All Trade fairs & conferences articles – Page 20

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    Pure London will move next summer to July 24-26 from...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Pure London will move next summer to July 24-26 from its previous schedule of July 31 to Aug. 2. It will thus overlap slightly with the GDS shoe show in Düsseldorf, which is set to run from July 26 to 28.

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    The 19th congress of the International Union of Shoe Industry...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The 19th congress of the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC) in Chennai, India on Feb. 3-5, 2016 has added a program of factory visits to the local leather and footwear industry. Delegates at the congress will be able to visit two factories in the Chennai area run by ...

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    Momad Metrópolis, the fashion fair held in Madrid on Sept....

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Momad Metrópolis, the fashion fair held in Madrid on Sept. 11-13, was described as a success by its organizers in terms of both exhibitors and visitors. The number of registered buyers went up by 14 percent to 17,218 as compared to September 2014. Of those, nine percent came from outside ...

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    Like Momad Metrópolis in Madrid, Panorama, the early fashion fair...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Like Momad Metrópolis in Madrid, Panorama, the early fashion fair in Berlin, has decided to create a dedicated hall for shoes and accessories at its next session, running alongside Premium and other fashion fairs from Jan. 19 to 21. More than 100 selected suppliers are going to show in a ...

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    Häflinger will be one of the new shoe brands exhibiting...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Häflinger will be one of the new shoe brands exhibiting at Chic, the international fashion exhibition taking place in Shanghai on Oct. 13-15

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    A meeting of Bread & Butter's creditors approved the proposals...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    A meeting of Bread & Butter's creditors approved the proposals made by the company's receiver, Christian Graf Brockdorff, which calls for the reimbursement of at least 27 percent of the outstanding liabilities. Zalando is confirmed as the new owner of the trade event in Berlin.

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    TheMicam has confirmed the new Sept. 3-6 schedule that it...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    TheMicam has confirmed the new Sept. 3-6 schedule that it had negotiated with Fiera Milano for the second part of next year. Fiera Milano had proposed an Aug. 28-31 schedule, which would have interfered with the traditional holiday season in Italy. There was subsequently a debate over a possible shift ...

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    The organizers of the Momad Metrópolis fashion exhibition in Madrid...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of the Momad Metrópolis fashion exhibition in Madrid have decided to stage a footwear-only show on March 5-7 next year, called Momad Shoes. This follows an increase of more than 50 percent in the number of shoe brands participating in Momad Metrópolis to more than 300 later this ...

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    Simac Tanning Tech will start one day earlier than scheduled...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Simac Tanning Tech will start one day earlier than scheduled in Milan next February. It will run from Tuesday through Thursday on Feb. 23-25.

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    The Brazilian footwear sector was well represented at Expo, the...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The Brazilian footwear sector was well represented at Expo, the World Fair in Milan, from Aug. 24 to Sept. 4 through the “Brazilian Footwear & Ipanema@Expo” initiative. This export promotion initiative was developed by the Brazilian Footwear IndustryAssociation (Abicalçados) in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) ...

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    The number of foreign visitors increased to 1,205 at the...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The number of foreign visitors increased to 1,205 at the Francal show in São Paulo in July from 1,015 a year ago. They came from 64 countries. At 43,100, the total number of visitors was up sharply from 40,800 in July 2014, when the fair was negatively affected by the ...

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    The Premium Group, which organizes the Premium and Seek trade...

    2015-07-31T00:00:00Z

    The Premium Group, which organizes the Premium and Seek trade shows in Berlin, has acquired Bright, the streetwear and action sports fair run simultaneously in the German capital. Bright's two founders, Marco Aslim and Thomas Martini, have sold their shares but will continue to work as managing directors of the ...

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    The Bread & Butter trade show, which opened on July...

    2015-07-31T00:00:00Z

    The Bread & Butter trade show, which opened on July 7 at the Tempelhof airport in Berlin, has become a shadow of its former self. About 200 companies exhibited at the show, most of them unknown labels with basic stands. Only few visitors found their way to the show, which ...

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    A total of 880 brands of shoes and accessories are...

    2015-07-31T00:00:00Z

    A total of 880 brands of shoes and accessories are presenting their collections at the GDS fair in Düsseldorf this week. Another 210 exhibitors will show at the simultaneous Tag it!, the private label fair, not including about 100 producers of fabrics and clothing presenting their products at a new ...

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    “Shoes: Pleasure and Pain,” is the title of a new...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    “Shoes: Pleasure and Pain,” is the title of a new exhibition, sponsored by Clarks, that opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London last Saturday. It celebrates the sacrifices that women and some men have made in the past centuries to fit their feet into tiny shoes and on ...

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    Momad, the multi-sector trade show in Madrid, will be splitting...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Momad, the multi-sector trade show in Madrid, will be splitting dates for footwear and textiles. As previously announced, the coming edition of Momad Metrópolis, to be held on Sept. 11-13, will have footwear occupying a dedicated space, namely the entire hall 4. Similarly, the winter edition of the event, which ...

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    The Brooklyn Museum in New York City will honor sneakers...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The Brooklyn Museum in New York City will honor sneakers at a new exhibition about “The Rise of Sneaker Culture,” which will run from July 10 until Oct. 4. It will explore the social history and the cultural significance of the sneaker culture. The 150 different pairs on display will ...

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    Grupo Couromoda of Brazil will concentrate on the organization of...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Grupo Couromoda of Brazil will concentrate on the organization of the its footwear, apparel and hair styling shows - Couromoda, São Paulo Prêt-à-Porter and Hair Brasil - following an agreement for the sale of its Hospitalar trade show for hospital equipment to UBM, the large British group that organizes fairs ...

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    The organizers of the GDS is Düsseldorf have announced that...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of the GDS is Düsseldorf have announced that Nina Schwichtenberg, the reputed German fashion blogger behind Fashiioncarpet (sic), will provide testimonials for the show

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    The 88th edition of Pitti Uomo, on June 16-19, welcomed...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The 88th edition of Pitti Uomo, on June 16-19, welcomed around 30,000 visitors. According to the figures that the organizers released right after the event, the number of buyers reached around 20,000, representing an increase of more than 5 percent from June 2014. The number of Italian buyers increased by ...