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Bread & Butter founder cancels new trade fair

Only one week after the announcement of a new fashion trade fair, Bread & Butter founder Karl-Heinz Müller has decided to not have the fair in January of next year after all, citing “existing irritations” and “much uncertainty” regarding leasing the location, Hangar 7 at Berlin’s former Tempelhof airport. The new B2B platform L.O.C.K. - short...

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Bread & Butter founder has new trade fair format up his sleeve

The founder and former head of Berlin’s Bread & Butter, Karl-Heinz Müller, is planning a new fashion trade fair platform, which is said to start already at the beginning of 2019, at the same time as Berlin Fashion Week. Industry insiders will not really be surprised as Müller announced already at the end of 2014, when Bread & Butter had to file...

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Bread & Butter's location trump

Never before has Bread & Butter been so small and quiet. Where there used to be aching long lines of visitors patiently waiting to enter the trade fair, this season saw visitors waltzing in without any wait. The exhibitors that did not jump ship and swap their stands at Bread & Butter for another trade fair in the city or skipped out on Berlin...

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Bread & Butter taps Mario Hotz as CEO

The story continues for Bread & Butter - Mario Hotz has joined the new management team for the revived Berlin fashion trade fair as none other than Chief Executive Officer. He joins founder and director Karl-Heinz Müller in leading the event as co-managing directors, according to various media reports. Hotz has been responsible for the...

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Bread & Butter will take place this summer

The decision has been made: Bread & Butter has earned its second chance and will be taking place this summer. From July 2 to 4, Bread & Butter will return to it's former location at Airport Berlin-Tempelhof, although the trade fair organizers say that the smaller show, which ran during Berlin Fashion Week, which at its headquarters in Mü...

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Bread & Butter heads 'Back to the Streets' with small guerilla show

The show will go on: There seems to be little holding Karl-Heinz Müller back from continuing on with his vision for German fashion trade show Bread & Butter. The managing director and founder of B&B has officially revealed plans today for the trade fair's revival. As part of Berlin Fashion Week, Bread & Butter will host a small show, with forty...

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Bread & Butter 'forced' to file for bankruptcy

Karl-Heinz Müller, founder of Bread & Butter, has been 'forced' to take the next step to secure the future of the Berlin-based trade fair and has filed for bankruptcy. Once Bread & Butter officially cancelled its upcoming January edition in Berlin, Müller found the trade fair stuck in a financial conundrum. Over the past few weeks, industry...

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Karl-Heinz Müller aims to revive B&B in 'street guerrilla fair'

For those who thought Karl-Heinz Müller, founder and managing director of Bread & Butter, had given up on the upcoming winter edition of the Berlin-based trade fair, think again. Shortly after news broke that Bread & Butter's January edition had been officially canceled, it emerged that Müller, known for his innovative ideas, was busy hatching a...

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Karl-Heinz Müller says Bread & Butter January Edition will go on

After nearly two days of speculation surrounding the future of Bread & Butter, the trade fair's CEO Karl-Heinz Müller has finally stepped forward and responded to the numerous claims that the January edition was canceled and sent a letter to the remaining exhibitors. Bread & Butter winter edition to continue with remaining exhibitors The Bread &...

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Bread & Butter cancellation rumors conflict

UPDATE_ As other media outlets continue to debate the future of Bread & Butter following the publication of an article on German news source Sportswear International on Thursday which claimed the trade show has been canceled, the original piece has now altered. The title which first stated that the January edition of the trade fair has been...

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Bread & Butter continues in spite of difficulties

Rumours that Bread & Butter would fall through have been circulating for the past few weeks. But at last the trade fair's organisation has come forward and stated that the show will go on, albeit in a slightly different format than before. The event itself has vastly shrunken, with the next fair only taking up one hall. However the location...

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Industry rejects Bread & Butter's move to Barcelona

Bread & Butter has officially announced its cancellation of its upcoming winter edition in Barcelona. Founder of the trade fair, Karl-Heinz Müller has decided to keep the trade fair in Berlin. “In numerous talks with the decision makers of our industry it became clear that in the current market situation,they rather prefer to stick to the...