We’ve updated our retail calendar for 2019 – get all the new key dates here!
With a new year upon us, your planning should be in full swing so that you can move forward with the year ahead with a bang. To help, we’ve put together all the latest and greatest key dates you need to know as a retail business in 2018.
The retail calendar doesn’t really change much year to year. However, this year, there are some major trade shows who have changed their dates to bring them forward a few weeks, or in a couple of cases, a few months. Take a look at the calendar below to keep on top of things!
Whether you want to focus on the traditional dates of Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas, or whether you want to take advantage of some “unofficial” dates such as Green Monday and Free Shipping Day, you’ll find them all below. Plus, you’ll also find key trade shows and events listed so you can register early and really hit the ground running with your business growth.
So, without further adieu, you’ll find a copy of your new retail calendar below, which you can download, print and place around your office if you want to!
January
1 – New Year’s Day (UK & US National Holiday)
14-16 – Retail’s Big Show (US)
14-16 – S/S Top Drawer (UK)
14-17 – Giving & Living Trade Show (UK)
15 – Martin Luther King Day (US)
23-25 – The Toy Fair (UK)
25 – Burns Night (UK)
25-28 – SIA Snow Show (US)
February
3-7 – NY Now (US)
4-8 – Spring Fair (UK)
6-9 – February Atlanta Apparel (US)
7 – Global eCommerce Leaders Forum (US)
8-16 – New York Fashion Week
11-13 – Pure London (UK)
12-14 – Magic (US)
14 – Valentine’s Day
16-20 – London Fashion Week
18-20 – Moda (UK)
19 – Presidents’ Day
21 – Fashion Connect CONF (UK)
21-27 – Milan Fashion Week
25-28 – Retail Supply Chain CONF (US)
26-1 – eTail West (US)
27-6 – Paris Fashion Week
March
2-4 – The Baby Show (UK)
6-8 – eTail Asia
7-8 – DX3 (Canada)
7-8 – Retail Week Live (UK)
10-13 – International Housewares (US)
11 – Mother’s Day (UK)
11-14 – ASD Market Week (US)
13-14 – Prosper Show (US)
18-21 – Shoptalk (US)
20-21 – PATS (UK)
20 – Spring Equinox
21-22 – Internet Retailing Expo (UK)
30 – Good Friday (UK National Holiday)
April
1 – April Fool’s Day
1 – Easter Sunday
2 – Easter Monday (UK National Holiday)
10-14 – April Atlanta Apparel (US)
16 – Patriots Day (US)
17 – Tax Day (US)
19-20 – Global Retailing Conference (US)
21-22 – eDelivery EXPO (UK)
22 – Earth Day (US)
23 – St. George’s Day (UK)
23-25 – Magento Imagine (US)
May
1 – May Day Bank Holiday (UK)
1-2 – Retail Innovation Conference (US)
2-3 – RBTE (UK)
5 – Cinco de Mayo (US)
10 – Bira Conference & Awards (UK)
13 – Mother’s Day (US, Canada & Aus)
16-17 – The British Business Show (UK)
17 – The Retail Conference (UK)
18-20 – The Baby Show (UK)
28 – Memorial Day (US)
28 – Spring Bank Holiday (UK)
June
5-8 – Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (US)
13-16 – June Atlanta Apparel (US)
17 – Father’s Day (US & UK)
19-21 – eTail Europe (UK)
21 – Summer Solstice
July
1-31 – Independent Retailer Month
2-15 – Wimbledon (UK)
4 – Independence Day (US)
15-18 – Home & Gift (UK)
18 – Fashion Ecommerce Summit (UK)
August
6-8 – Moda (UK)
7-11 – August Atlanta Apparel (US)
27 – August Bank Holiday (UK)
September
Back to School Month (US, UK)
2-5 – Autumn Fair (UK)
3 – Labor Day (US)
3-5 – Outdoor Trade Show (UK)
9-11 – A/W Top Drawer (UK)
9-11 – Retail Global (US)
10-12 – Glee (UK)
12-14 – Shop.Org (US)
23 – Autumn Equinox
23-24 PATS (UK)
26-27 – eCommerce Expo (UK)
October
3-4 – Pay Expo (US)
8 – Thanksgiving (Canada)
8 – Columbus Day (US)
9-10 – MagentoLive Europe
16 – Boss’s Day (US)
16-20 – October Atlanta Apparel (US)
20-22 – The Baby Show (UK)
31 – Halloween
November
5 – Bonfire Night (UK)
11 – Veterans’ Day (US)
11 – Single’s Day (China)
22 – Thanksgiving (US)
23 – Black Friday
24 – Small Business Saturday (US)
26 – Cyber Monday
December
1 – Small Business Saturday (UK)
3 – Manic Monday
10 – Green Monday
14 – Free Shipping Day
21 – Winter Solstice
24 – Christmas Eve, Super Saturday
25 – Christmas Day
26 – Boxing Day (UK National Holiday)
31 – New Year’s Eve
If we’ve missed off a key date that you prepare for, let us know in the comments below!