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Igedo Company flies its flags for the industry!

The new format FASHN ROOMS – developed from Gallery Fashion and held at one of Germany’s most attractive industrial venues, namely Areal Böhler (as again testified by many participating companies and trade visitors) – highlighted over these past few days in Düsseldorf that working successfully is now (only) possible with professional preparation...

FairsFeatured

How apparel and textile fairs have adapted during the Covid-19 pandemic

The international trade fair landscape has been shaken up quite a bit by the corona crisis. Some events have been cancelled, others have been postponed, some are even taking place virtually - keeping track isn’t easy. That’s why FashionUnited has put together this overview of how European trade fairs have adapted in recent months to the Covid-19...

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Gallery SHOES 10 to 12 March 2019 // Edition N°4 // Accompanying line-up of events

Gallery SHOES has prepared a qualified accompanying line-up of events at edition N°4 for specialist buyers consisting of fashion shows with Marc Cain as a partner on the Fashion Lifestyle Corner catwalk, trend lectures and seminars by leading industry experts, awards, a press conference and the get-together as a meeting point for the...

People

Igedo Company appoints second managing director

Trade show firm Igedo Company has named Ulrike Kähler as its second managing director to sit alongside Philipp Kronen as the business divides responsibilities within its management team. Kähler, who has been a member of the Igedo’s board of management since 2014, will continue to “shape the direction” of the Düsseldorf platforms Gallery and...

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New Düsseldorf footwear trade show confirms dates

Igedo has confirmed that a new footwear and accessories trade show, Gallery Shoes will launch in Düsseldorf this August and will feature more than 400 labels. Taking place from August 27-29 at Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf, Gallery Shoes will work in a similar way to its fashion sister event Gallery and will be divided into sections - premium,...

Fashion

Russian fashion industry grows up

The Russian fashion trade fair CPM - Collection Première Moscow - is celebrating its tenth anniversary and according to the German trade organizer Igedo, which established CPM in 2003, this event also marks ten years of professionalization of the Russian fashion industry. Only in the last two years has multi brand retailing come to the fore, as...

Fashion

Düsseldorf bids farewell to the CPD

After more than 30 years, the final curtain has fallen for the CPD trade show. Düsseldorf’s fashion show which was long considered the largest of its kind in the world, is bidding farewell to the fashion stage, surrendering to the high number of showrooms in the city of Berlin which is emerging as the new fashion capital in Germany. However,...

Design

CPD Signatures warms up

CPD Signatures is putting everything in place to present Jeans Sportswear, Young Fashion and New Womenswear at the Moods area from 23-25th July. Hosted for the second time now, the platform is optimized in collaboration with the exhibitors, and for the first time Moods will run for several days. A number of brands have confirmed for July...

Design

CPM Fashion & Denim debut

Russian fashion industry platform Collection Première Moscow (CPM) is launching a new segment for its summer exhibition: CPM Fashion & Denim. Set over 2500 m2 and centrally located, two halls are especially dedicated to the new sectors. The German organises of CPM, Igedo Company, decided to create a separate sector as the Russian market is...

Fashion

CPM's numbers rised

Considered as one of the most important dates of the Russian fashion market, Collection Première Moscow (CPM) Kids received more visitors and doubled the exhibitor number since its summer event. Presented at Moscow’s exhibition centre from 21-24 February 2011, CPM will showcase established international brands and new exhibitors. An expected 180...

Fashion

Düsseldorf: Fashion metropolis struggles against relegation

The trade fair location Düsseldorf is currently in bad shape. This becomes obvious by the mere fact that the CPD is now the only event organised by the trade fair association Igedo while the number was four not too long ago. They included HMD for men’s wear, the sourcing fair Global Fashion and Bodylook, Germany’s leading fair for lingerie and...

Fashion

The curtain closes for Bodylook

Fashion trade fair organizer Igedo decided to discontinue bodylook despite its re-launch last July. On Monday the shareholders and management made the decision following intense exploratory discussions with the sector. It seemed to go all according to plan when the new edition of Bodylook attracted over 260 exhibitors and 5100 visitors from 24...