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ArticleMicam to hold a digital edition from March 8 to May 8
After cancelling its physical edition, which was scheduled from March 21 to 23, because of the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Milan-based footwear trade show Micam will hold a virtual event from March 8 to May 8 called Micam Milano Digital Show. The first edition of the digital show, ...
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ArticleExpo Riva Schuh holds a virtual showroom Feb 18-19
Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags is holding a virtual showroom on Feb. 18 and 19 on the Swapcard platform to discover the footwear and leathergoods collections offered by the exhibitors who took part in the Home Edition of the trade show. The so-called Home Edition was a digital version of ...
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ArticleMicam cancelled
Micam, the Milan-based footwear trade show which was scheduled to be held from March 21 to 23 at the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center, has been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mipel, a fair for leather goods and accessories, TheOneMilan, which focuses on women’s clothes, Lineapelle, a show for semi-finished ...
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News briefsGallery Fashion & Shoes goes digital, Gallery Fashion & Shoes postponed
As Germany moves to extend its current lockdown in a bid to curb rising Covid-19 infections, a new wave of postponements and cancellations hits the trade fairs sector. Trade fair organizer Igedo announced that its Gallery Fashion & Shoes event, originally scheduled to be held from March 7 to 9, ...
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ArticleCopenhagen International Fashion Fair cancels February edition
Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) will not hold its regular February edition after the Danish government prolonged restrictions to combat the propagation of the Covid-19 pandemic. It noted that following the government’s decision, no trade show activity is possible until Feb. 28. But, CIFF plans to return with a “strong ...
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News briefsANWR to hold hybrid trade fairs in 2021
The German footwear buying group ANWR is planning its 2021 trade fairs in hybrid form, with physical shows in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt, and virtual events. The events in Mainhausen will only take place if the coronavirus situation allows. Regardless of possible ongoing coronavirus-related restrictions, ANWR is planning to rely ...
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ArticleMicam wins ICMA advertising award
Micam’s advertising campaign Micam in Wonderland has won the gold medal at the ICMA International Creative Media Award for best social media project of 2020. Micam was assisted by MM Company and Laureri Associates. The Milan-based trade show said that it had “succeeded in the enterprise of using an ironic ...
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ArticleExpo Riva Schuh to hold a digital edition Jan. 16-19
Expo Riva Schuh, the leading international shoe fair for the low and medium segments of the footwear market, will hold a digital version of its winter edition from Jan. 16 to 19. The event will be held jointly with the handbag trade fair Gardabags. Dubbed as The Home Edition, the ...
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News briefsWho’s Next postponed to March 5-7
WSN Développement, the organizer of Who’s Next, has decided to postpone the January edition of the Paris-based trade show to March 5-7, when it will be held with Premiere Classe during the Paris Fashion Week. WSN already had to cancel the September edition of Who’s Next because of the Covid-19 ...
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Assomac elects a new president, postpones Simac Tanning Tech
The Italian association of tanning and footwear machinery manufacturers, Assomac, has elected Maria Vittoria Brustia as its new president until 2024, replacing Gabriella Marchioni Bocca. Brustia is president of Brustia-Alfameccanica. The company was founded in 1958 in Vigevano and specializes in the production of heel nailing and fixing machines, and ...
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News briefsIgedo confirms the winter editions of the Gallery events
The German trade fair organizer, Igedo, indicated that Gallery Fashion & Shoes will be held from Jan. 30 to Feb.1 and Gallery Shoes & Fashion will run from March 7 to 9 in Düsseldorf. The company confirmed the format introduced last year resulting from the merger of footwear, apparel and ...
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ArticleILM parent presents new trade fair concept to include footwear industry
While the coronavirus pandemic has brought the trade fair industry to a standstill, with several hundreds of events in Europe hit by restrictions, postponements and cancellations, the organizers of the international leather goods fair ILM, held in Offenbach am Main, near Frankfurt, is making plans for a post-pandemic future. ...
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ArticleMicam to be held on March 21-23
Micam will run from March 21 to 23, a day less than the September edition. The Milan-based footwear trade show will be held in conjunction with four other fairs representing the Italian fashion industry, in a repeat of an initiative carried out for the previous edition. Micam, Mipel, a fair ...
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Premium Group cancels Berlin shows scheduled in January
After having surveyed exhibitors, partners and buyers, the Premium Group has decided not to hold the Premium, Seek and Fashiontech events scheduled in January in Berlin due to the environment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. On the group’s website, Anita Tillmann, the managing partner of Premium Group, said that “as ...
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News briefsBrazilian shoe makers expect $1.2 million in orders from digital meetings
Digital business networking meetings held by 20 Brazilian footwear brands with buyers from Latin America are expected to generate about $1.2 million in business between orders that have been already received and talks initiated at the events, according to the local footwear association, Abicalçados. The events were organized between Aug. ...
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Wolverine takes its sales conference digital again
Because of Covid-19 and its related safety measures, Wolverine Worldwide has expanded its partnership with Envoy B2B, taking its buyers’ conference digital. The American company was obliged to cancel its Global Brand Conference in the spring, depriving its 12 brands of a means to introduce their new products to the ...
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ArticleFive major fashion trade fairs regrouped under one single event in Paris
In France, due to the coronavirus crisis, the organization of trade fairs has been completely reshuffled this fall, with several constraints. As a result, five fashion events where cancelled and regrouped as one event that was held from October 2 to 4 in the Tuileries garden in Paris, offering an ...
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ArticleExpo Riva Schuh, APLF fairs rescheduled
Expo Riva Schuh and APLF have decided to reschedule their forthcoming shows as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact global travel and is even expanding again in some regions such as Europe. Expo Riva Schuh, the leading international shoe fair for the low and medium segments of the footwear market, ...
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ArticleMicam, sister fairs attract 16,000 buyers
The footwear trade show Micam Milano, along with four other events representing the Italian fashion industry and that overlapped over a five day-period at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition hall, attracted 16,000 buyers. The fairs united under the #strongertogether banner. The other events were Mipel, dedicated to leather goods and ...
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ArticleGallery Fashion & Shoes attracts more visitors than expected
Gallery Fashion & Shoes had an attendance at a ”much higher frequency than expected,” according to Ulrike Kähler, project director and managing director of the organiser, the Igedo Company. No figures were disclosed. The show ran from August 30 to Sept.1 but also included Showroom Concept, that was held ...
