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Magic tradeshow postponed to September

Summer is mostly cancelled at this point. Magic, the annual Las Vegas tradeshow which usually takes place in August, has announced they will be postponing this year's show until September if conditions allow. Magic's parents company Informa Markets said that the new dates will be September 29 to October 1, pushing about six weeks back from the...

22 May 2020

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Pitti Immagine launches online platform Pitti Connect

Pitti Immagine, the organiser of Italian trade shows such as Uomo, Bimbo and Filati, has announced a new digital platform called Pitti Connect, to be launched in June. The platform aims to keep the fashion industry connected during the ongoing disruption caused by the Covid19 pandemic, increasing companies’ visibility and to facilitate...

18 May 2020

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Kingpins24 to return in June

The organisers of denim trade show Kingpins have announced the next edition of Kinpins24 - its online event launched in light of the Covid-19 pandemic - will return between 23 and 24 June after its debut last month. The show will target the US-based denim industry, though organisers stressed that it would not take the place of the New York...

8 May 2020

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ITA virtual trade show wants to reconnect the textile and apparel value chain

The World Textile Information Network (WTiN) based in Leeds, UK, is organising a virtual trade show from 1st to 31st October 2020 as a response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the textile and apparel industry, providing an opportunity in 2020 for companies to showcase innovation in manufacturing technology and materials. “With the...

6 May 2020

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German content platform Fashion Cloud presents digital fair concept

Tech company Fashion Cloud will launch a digital trade fair from July 14 to 16. Created to support fashion brands and retailers with their wholesale orders during the Covid-19 pandemic, the ‘Digital Fashion Week - Summer Edition’ will likely consist of two to three main live streams available to everybody, said the Hamburg-based company in a...

4 May 2020

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Denim Première Vision postpones Milan event

Denim Première Vision, which organizes events for professionals in the international fashion and textile industry, has announced that its Milan trade show, originally scheduled for June 10 and 11, will not be happening in light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Instead, the Milan edition has been postponed until May 26 and 27, 2021. “We need to be...

29 Apr 2020

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Kingpins24: the first fully digital denim sourcing fair

We knew that the day where fashion fairs change their format from physical to digital would come, but perhaps we hadn’t expected it so soon. As a response to the current pandemic, the Amsterdam-based denim sourcing fair Kingpins was forced to announce the cancellation of its edition in Halfweg. A few weeks after this, however, a new concept was...

24 Apr 2020

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Premium Group cancels Berlin trade shows as Dusseldorf fairs are postponed

The Premium Group has cancelled its Berlin summer trade shows, Premium and Seek, as well as its Fashiontech conference due to Covid-19. With the original intention of rescheduling its events to the end of July, the group is now forced to cancel, as the German federal and state governments prohibited large-scale events with over 1,000 visitors...

23 Apr 2020

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Neonyt event cancelled in June

The upcoming June edition of international sustainable fashion fair Neonyt has been cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns. The German Federal Government and Federal States have banned all major events up to and including the end of August 2020, so Neonyt organizers had “no choice but to cancel” the summer edition originally scheduled from June 30...

20 Apr 2020

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Rolex, Patek Philippe ditch Baselworld to create new watch fair

Five of the world's biggest luxury watchmakers, including Rolex, Patek Philippe and Chanel, announced Tuesday they would withdraw from Baselworld to create a new watch fair. Joined by jeweller Chopard and Rolex subsidiary Tudor, the brands that for decades were considered pillars of the iconic fair in the northern Swiss city of Basel have...

15 Apr 2020

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Pure London organiser Hyve Group mulls equity fundraise

Hyve Group, the organiser of leading British fashion fairs Pure London, Moda and Jacket Required, has confirmed that it is considering an equity fundraise to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on the business. The company said it was continuing “to take decisive action and is reviewing all options to secure the group's long-term financial position”...

14 Apr 2020

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Kingpins New York cancelled due to Covid-19

Kingpins New York, which was scheduled to take place between 2 and 3 June, has been cancelled due to travel restrictions and health concerns over Covid-19. This comes after organisers last month announced the Amsterdam edition of the trade show scheduled between 22 and 23 April was cancelled for the same reason. Instead,an online version of the...

9 Apr 2020