Awaiting EXPOCAIPIC
As of late July 2024, CAIPIC, the organization representing footwear suppliers in Argentina and the region, has not yet determined the date for the next edition of EXPOCAIPIC for the Autumn-Winter 2025 season.
Various factors related to the challenges facing the footwear suppliers and manufacturers sector, due to the current economic situation which has led to a pronounced decline in consumption and a slowdown in industrial activity, are affecting and delaying the decision-making process to set the event's venue and date.
The fair's organizers continue to evaluate alternatives that meet the exhibitors' possibilities at this particular time.
Alternative locations to the usual Costa Salguero venue in Buenos Aires, which has the adequate infrastructure, are being explored, but a satisfactory option for potential exhibitors and their organization has not yet been determined.
This essential service benefits both parties and must transcend current economic and sectoral conditions.
It is worth noting that the previous suppliers' exhibition held in May 2024 for the Spring-Summer season, despite the complex political and economic landscape, left participants generally satisfied. It generated enthusiasm and optimism to overcome adversities and, for many, surpassed previous expectations.
This only reaffirms the value of the suppliers' fair, which besides its service function, plays a significant role in strengthening the supplier-manufacturer relationship to sustain activity, as the only way to remain in the sector.
It is well known that activity has decreased, leading to a consequent reassessment of productions. However, there is a reality: even with reduced consumption, the market exists and needs to be served.
The suppliers' fair must correspond to this reality, fulfilling its primary function of serving clients who are also intensifying efforts to maintain their presence. This reciprocal dependency, focused on consolidating relationships with a spirit of solidarity, benefits everyone involved.
