All Trade fairs & conferences articles – Page 29

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    Pitti Uomo, the menswear fair held in Florence earlier this...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Pitti Uomo, the menswear fair held in Florence earlier this month, reports higher attendance levels than a year ago. Based on preliminary figures, the number of Italian visitors, which had declined in 2013, rose by 4 percent this time to around 13,000. The number of foreign buyers went up to ...

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    The next edition of Global Shoes, the sourcing fair organized...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The next edition of Global Shoes, the sourcing fair organized by Messe Düsseldorf, will start on March 11, one day before the GDS. The organizers want to attract contract shoe manufacturers from Portugal and other European countries to the show, which is changing its name from Global Shoes to Tag ...

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    The Russian Shoe Week is over. As we reported at...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The Russian Shoe Week is over. As we reported at the time, Nazim Mustafaev, the former director of the Mosshoe trade show, held it as an alternative fair in the Crocus City center last August at the same time as Euro-Shoes in Moscow, but it attracted only a handful of ...

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    Stonefly has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special event...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Stonefly has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special event in Montebelluna and the release of a book on the history of the company

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    About 300 delegates from more than 30 countries participated in...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    About 300 delegates from more than 30 countries participated in the 18th convention of UITIC, the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians, held in Guangzhou last month. It was led by Yves Morin, president of UITC and of CTC. Jean-Pierre Renaudin, president of the French shoe industry association (FFC) and ...

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    The American edition of theMicam will probably take place in...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    The American edition of theMicam will probably take place in New York, starting in March 2015. Assocalzaturifici and Fieramilano, which are already partners in theMicam in Milan and Shanghai, has yet to make a final decision, but it seems that Las Vegas is not longer a candidate to host the ...

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    The Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) is expanding...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    The Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) is expanding its education program with Ars Sutoria, adding a digital version that will allow it to register more students. The American association has also announced the creation of a digital wholesale marketplace for footwear. FFANY 365, whose launch is planned for ...

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    Fashion Access, Asia-Pacific's fashion fair for high-end head-to-toe fashions, had...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Fashion Access, Asia-Pacific's fashion fair for high-end head-to-toe fashions, had a modestly successful run on Sept. 25-27 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. In terms of visitors, there was a 4.77 percent decrease from Sept. 2012. There were 298 exhibitors, covering a total of 11,090 square meters of ...

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    The Altagamma Foundation will launch a branding project for the...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    The Altagamma Foundation will launch a branding project for the city of Milan as the ambassador of Italy's creative heritage. It will be carried out by Altagamma itself; the local Camera della Moda (Fashion Chamber); Cosmit, which organizes the Milan Design Week; and local governmental, higher education and research institutions. ...

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    The Bread & Butter show in Berlin has launched a...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    The Bread & Butter show in Berlin has launched a new communication campaign under the title “Ich bin ein Berliner,” the famous words of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy during a speech given in the city while it was still divided between East and West. B&B has also launched ...

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    Anpic, the Mexican leather and footwear exhibition in Léon, attracted...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Anpic, the Mexican leather and footwear exhibition in Léon, attracted more visitors than expected. There were a total of 14,503 buyers, and 93 percent came from the country. Out of the foreign visitors, more than 30 percent of them came from the U.S., 14 percent from Guatemala, 13 percent from ...

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    Anteprima Lineapelle and Lineapelle have indicated the intention to move...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Anteprima Lineapelle and Lineapelle have indicated the intention to move to earlier. The main show would take place in Bologna on Sept. 10-12 next year, coming just before the successful Cuir à Paris fair, scheduled for Sept. 16-18. However, it seems that the fairgrounds may not be available for the ...

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    The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, brought for the first...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, brought for the first time a group of 19 Italian companies to Aymod, the Turkish shoe fair in Istanbul, on Nov. 6-9. The association also reports on the successful staging of its most recent workshops in the capitals of Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The event ...

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    Starting next year, Berlin will have a new trade show...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Starting next year, Berlin will have a new trade show exclusively for footwear, aimed at independent fashion retailers. The show, called “What about Shoes,” will take place at Berlin's Postbahnhof on Feb. 21-23 and is being organized by Ben Hering and Miro Neumann, with the support of an unnamed investor. ...

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    Clarification: As previously reported in Shoe Intelligence, Messe Düsseldorf presented...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Clarification: As previously reported in Shoe Intelligence, Messe Düsseldorf presented a new concept for the GDS fair, which will start to be implemented during the edition from July 30 to Aug. 1, 2014. The GDS will extend its reach not only to handbags, belts and caps, as previously reported, but ...

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    The next edition of TheMicam Shanghai will run from March...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    The next edition of TheMicam Shanghai will run from March 24 to 26, in line with the forward shift in the dates of TheMicam Milan and a little earlier than previously planned. It will take place after Obuv, the Russian show organized by Assocalzaturifici, which will be held in Moscow ...

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    Mipel, the leathergoods show in Milan, will be held from...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Mipel, the leathergoods show in Milan, will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 next year to coincide with the new dates of TheMicam. Its dates will move back two weeks earlier also in 2015, starting with a Feb. 15-18 for the first session of the year.

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    Euro Shoes Premiere Collections counted a total of 5,500 daily...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Euro Shoes Premiere Collections counted a total of 5,500 daily visits for the duration of the Moscow fair in August, including 1,500 on the first day. Only 15 percent of the visitors came from Moscow. While 7 percent came from other CIS countries, practically all the others came from other ...

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    Bright is again moving its location in Berlin, this time...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Bright is again moving its location in Berlin, this time to the building of the former Jandorf warehouse. The streetwear fair in Berlin will continue to coincide with Bread & Butter, Premium and other Berlin shows from Jan. 15 to 17.

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    The European Confederation of the Shoe Industry (CEC) has approved...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The European Confederation of the Shoe Industry (CEC) has approved a proposal to hold the next World Footwear Congress in the Mexican city of Léon. It will be held there at a yet unspecified date during the month of November of 2015. Léon is located in the state of Guanajuato, ...