Welcome to Canada's Premier Lifestyle Tradeshow!
This indeed may seem like a bold statement but it is one we continually work hard to ensure holds true. The KNOWSHOW is a bi-annual sales and networking tool catering to Canada’s top lifestyle fashion and action sports retailers. Hand picked brands converge to Vancouver Convention Centre for 3 busy days of line previews and face to face meetings with a growing attendee base of top retailers hailing from coast to coast.
Originally established in 2006 , KNOW?SHOW first opened its doors with the objective to serve the Canadian Action Sports and Fashion Apparel industries with a better trade show experience. Mimicking some of the worlds largest apparel tradeshows, KNOW?SHOW put their own unique twist on the open format tradeshow creating a central place where retailers, reps and wholesalers can meet and view the newest products available each season.
"Know Show is very on point with our retail stores . The majority of soft goods suppliers and a growing contingent of hard goods suppliers, makes this our most important show of the season." - Kent Code, Owner-Outtabounds/Momentum Saskatoon, SK
The key demographic of this focus represents everything that is cool in today’s lifestyle fashion and action sports cultures. With approximately 300 industry leading brands represented at KNOW?SHOW it is easy to understand why over 2000 retailers make Vancouver a mandatory stop during their buying seasons each year. An awe-inspiring location, custom and hardwall booth concepts, central theme lounge with bar, live installations using featured artists, guest DJ's and on-site entertainment are just a few of the ways KNOW?SHOW has avoided the standard "shoebox" tradeshow stigma.
"Really proud of true industry heads putting their heart and efforts into this show and knowing what we all want and need from it. KNOW?SHOW has an amazing vibe and we love being a part of it" Garret Louie, Owner-NLA/Timebomb Trading
''Knowshow is Canada's most important platform for lifestyle and action sports, the opportunity to regroup the Canadian trade under the same roof is crucial for our industry's health. We believe it will grow significantly in the year's to come'' Bobby Gascon, Marketing Manager-VANS Canada
The KNOW?SHOW is proud to call the Vancouver Convention Centre home. Built over land and water, with floor-to-ceiling glass throughout, guests are treated to phenomenal harbor and mountain views, the new West Building is a masterpiece of design, inspiration and sustainability.
The KNOWMAG
Created and edited in-house along side with each show, the KNOW?MAG has become a national trade show publication that highlights outstanding individuals, brands and retailers at work in the Canadian market place. Published twice a year and distributed at each show, KNOW?MAG not only draws attention to industry leaders and influential brands but also profiles some of Canada's top artists and offers local knowledge of Vancouver hot spots. With a 100% pick up rate by the retailers shaping the retail landscape of Canada, advertising dollars are being spent with a tremendous impact.
"That mag is BADASS... straight up impressed, love the art direction, photography, overall give it an A+" - Josh Hunter, Editor In Chief, Transworld Business
For more information, please see our Contact Us page.
KNOW?BLOG and the KNOW?SHOW News and social media.
Where the show takes physical form twice annually, the KNOW?SHOW strives to keep retailers and brands in continued communication through out the year.
The KNOW?BLOG highlights the main page of www.knowshow.ca and is updated frequently with news, marketing initiatives, partnerships and job postings from all of our brand and sponsorship partners. The blog averages 1000 hits a week and has spiked at over 3000 visits a week during the Jan 2011 show.
The KNOW?SHOW news delivers brand profiles, show info and highlites, event details and top stories from the KNOW?BLOG to more than 5500 show attendees, exhibitors, industry members and media contacts.
Beyond our in house blog and newsletter, the KNOW?SHOW bridges original and rebroadcasted content to the mass market through a partnership with DOSE.ca This partnership broadcasts information to a huge end market readership through it's own column on the Style section of DOSE.ca.
Other media partners include:
Shop Eat Surf
Transworld Business
Cut and Show
SBC Business
ION Magazine
Vice
Snowboarder
KNOW?SHOW also recognizes the changing face of media delivery and broadcasts all content and actively engages with a growing group of peers via facebook.com/knowshow and twitter.com/knowshow