CIFF Kids reached new heights

CIFF KIDS was fully booked with fashion and lifestyle brands for this seasons FW16-17 edition and welcomed visitors from more than 40 countries to an amazing three days of business, inspiration and networking.

Kristian W. Andersen, Fashion and Design Director at CIFF – “We are so excited to report an increase of more than 50% in visitors on all three days compared to last edition in February 2015. This is an astounding progress for the CIFF KIDS show but also the result of hard work, determination and an ability to stay relevant”

CIFF KIDS housed over 300 brands, with more than 70 of them exhibiting for the very first time at the trade show. The show presented a range of activities and creative collaborations, turning the fair into an inspirational trend destination for many professionals in the kids’ fashion and lifestyle industry.

Positive feedback from buyers, medias and brands has organically followed:

Cristina and Alexandra Rusnac, owners of CARROUSEL Kids, Vienna, Austria - "CIFF KIDS has been a great experience, meeting new Scandinavian and international brands. A big thank you to the CIFF KIDS Team for the perfect organization and a beautiful fair."

Ditte Jensen, Junior Buyer Kids at Magasin du Nord, Denmark - “CIFF KIDS fair is the perfect setting for networking with both partners and colleagues from other stores. We use the fair to explore new brands, get inspired, look up trends and tendencies. My experience is that the CIFF KIDS' setup embraces an informal atmosphere for the hosts and buyers, where business can be discussed and where new ideas can be created.”

Deborah Sfez, Editor in chief, Papier Mache, Australia – “Congratulations to the CIFF KIDS team for another beautiful fair! Once again, the team has unearthed talented new designers of tomorrow and pin pointed the trends that are going to dominate FW 16/17. I’m full of inspiration for next season!”

Katrine Roug, Founder, Keiki Magazine, Denmark - "The CIFF KIDS fair is just getting better and better. I enjoyed the entity. Strong Scandinavian brands together with especially some very talented UK designers all delivered inspiring new collections of kidswear, accessories and interior."

Barbara Hvidt, Founder and owner, Soft Gallery, Denmark - “Once again it was a great pleasure to be part of the beautiful Kids Fashion Universe " CIFF KIDS". Not only us as an exhibitor enjoyed 3 amazing days but also our customers and the press highly appreciated the comfortable atmosphere and inspiring surroundings. For us it is very important to be able to present our kids collections in a beautiful setting and thereby passing on the essence of the Soft Gallery universe to all customers. We are also very pleased to have gained lots of new clients from abroad and I am sure that this beautiful and well-functioning children’s fair will be even more busy next time…”

Louise Fedders Seeberg / Little Greenbean, Distributor of Milk & co. baby in Scandinavia, Denmark - “Our first time exhibiting at CIFF Kids exceeded our expectations. We received many new Scandinavian and international contacts. We look forward to yet another exciting CIFF kids fair in August”.

Jens Holm Sørensen, MP Denmark, Denmark -“Super atmosphere at CIFF KIDS this edition; we saw a positive mood among customers and a significant increase of foreign visitors.”

We look forward to seeing you all in August!

CIFF KIDS SS17

10-12 August 2016

Forum Copenhagen

Facts:

Visitor countries: more than 40

Visitor number increase: more than 50%

Next CIFF KIDS takes place on 10 – 12 August 2016 in Forum Copenhagen.