All Trade fairs & conferences articles – Page 23

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    The GDS has confirmed a schedule of Feb. 10-12 for...

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    The GDS has confirmed a schedule of Feb. 10-12 for its first session in 2016, with Tag it! running at the same time

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    The $1.1 billion raised through the 2014 Skechers Friendship Walk...

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    The $1.1 billion raised through the 2014 Skechers Friendship Walk was celebrated by Skechers' president, Michael Greenberg, and a number of celebrities at its annual charity event, the Skechers Friendship Walk Check Presentation, which took place on March 12 at the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, California. The record-breaking checks ...

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    More than 125,000 visitors attended Chic, the fashion fair held...

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    More than 125,000 visitors attended Chic, the fashion fair held for the first time in Shanghai's new National Exhibition & Convention Center on March 18-20. The trade show, which had been staged in Beijing in the past 22 years, hosted for the first time a dedicated exhibition of Italian apparel ...

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    After cancelling the January edition of its show and declaring...

    2015-02-24T00:00:00Z

    After cancelling the January edition of its show and declaring his company insolvent, Karl-Heinz Müller, the maverick organizer of Bread & Butter has announced his plans to stage a summer edition of the show on July 2-4, charging lower booth rental fees and changing the segmentation of the offer. It ...

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    Sneaker Freaker, the leading magazine for sneakers, has organized a...

    2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Sneaker Freaker, the leading magazine for sneakers, has organized a special exhibition on sneakers at the four-day Ispo Munich trade show starting on Thursday. It will illustrate the history of the sneaker trend, which is said to be going back to 1875 with the first canvas-rubber shoes, through a series ...

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    The work of Roger Vivier will be celebrated by a...

    2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The work of Roger Vivier will be celebrated by a special exhibition at the Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum in Waalwijk, which will open on Feb. 21. A section of the exhibition, entitled Shoe Treasures – Roger Vivier, will be dedicated to Vivier's creations for Christian Dior. The designer made ...

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    Momad Metropolis, the Spanish fashion fair in Madrid, announced that...

    2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Momad Metropolis, the Spanish fashion fair in Madrid, announced that about 50 new shoe labels in the medium-high segment will exhibit at its Feb. 8-10. They include names such as Castañer, Chie Mihara, Pura López, Pretty Ballerinas and Jaime Mascaró.

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    The next session of TheMicam Shanghai will take place on...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    The next session of TheMicam Shanghai will take place on March 18-20 at the same time and at the same location as Chic, an international apparel show that has been in Beijing for 22 years. The two complementary trade shows will join a textiles fair, Intertextile, in the brand-new Hongqio ...

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    Russia has pulled out as “guest nation” at Pitti Uomo,...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Russia has pulled out as “guest nation” at Pitti Uomo, due to the economic crisis in the country, trade tensions and the worsening of the exchange rate situation in recent weeks

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    Première Vision Leather, the leather show formerly called Le Cuir...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Première Vision Leather, the leather show formerly called Le Cuir à Paris, will welcome at its Feb. 10-12 edition 20 new selected exhibitors including Pittards. The Kering Group, which has been represented at the show for many years through two subsidiaries, Caravel and France Croco, will have a single stand ...

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    Many shoe brands will return or show for the first...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Many shoe brands will return or show for the first time at Pure London, the fashion exhibition slated for Feb. 8-10. The newcomers include Bloch UK, Cubanas, Rosa Maszeda, Swear, Ten Points, Zeha Berlin. Cocorose London, Highline United, Ravel and others will return to the show.

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    Francesco Malatesta, who has been running the Madrid shoe show,...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Francesco Malatesta, who has been running the Madrid shoe show, Momad Metropolis, and other fashion fairs organized by Ifema in the past three years, has left the company

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    UBM, organizer of the APLF show in Hong Kong, will...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    UBM, organizer of the APLF show in Hong Kong, will hold for the first time a Global Retail Conference in the morning of March 31. Using mainly a debate format, the three-hour conference will discuss ways of operating a shoe retail business in China, the specificities of the segment in ...

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    Bread & Butter, the company that organizes the trade show...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Bread & Butter, the company that organizes the trade show by the same name, filed for insolvency on Dec. 16, seven days after announcing the cancellation of the January edition of the show. The company has advised exhibitors who had advanced money for their stands to register their claims with ...

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    The organizers of Simac Tanning Tech report a 20 percent...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Simac Tanning Tech report a 20 percent increase to more than 14,000 square meters for the space rented out for its Feb. 25-27 edition in Milan. An online accreditation application has been launched by the leading Italian show of machinery and technology for the footwear, leathergoods and ...

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    On new early dates of Feb. 15-18, TheMicam will host...

    2015-01-09T00:00:00Z

    On new early dates of Feb. 15-18, TheMicam will host daily fashion shows and conferences in the MicamSquare space in Hall 10. The conferences will cover fashion trends and new developments in the retail sector in Europe, the U.S., Russia and China. B2B meetings will be possible with experts from ...

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    The organizers of the GDS show have developed a new...

    2014-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of the GDS show have developed a new concept for retailers, which will be introduced at the coming Feb. 4-6 edition. The “design trendsetter” project, realized in cooperation with an Italian agency, Honegger, will present 20 collections of selected designers including Christina Martini and Nikolas Minoglou, Nicole Brundage, ...

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    There is a plan to revive Empreintes, the international convention...

    2014-12-15T00:00:00Z

    There is a plan to revive Empreintes, the international convention in branding and brand-building. Its 2013 edition had been cancelled. The next edition is now planned for March 19-20 in the campus of the Kedge Business School in Bordeaux.

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    The development of skills in the textile, clothing and footwear...

    2014-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The development of skills in the textile, clothing and footwear sectors was discussed on Nov. 28 in the Final Conference of the European Sector Skills Council for Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (ESSC TCLF) by representatives of the industry and the European Commission. The European Skills Council (ESSC), which is ...

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    In February 2016, the 19th convention of the International Union...

    2014-12-15T00:00:00Z

    In February 2016, the 19th convention of the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC) will be held in Chennai, India. It will be hosted by India's Council for Leather Exports (CLE), directly after its annual Indian International Leather Fair. The fair will take place from Jan. 31 to Feb. ...