World Footwear

Trade fairs

Lineapelle to launch A New Point of View

Jun 25, 2020 / Italy
From the 22nd to the 23rd September 2020 Lineapelle will take place at Fieramilano Rho, showcasing together with all fashion exhibitions of made in Italy

Messe Frankfurt France cancels September 2020 shows

Jun 23, 2020 / France
The event’s organisers announced they will not go ahead with the September 2020 edition of its co-locating tradeshows Apparel Sourcing, Avantex, Leatherworld, Shawls&Scarves, Texworld and Texworld Denim Paris

Matt Priest talks about FDRA and FFANY joining forces

Jun 18, 2020 / United States
This deal, which will place FFANY (Fashion Footwear Association of New York) under the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) hierarchy, later in the year, follows years of talks about a possible union between the two parties

Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags: winter edition brought forward to December 2020

Jun 15, 2020 / Italy
Riva del Garda Fierecongressi has established the new dates for the next edition of Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags: 11th-14th December 2020, wishing to give a positive impulse towards a return to commercial exchange at international level

Gallery Shoes goes back to original date

Jun 12, 2020 / Germany
New dates on different days of the week for the special format chosen to gather the events Gallery Fashion, Showroom Concept & Gallery Shoes. Gallery Shoes goes back to the dates originally scheduled

China Leather Industry Association expects rapid growth

Jun 10, 2020 / China
Li Yuzhong, Chairman of China Leather Industry Association (CLIA), said the daily life of the public in China has basically returned to normal and that he consumer market has become more active

Portuguese Footwear Cluster: meet the components industry

Jun 9, 2020 / Portugal
They live ahead of their time, anticipating market trends, studying market behaviours, and searching to learn the consumers’ latest interests. This is the rhythm of the entrepreneurs within the components and tannery industries in Portugal

Pitti postponed to 2021

Jun 5, 2020 / Italy
All Pitti Immagine events, including menswear trade show Pitti Uomo, had already been rescheduled from June to early September. Now they are moved to 2021 and all energies will be concentrated on the Pitti Connect digital platform

We must start again all in it together, says Micam's CEO

Premium ContentJun 2, 2020 / Italy
We spoke with Tommaso Cancellara CEO of Micam and General Manager of the Italian Footwear Association to learn all the bits and pieces about the next September's edition of the trade fair

It’s impossible to do good external promotion without going to trade shows

Jun 1, 2020 / Portugal
Orlando Soares from Portuguese-based Malas Peixoto Soares, a leather goods company with 70% of the production destined to exports, talks about the role played by external promotion in the growth of the company

Magic, Project and Micam Americas postponed to the end of September

May 22, 2020 / United States
Informa Markets Fashion has made the decision to postpone August’s 2020 Las Vegas marketplaces. Magic, Project and Micam Americas will now provisionally take place from the 29th of September to the 1st of October

Micam prepares September edition

May 14, 2020 / Italy
The Milano-held trade fair announced the coming edition to be held at the Rho trade-fair centre from the 20th to the 23rd September as an opportunity for the industry to get restarted after Covid-19

CHIC went digital

May 6, 2020 / China
Chic Online premiered from the 22nd to the 24th of April. The first digital edition of China's fashion and lifestyle fair registered over 1 350 exhibitors engaged in more than 100 online activities

One date for Gallery Fashion, Showroom Concept & Gallery Shoes

Apr 23, 2020 / Germany
Igedo, the organisers of the events, have decided to hold them on the same date. Dusseldorf will receive the fashion world by the end of August

APLF 2020 reschedules to 2021

Apr 9, 2020 / Hong Kong
The organisers of the Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) have announced that the next edition of the events APLF-Leather, Materials+ and Fashion Access will now be held in 2021
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