All Trade fairs & conferences articles – Page 9
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News briefsWortmann’s virtual Garda Days were a success
The Wortmann Group, one of Europe’s largest shoe companies, said that its first virtual trade show, called Garda Days, was very susscessful. Exceeding expectations, it attracted over 2,000 online visitors from 46 countries on June 17 and 18. More than 150 requests for appointments were made before the event for ...
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ArticleNew mid-December timing for Expo Riva Schuh
Expo Riva Schuh, the leading international shoe fair for the low and medium segments of the footwear market, is bringing forward the winter edition of its trade show, making it happen along with the Garda Bags fair for leathergoods on Dec. 11-14 instead of the middle of January. It will ...
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Premium Group moves to Frankfurt in summer 2021
The organizers of the Premium trade show for fashion, footwear and accessories – an important component of the Berlin Fashion Week – have decided to leave Berlin after 18 years and move the show to Frankfurt. Anita Tillmann and Jörg Arntz, who are respectively the founder and the chief organizer ...
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ArticleMaterial Exchange rides the digitalization wave
Material Exchange, an online platform for the procurement of materials based in Stockholm, has seen growth in the number of its footwear and fashion supplier and brand members accelerate as the Covid-19 pandemic gives a new impetus to digitalization.
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Pitti fairs postponed from September to January
In what its president, Claudio Marenzi, calls a “painful but inevitable” decision, Pitti Immagine is postponing all its physical trade shows in Florence from September of this year to January 2021. After a meeting of Pitti Immagine’s board of directors, Marenzi justified the decision with the fact that too few ...
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Premium Group to launch digital trade show format
By banning trade shows and mass events in Berlin through Oct. 24, the local senate has caused the cancellation of the Premium and Seek fashion trade shows. Thus, the Premium Group, which organizes them, has decided to launch a new digital trade show format. Together with a local partner, Joor, ...
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Gucci sets its own show schedule
Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele said the fashion house, owned by the Kering group, would leave the traditional fashion calendar as it plans to show twice a year only. “I will abandon the worn-out ritual of seasonalities and shows to regain a new cadence, closer to my expressive call,” Michele ...
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ArticleVietnam promotes footwear exports to U.S. as its industry suffers
For the first time, an interactive video conference was held in Washington D.C. on May 27 to connect Vietnamese footwear manufacturers and U.S. distributors and retailers.The initiative comes as the Asian’s footwear industry is suffering severely from the drop in demand stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference entitled “Promoting ...
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ANWR, Sabu and HDS/L to set up new seasonal schedule
ANWR and Sabu, two of the major German shoe retailing cooperatives, have decided to set up a new seasonal schedule for the presentation of new products in concert with HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association. Many partners from the shoe, leathergoods and textile industries have already agreed to ...
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Micam Americas postponed to Sept. 29-Oct. 1
Informa Markets, a British organizer of exhibitions and events, has postponed to Sept.29-Oct.1 its summer edition of the Las Vegas fashion marketplace that features Micam Americas and two other important events, WWDMagic and Project. The shows were previously planned for Aug. 17-19. The venue is the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...
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Misaf trade show postponed, eyes September
The Milan-based trade show Misaf has postponed its second edition, initially scheduled for June 10-12, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The organizer, Plum Solution, which is run by the general manager Yin Xiaomei, is considering holding the show in September but no decision has been made yet. The company is ...
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ArticleMicam has industry support for September edition and prepares a B2B site
The organizers of Micam confirmed plans to hold the trade fair on Sept. 20-23, indicating that 75 percent of the Italian and international companies surveyed believe that the Milan-based event is an essential element to relaunch the industry. Micam also plans to launch a B2B platform.
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Italian footwear sales drop by 38.4% in Q1
In the first quarter, the Italian footwear industry suffered a 38.4 percent year-on-year drop in sales, representing a €1.7 billion loss in revenues, and a 46.2 percent decline in orders due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the means seen necessary to relaunch the industry is the organization ...
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Expo Riva Schuh and other shows are cancelled or postponed
Riva del Garda Fierecongressi has cancelled the upcoming editions of Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags, both of which shows it organizes, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. They were scheduled for June 13-16 in Riva del Garda, Italy. In consultation with local and international exhibitors, visitors and stakeholders, it is considering ...
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Global Fashion Agenda expands
The Swedish non-profit organization Global Fashion Agenda is further strengthening its group of Associate Partners by welcoming three new companies: TAL Apparel, VF Corporation and Zalando. Global Fashion Agenda is a leadership forum for industry collaboration on fashion sustainability and the organizer of the renowned Copenhagen Fashion Summit. It seeks ...
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Upcoming Gallery Shoes
The next Gallery Shoes fair, scheduled for March 8-10, will be the sixth edition to be held at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. 400 exhibitors will be presenting some 600 brands at the fair, which is fully booked. The organizers expect to welcome more than 9,500 visitors. Dianetti, Weestep, Patt’touch ...
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Micam to offer space for emerging designers
Micam, the Milan trade show running from Feb. 16 to 19, will again offer an area for emerging designers. Located in Hall 4E, the space will host young talents of different nationalities. They are the Israeli Annabelle Tsitsin with her A by Anabelle brand; Ines Martin-Borregon of Spain with Alohas ...
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Misaf to hold 2nd edition in June with focus on design, innovation
Misaf, which stands for Milan shoes and accessories fair, plans to hold its second edition from June 10 to June 12, just before Expo Riva Schuh, scheduled for June 13-16. Expo Riva Schuh is held in the Italian town of Riva del Garda and is the world’s leading shoe fair ...
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Micam Milano replaces Micam Americas
Informa Markets, a British organizer of exhibitions and events, has joined forces with the Micam Milano to launch Micam Americas, scheduled to run for the first time from Aug. 17 to 19 in Las Vegas. It will replace FN Platform and run alongside two other important fashion events at the ...
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Visitor numbers up at Lineapelle
Before the coronavirus brought public life to a virtual standstill in Milan, Italy, Lineapelle registered increasing visitor numbers. The 98th edition of the leather fair, held in the city on Feb. 19-21, registered 20,000 visitors, an increase of 2 percent from the previous year. This year, there were no guests ...
