trade fair
noun
: a large gathering in which different companies in a particular field or industry show their products to possible customers
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My first Valentino fashion show took place at Pitti Uomo [Florence’s semiannual men’s wear trade fair] in 2012.
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Laura May Todd, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
Countries often treat the Olympics like a security trade fair.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2023
With its owner Karen Feldman, Cowan has been developing a set of four glasses to be released in January at Maison & Objet, a major trade fair for interior design in Paris.
—Cat Woods, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
Just a few years ago, the MIMS annual trade fair for Russia’s auto industry was dominated by European, Japanese, and Korean automakers.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023
Its events, which took place in the Kenyatta International Convention Center, downtown Nairobi’s most iconic building, an Afro-modernist skyscraper built in the 1970s, had the feel of a trade fair, except that the main audience was banks, private equity firms, philanthropies, and donor governments.
—Max Bearak, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
China-first debut Tesla plans to debut the latest Model 3 at a trade fair in Beijing on Saturday and some of its new features, including a rear display for back-seat passengers, seemed aimed at Chinese car buyers.
—Reuters, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2023
Gerhard Zeiler, president of international, Warner Bros. Discovery, will give the opening keynote at this year’s MIPCOM international television trade fair in Cannes.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
An autonomous car is seen at the exhibition stand of Autodesk at the 2023 Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in April in Hanover, Germany.
—Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 7 July 2023
Laura May Todd, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
Countries often treat the Olympics like a security trade fair.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2023
With its owner Karen Feldman, Cowan has been developing a set of four glasses to be released in January at Maison & Objet, a major trade fair for interior design in Paris.
—Cat Woods, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
Just a few years ago, the MIMS annual trade fair for Russia’s auto industry was dominated by European, Japanese, and Korean automakers.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023
Its events, which took place in the Kenyatta International Convention Center, downtown Nairobi’s most iconic building, an Afro-modernist skyscraper built in the 1970s, had the feel of a trade fair, except that the main audience was banks, private equity firms, philanthropies, and donor governments.
—Max Bearak, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
China-first debut Tesla plans to debut the latest Model 3 at a trade fair in Beijing on Saturday and some of its new features, including a rear display for back-seat passengers, seemed aimed at Chinese car buyers.
—Reuters, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2023
Gerhard Zeiler, president of international, Warner Bros. Discovery, will give the opening keynote at this year’s MIPCOM international television trade fair in Cannes.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
An autonomous car is seen at the exhibition stand of Autodesk at the 2023 Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in April in Hanover, Germany.
—Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 7 July 2023
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