The National Stationery Show is the world’s most comprehensive collection of social stationery and related products, and serves as the premiere market for these product categories in the United States. The show serves as the annual platform for 900+ exhibiting companies, showcasing more than 10,000 lines.  The National Stationery Show plays a critical role in offering opportunities for company branding, introducing new product releases, face-to-face sales and relationship building, business development, customer relations, public relations and licensing. Among the 900 exhibitors are some 250 brand-new, design-driven companies staging their debut each year, making NSS a discovery zone for fresh industry talent!  The National Stationery Show is the only trade event in North America that focuses comprehensively on this profitable, popular and productive industry segment. As the most important gathering of the social stationery  industry worldwide, NSS attracts executives from all sectors: manufacturers, retailers, distributors, suppliers, sales reps, designers, licensing agents and press. Click here to view some of the well-known stores that visit the NSS each year.

Profile of Attendees

NSS attracts a diverse global attendance of more than 11,000 buyers from stationery, card and gift shops; bookstores; bridal shops; party stores; department, chain and specialty stores; large chains and "big box" mass retailers; online retailers and mail order catalogs; as well as importers and distributors.

Products Exhibited

The products showcased at the National Stationery Show include greeting cards, invitations, imprintables, giftwrap/ribbons, stationery, specialty party supplies and paper tableware, bridal accessories, customized/personalized products, in-store printing equipment, decorative home office products, luxury leather goods, writing instruments, paper-crafting supplies, frames, journals, calendars, specialty giftware, scrapbooking and back-to-school.

And, in The Supply Side division, finishing specialists, including die-cutting, die-making, foil/hot stamping, embossing, holography, lamination, packaging/box specialists, converters, paper manufacturers, specialty printing/thermography, production machinery, envelope manufacturers, custom displays/fixturing sytems and other suppliers.