallas Market Center presents the most complete collection of new and best-selling products across multiple lifestyle categories including gift, home décor, lighting, holiday and floral, housewares, gourmet, and artisan products. The marketplace includes the largest lighting trade events in North America; the largest and most successful open-daily design center; and dominant trade events for gift, home décor, holiday and floral.

To make plans for upcoming markets, visit the Dallas Market Center website and download the DMC App.