EXPO RIVA SCHUH + GARDABAGS: Offers with significant Asian presence
The Italian fair will present collections for the Spring/Summer 2024 season, along with trends in leather goods and accessories from GARDABAGS.
Prior to the event, the organizers visited companies and associations in Turkey, Pakistan, and India, prominent producers of footwear and leather goods, to diversify and expand the volume of the offer in the next edition, as reported by the fair's promoter.
In the 98th edition last January, 8,610 visitors from over 100 countries attended, with a 5% growth among non-European attendees.
"Ten institutional governmental delegations participated, from India, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Hong Kong, Italy, and the Chinese regions of Sichuan and Wenzhou", reported the director of Riva del Garda Fierecongressi -Alessandra Albarelli-.
The innovative Market Focus initiative was also launched to hold meetings between exhibitors and buyers, to promote the generation of contacts and information, focusing on Southeast Asian and European countries, the United States, India, and Latin America. Buyers from Uruguay, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Peru participated from this latter market.