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Traceability in the leather goods and footwear industry: challenges and opportunities
The issue of traceability in the fashion business is still controversial. What challenges must be faced, and what chances must be taken, to promote sustainability? This was brought up during one of the Expo Riva Show meetings.
Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags of central importance for institutions
Celebrating its 97th edition, the fair of Riva del Garda demonstrates its longevity, exceptional resilience, and ability to adapt, while remaining at the top of the international trade fair system and holding a central place of importance among institutions.
UKRAINIAN FASHION NOW!
Pitti Uomo presents a selection of Ukrainian fashion designers and brands in a dedicated space at the Fortezza da Basso, together with a special photographic exhibition by Synchrodogs.
Ann Demeulemeester Guest of Honour at Pitti Uomo 102
The Florentine show celebrates the Belgian designer’s unique style and noir romanticism with a special project dedicated to her.
S/Style Sustainable Style #5
The Pitti Discovery Foundation’s exhibition project returns to Pitti Uomo. The project was born in 2020 at the height of the pandemic to fill a cultural, social and market need, with a new selection of innovative and sustainable brands.
The Expo Riva Schuh Business Scout service is kicked off
For the first time, the international fair of reference for footwear in Riva del Garda launches a personalised counselling service reserved for official delegations and hosted buyers, in a scope of reinforcing the meeting between supply-demand.
Great success for the return of Mipel Lab
The second edition of the trade fair project dedicated to the promotion of the leather goods par excellence productive sector was held during Lineapelle at FieraMilano-Rho this past February.
Cuoio di Toscana tells its ‘green statement’
At Pitti Uomo, the consortium reaffirms its mission to support a production that respects man and the environment through 3 excellent artists.
Future Fashion: the future of fashion is already a reality
The winning project of the contest ‘Innovation Village Retail’ of Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags, was a 100% ‘Made in Italy’ fashion-tech start-up platform, which helps brands cut back on production costs and times, while also becoming more sustainable and innovative through 3D virtualization and projecting them directly into the future of the metaverse.
What’s new… the footwear-manufacturing market
Starting from the survey conducted at the end of 2021, Enrico Cietta – economist and President of the ERS Scientific Committee – together with Alberto Mattiello, looks at the scenario of the fashion industry on a global level along with its future prospects, in the spirit of one key word: integration.
Purchase Phases and Effective Strategies
A new appointment with Expo Riva Show led by Jacqueline Wong, trend expert of WGSN, to discover the five key concepts that brands and retailers must consider to adapt to the post-pandemic context, with a focus on packaging, delivery methods and innovative retail sales models.
“Mario Briccola – Man of Faith, Father, and Entrepreneur”
The book by the journalist and writer from Como, Vittore De Carli, aims to tell the tale of a great entrepreneur and advocate of a brand that is symbolic with luxury luggage worldwide, but also of a man with a large family, a devout man, whose sights were always set on the future.
Moving towards the ‘new normal’
Sara Bernabè, General Manager of Italy Planet, presents the physiognomy of the new post-Covid consumer, the new consumer approach to purchasing, and forecasts for the near future.
Vigevano: years of economic boom, benzol, and other stories
Lights and shadows on the historic capital of footwear in the Sixties, between the golden years and the beginning of its long rise to success. This is the basis for “Vigevano during the Boom. Shoes, benzol, and other stories” written by two journalists (Filippo Caserio, author of various books and monographs based on local history, and Alessandra Ceriani), published by the Astrolabio Cultural Association and by the Punto & Virgola publishing house in Vigevano with the contribution of the Foundation of Piacenza and Vigevano and the sponsorship of the City of Vigevano
