All Trade fairs & conferences articles – Page 18

  • News briefs

    Bookings for the Sept. 22-24 edition of the Momad Shoes...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Bookings for the Sept. 22-24 edition of the Momad Shoes fair in Madrid have already reached 7,000 square meters, exceeding the occupancy level of the March 2017 edition. Several brands will return to the show, including Hannibal Laguna and Paredes, which just got a prize. The buyers' program of the ...

  • News briefs

    A trade mission to Russia involving 34 Brazilian shoe brands...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    A trade mission to Russia involving 34 Brazilian shoe brands could generate business worth more than $4 million for the South American country. Abicalçados, the footwear industry association, undertook the trade mission at the start of June. According to Abicalçados, the companies made contact with around 300 buyers with most ...

  • Short stops

    About 450 brands have booked space at Première Classe, the...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    About 450 brands have booked space at Première Classe, the footwear and accessories show scheduled for Sept. 8-11 in Paris

  • News briefs

    Attendance at the 88th edition of the Expo Riva Schuh...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Attendance at the 88th edition of the Expo Riva Schuh show on Italy's Lake Garda on June 10-13 was virtually flat with a total of 11,224 registered visitors. The business climate was described as relatively positive. The organizers mentioned the presence of a big delegation of French buyers as well ...

  • News briefs

    Pure London has announced that it is adding a “footwear...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Pure London has announced that it is adding a “footwear destination,” a dedicated upstairs floor, to the forthcoming edition of the women's wear show, due to be held at London's Olympia fairgrounds on July 23-25. Footwear brands returning to the event include Birkenstock alongside Alpe, Anuschka, Nero Giardini, Saz, Unisa ...

  • News briefs

    Pitti Uomo attracted fewer attendees this past June . Around...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Pitti Uomo attracted fewer attendees this past June . Around 19,000 buyers attended the 92nd edition for the spring/summer collections, down from 20,500 in June 2016. The edition which was held in Florence on June 13-16, 2017 attracted more than 30,000 visitors overall. The number of Italian buyers dropped by ...

  • News briefs

    Birkenstock organized for the first time a special two-day event...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Birkenstock organized for the first time a special two-day event for buyers in the Tuileries Gardens during the recent Paris Fashion Week. It also exhibited at the Seek and Premium shows during the recent Berlin Fashion Week. It has confirmed its participation in the new German trade show, Gallery Shoes, ...

  • News briefs

    An exhibition entitled “The seduction of footwear: Italian glamour” showcased...

    2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

    An exhibition entitled “The seduction of footwear: Italian glamour” showcased Italian footwear in Seoul on July 10-12. The event was promoted by Assocalzaturifici ahead of theMicam, which will be held in Milan in September. The exhibition was organized alongside “La moda italiana a Seoul,” the trade fair for Italian fashion ...

  • News briefs

    New national collective exhibitions by companies from South Africa, Russia...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    New national collective exhibitions by companies from South Africa, Russia and Bulgaria are going to participate in the Expo Riva Schuh show starting at Riva del Garda in Northern Italy tomorrow. They will join groups from China, India, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Indonesia, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Tunisia and Turkey at the ...

  • News briefs

    Bread & Butter, the three-day consumer-oriented style and culture festival...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Bread & Butter, the three-day consumer-oriented style and culture festival being held in Berlin, Germany, will expand this year to feature more than 40 brands and more space. Organized by Zalando, which bought the rights to the former trade show, the consumer-facing trend show attracted 20,000 people at its first ...

  • Short stops

    Like Couromoda, the other major Brazilian shoe trade show, Francal...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Like Couromoda, the other major Brazilian shoe trade show, Francal will take place at a new venue at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo on July 2-5

  • News briefs

    The second edition of the European Shoeshow in Cologne, organized...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    The second edition of the European Shoeshow in Cologne, organized by Wellfairs, has been cancelled. The show was supposed to take place on Sept. 24-25, but only 30 exhibitors registered for the show. Observers feel that suppliers may want to see the results of the first edition of the new ...

  • News briefs

    “Italian Shoes, European Footprint” is the title of the exhibition...

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    “Italian Shoes, European Footprint” is the title of the exhibition that opened in Brussels, in the premises of the European Parliament, on May 30. The event is promoted by Assocalzaturifici in collaboration with Colosseum, a cultural association based in Rome. The exhibition, which showcases the evolution of shoes across history, ...

  • News briefs

    Assocalzaturifici feels that the demand for Italian shoes is recovering...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Assocalzaturifici feels that the demand for Italian shoes is recovering in Kazakhstan and Ukraine, as a total of 300 buyers visited the annual “Shoes from Italy” workshops organized last month in Almaty and Kiev, with the collaboration of the Italian Trade Commission (Ice). In the capital of Kazakhstan, 180 buyers ...

  • News briefs

    Momad Shoes is planned to become a point of reference...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Momad Shoes is planned to become a point of reference for footwear made in Spain. This is what the organizing committee of the Madrid trade shoe has agreed at a recent meeting attended by the Momad management team, representatives of Fice (the Spanish shoe industry federation), regional associations and footwear ...

  • News briefs

    Riva del Garda Fierecongressi is launching a new program called...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Riva del Garda Fierecongressi is launching a new program called Expo Riva Schuh Around The World, with trips to important markets in order to present its fair. The tour has started in Soutjh Africa. A delegation from the country will visit Expo Riva Schuh on Lake Garda on June 10-13.

  • News briefs

    Christian Louboutin will for the first time participate in Pitti...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Christian Louboutin will for the first time participate in Pitti Uomo at the 92nd edition of the trade show, which will take place in Florence on June 13-16, launching a collection of sports shoes – in tune with current fashion trends. Bally will also participate with a new collection of ...

  • Short stops

    HDS/L, the German federation of the shoe and leathergoods industries,...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    HDS/L, the German federation of the shoe and leathergoods industries, is organizing a symposium on the digitalization of the sector on May 31

  • News briefs

    The 115 companies that participated in the latest edition of...

    2017-04-25T00:00:00Z

    The 115 companies that participated in the latest edition of Moda Made in Italy, held in Munich on March 19-21, presenting 215 brands, were said to be very satisfied with the attendance by 1,400 visitors.  Essenz, the simultaneous, three-year-old German shoe show, recorded an increase in the number of visitors ...

  • News briefs

    Chic, the Chinese fashion trade show, reported a 3.5 percent...

    2017-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Chic, the Chinese fashion trade show, reported a 3.5 percent increase in attendance at its latest edition in Shanghai on March 15-17 with a total of 108,164 visitors, after a 17 percent drop a year earlier. Operators of shopping malls and department stores formed the biggest contingents. The 1,213 exhibitors ...