Statements on cpd woman_man düsseldorf

from 1 to 3 February 2004

Bugatti, Klaus Brinkmann, CEO and President of the German Fashion Association, Germany We are amazed at the movement. Since Sunday our stand has virtually been humming with activity. Apart from our regular customers of which a major share also came from abroad we also met with numerous first-time visitors. Düsseldorf is our location.

Bäumler, Günther-J. Leibold, General Manager, Germany Very highly frequented, very good hall layout. These two facts should also be compelling reasons for the powerhouse partners from the industry to finally return to the fair grounds. cpd woman_man is the key international platform for the trade.

van Laack, Hans Krebs, General Manager a. Holger Röver, member of the advisory board, Germany We had a positive response to the Fashion Circles. We use our presentation at the fair as a showcase - an idea which went down well with visitors. Especially for the buyers we do not deal with at regular intervals we are a "label to watch" here. Such potential customers could hardly be recruited by our showroom presentation. We feel participation in the Fashion Circles is necessary so as to jointly strengthen Düsseldorf as a fashion location. On a very positive note: we managed to establish new contacts abroad (e.g. from the Netherlands, Belgium, Eastern Europe, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere).

4 You, Thomas Vogel, Genereal Manager, Germany & Switzerland, Denmark We came here without any high expectations and were pleasantly surprised. In contrast to Berlin the organisation of cpd woman_man düsseldorf as a whole is well thought out and professional. 60% of our visitors were foreigners, German retailers were not so well represented. We are very satisfied with the outcome of the fair and our stand location and will be back.

Marcelane UK, Mark Philips, General Manager, United Kingdom This season we will only be exhibiting at cpd woman_man in Düsseldorf. All our customers from throughout Europe and Germany come here. This is our third time here and our brand is slowly but surely taking hold.

Suomen Höyhen, Joutsen, Erikki Suhonen, Marketing Manager, Finland Since we are not known to the European market yet our expectations were low concerning our first participation at cpd woman_man. Now that we welcomed numerous visitors - also many Russian buyers - and also managed to establish serious contacts with German, Canadian and Polish customers, we are all the more delighted. The fair is professionally organised and we will definitely return in February 2005.

BUYERS

Cindy's Fashions Lincolnshire, United Kingdom A very successful visit. We visit the fashion houses and cpd woman_man twice a year. Unfortunately, we don't find the time to visit the showrooms - which is a shame. The showrooms should take part in the fair if they want to win over international visitors.

Dana Lapsanska, Dana Lapsanska, designer and boutique owner, Slovakia I have come to Düsseldorf every season since 1991. To me and all those interested in fashion it is the first important source of information on the fashion world for the coming season. Next to fashion trends developments in the entire fashion industry are also covered. The information from Düsseldorf forms the basis for our work.

global fashion

Gulistan Group of Companies, Haroon Asaf, Marketing Director, Pakistan Our goals have all been achieved. We not only maintained our existing business relations with customers from Germany and other European countries but also established new ones with accounts from the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe.