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    As previously reported, the next Bread & Butter show, due to...

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    As previously reported, the next Bread & Butter show, due to be held in Berlin on Jan. 15-17, is going to have many drop-outs. Many other firms will not be readmitted. This will be compensated  by some 100 new entries and 50 comebacks. Meanwhile, Sebastian Hennecke, a 32-year-old manager who has contributed to ...

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    Shoes & Accessories is the name of a new trade...

    2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Shoes & Accessories is the name of a new trade show proposed by agents of various brands who are reportedly dissatisfied with the cost-benefit ratio of Moda Made in Italy. Reportedly, they also criticisize its dates, scheduled for March 24-26, which conflict with those of other events The new fair would be held ...

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    Momad is going to be the new label regrouping the...

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Momad is going to be the new label regrouping the major fashion fairs in Spain, including the bridal, ready-to-wear and footwear trade shows organized by Ifema, the company that organizes fairs in Madrid. The new name, which it is in the process of registering, will be first used at the ...

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    The third edition of Footwear Expo in Dubai, which was...

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The third edition of Footwear Expo in Dubai, which was originally scheduled to take place on Oct. 23-25, will be held on March 19-21 next year. The trade show is the largest dedicated event for footwear and leather in the Middle East.

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    A delegation of Italian retailers led by Massimo Donda, president...

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A delegation of Italian retailers led by Massimo Donda, president of Federcalzature, visited the Aymod fair in Istanbul earlier this month, and the association plans to repeat the experience next Apr. 17-20

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    The German GMS buying group is not going to exhibit...

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The German GMS buying group is not going to exhibit at the next GDS fair, but it still plans to invite lots of retail members to its traditional dinner in Düsseldorf's Altstadt

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    Following Rieker, another big German company, Josef Seibel, has decided...

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Following Rieker, another big German company, Josef Seibel, has decided not to show at the next GDS in Düsseldorf, feeling that the dates are at least four weeks too late

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    Première Classe and Mess Around, the two shoe and accessories...

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Première Classe and Mess Around, the two shoe and accessories fairs held at the same time of Who's Next in Paris, will merge into a new joint exhibition called Who's Next Accessories. They will be held on the second floor of Hall 7 at the Porte de Versailles fairgrounds as ...

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    The thirtieth edition of Modacalzado + Iberpiel recorded a slight...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The thirtieth edition of Modacalzado + Iberpiel recorded a slight increase in visitors, up by 5 percent from the previous edition last March and virtually flat as compared to one year ago. Held in Madrid on Sept. 22-24,the Spanish shoe and leathergoods fair welcomed 7,526 buyers from 69 countries. Over ...

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    India's Council for Leather Exports is planning to stage an...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    India's Council for Leather Exports is planning to stage an Indian Leather Show in Paris from Feb. 28 to March 1, 2013. The show was supposed to take place in Paris last month, but CLE decided to postpone it in order to allow Indian manufacturers of leather and leathergoods to ...

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    The footwear sector came out particularly strong at the latest...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The footwear sector came out particularly strong at the latest Fashion Access, which was held in Hong Kong on Sept. 27-29. Nine exhibitors were rewarded with the Best of APLF Awards, four of which were footwear companies. PT Mario Minardi of Indonesia won for Best Quality Men's Footwear Collection. Art ...

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    A new British brand, Fury, has won a prize for...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    A new British brand, Fury, has won a prize for a sponsored stand in the FN Platform section of the Magic show in Las Vegas. It is one of thee prizes won by young British entrepreneurs in the 2012 Footwear Friends Awards. Monetary prizes were given by the consultancy of ...

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    Bernard Arnault, the chairman and chief executive of the LVMH...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Bernard Arnault, the chairman and chief executive of the LVMH conglomerate and France's richest man, will be honored with an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) by the British ambassador in France, Sir Peter Ricketts. Reportedly, Arnault will be the only French national to be awarded the ...

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    The 2012 edition of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE),...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The 2012 edition of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), held on Sept.4-6 in Shanghai, attracted 22,204 visitors, 16.25 percent more than in 2011. Visitors from China were 18,699, an increase of 20.22 percent from last year, while overseas visitors came in at 3,138, up by 1.69 percent. Apart from ...

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    A total of 133 paying delegates attended the first Footwear...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    A total of 133 paying delegates attended the first Footwear Sustainability Summit in Shanghai last Sept. 13-14, resulting in a full house, and the event will likely be repeated next year. One of the speakers was Luigi Grosso, president of Euro Brand Management in Germany. The delegates came from such ...

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    The 23rd edition of Le Cuir à Paris attracted 14,011...

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The 23rd edition of Le Cuir à Paris attracted 14,011 visitors, an increase of 9.8 percent from September 2011. Boosted by the luxury sector, the leather and fur trade show, which closed last Sept. 21 in Paris, saw the participation of some 413 exhibitors, and its surface increased by ...

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    The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence is showing an exhibition...

    2012-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence is showing an exhibition of shoes that Ferragamo made for the iconic actress Marilyn Monroe. Running until January, the exhibition demonstrates that the heels on Monroe's shoes are the same height, dispelling the myth that she always had one heel made slightly lower than ...

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    Inspiramais, the Brazilian fair for shoe components and materials, welcomed...

    2012-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Inspiramais, the Brazilian fair for shoe components and materials, welcomed 30 percent more visitors than last February at its July 24-26 edition in São Paulo, or a total of more than 5,000. Over 100 exhibitors showed more than 500 new materials and Walter Rodriguez again ran a very interesting fashin ...

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    The Moda Footwear show held in Birmingham last month featured...

    2012-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Moda Footwear show held in Birmingham last month featured more than 400 brands, and attendance grew by 3 percent. Organizers said the increase indicated that the British footwear industry is in good health. Making their Moda debut were K-Swiss, We Are Saints and Palladium.

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    The new Shoe Gallery at Copenhagen's restructured Bella Center were...

    2012-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The new Shoe Gallery at Copenhagen's restructured Bella Center were a great success during the the fashion fairs in the Danish capital in mid-August. Like in Stockholm, all the shoe brands exhibiting at the trademart were ordered to exhibit on the same floor, which was divided by product areas, and ...