Category: Retail

Customs Day, World: January 26

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International Customs Day or World Customs Day (WCO) is organized to honor the customs agents and processes governing world trade between nations and combating fraud for 98% of all global trade. Each yea...

January

Dress Up Your Pet Day: January 14

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Dress Up Your Pet Day encourages pet owners to parade their pets in style by dressing them up. The event was created by Celebrity Pet Lifestyle Expert and Animal Advocate Colleen Paige.

January

Fashion Week London, Men's (UK): January 4...

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London's Men's Fashion Week focuses on Men's fashions for the upcoming seasons. It is one of four major Men's fashion shows held twice a year.

January

Fashion Week, Copenhagen (DK): January 28-...

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Copenhagen hosts the Nordic Region's largest fashion event, Copenhagen Fashion Week. As industry movers and shakers get dressed and ready for a week of sartorial extravagance, the runways come alive with...

January

Fashion Week, Men's, Paris (FR): January 1...

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As part of the larger umbrella under Paris Fashion Week and one of the "Big Four" world-renowned fashion weeks, Men's Fashion Week in Paris targets specifically the attire for men. This event showcases...

January

Fresh Squeezed Juice Week, Ntl.: January 1...

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Fresh Squeezed Juice Week was created by the Juice and Smoothie Association (JASA) to educate consumers about the juice and smoothie industry, promote the juice bar franchises, and independent juice bars....

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Gardening, Mail-order Gardening Month, Ntl...

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January is National Mail Order Gardening Month. Why January? Because few things excite gardening enthusiasts during the height of the winter more than the reminder that spring is on its way.

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Hat Day, Ntl.: January 15

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National Hat Day is celebrated every year and is an opportunity to wear whatever you like on your head, the more outrageous, the better. This is an unofficial event with no sponsor.

January

Idiotarod, (Multiple Dates/Cities): Januar...

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Urban Idiotarods - or Idiot-a-rod - have been going on since 1994 in San Francisco. These urban shopping cart races are named after the Iditarod - the 1,000 mile long dog-sledding race in Alaska. The Idi...

January

Measure Your Feet Day: January 23

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Measure Your Feet Day commemorates how we measure feet, though why it is not on the birthday (May 16, 1903) of the device’s inventor or the day patent US1682366 was approved (August 28, 1928) or filed (N...

January

Pantone Color of the Year 19-4052 Classic...

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Pantone declares the theme color for each year in the December prior to the start of the year. For 2020, it is 19-4052 Classic Blue.

January

PPAI (Promotional Products Association Int...

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The Promotional Products Association Intl. (PPAI) Expo, Las Vegas, is North America's largest international promotional products trade show. It features more than 11,000 distributors from close to 4,000 c...

January

Punch-the-Clock Day: January 27

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Punch the Clock Day is an unofficial event with no sponsor that can either be used to celebrate the Workman's Time Recorder, patent number 452,894. Patented May 26, 1891 by Willard Le Grand Bundy and lo...

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Quilting, Local Quilt Shop Day, Intl.: Jan...

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International Local Quilt Shop Day focuses on the contribution of small business quilt shops to the local economy. Quilters, seamstresses, fabric enthusiasts, and crafters throughout the world use this da...

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Recycle your Christmas Cards Month (UK): J...

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January is Recycle Your Christmas Cards Month in the United Kingdom. Sponsored by the Woodland Trust, it aims to reduce the number of trees being cut down to produce paper. For every 1,000 cards, a tree...

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Sticker Day, Ntl (1907): January 13

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Today is the birthday of Ray Stanton Avery, January 13, 1907. Avery invented the first self adhesive labels for pricing, known as the Kum Kleen Pricer Stickers. This single invention grew into the company...

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Use Your Gift Card Day, Ntl.: January 18

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First held in 2020, National Use Your Gift Card Day encourages people who received gift cards over the holidays and previous, to get out and redeem the full amount. Each year over $500 million dollars in...

January

Dragon Head Festival (CN): February 24

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The Chinese Dragon Head Festival occurs on the second day of the second lunar month in the Chinese calendar. It commemorates the dragon legend in which on the second day of the second month in the Chinese...

January

Business Clean-up Day, National (AU): Febr...

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Business Clean-up Day is designed for Australian businesses as an opportunity to improve the environment, both outside and in the office, through waste reduction. It’s also a great team building exercise.

January

Skip the Straw Day: February 28

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Most of the world was horrified by the picture of the turtle with a plastic straw jammed up its nose. Single use straws continue to add to the abundance of plastic waste the world over. The students of Wh...

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