trade show

noun

: a large exposition to promote awareness and sales of especially new products within an industry

a computer trade show

Example Sentences

The company unveiled a new product at the annual trade show this week.

Recent Examples on the Web The trade show has announced a return to its usual March slot and will operate as an in-person event for the first time in three years. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 Jan. 2023 The company has historically been known to unveil its next-generation televisions — especially its high-end Bravia models — at the trade show. —

Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Jan. 2023 The Index shows how 28 public corporations—mostly parent companies of outdoor brands, with a couple of retailers, a ski resort giant, and a trade show operator included as well—performed in the calendar month. —

Steve Larese, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2022 The trade show is meant to inspire creativity in Pinterest-like projects, with more than 100 classes dedicated to arts and crafts, baking, cooking and other lifestyle interests, according to the event website. —

Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022 In a court filing two months earlier, the Justice Department said that Mr. Yip and his associates met undercover U.S. agents at a Las Vegas trade show in October 2015. —

Brian Spegele, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022 The season will kick off on 10 January at trade show Pitti in Florence before moving to Milan three days later. —

Luke Leitch, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2022 After being a finalist as the top retail running store in the country in 2021, Ridgefield Running Company was named the 2022 Best Running Store in America on December 1 at The Running Event trade show in Austin, Texas. —

Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2022 The shuffle of friends included Ms. Torasso, who moved to New York in March 2014 to take a marketing job at the fashion trade show Capsule and to be nearer to Mr. Carbone. —

Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022 See More

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