GDS REVIEW
GDS international event
for shoes & accessories 13 to 15 March 2013
Trends in Snow A
t the Düsseldorf shoe trade fairs GDS – international event for shoes & accessories and GLOBAL SHOES – leading trade show
for sourcing, 1,158 exhibitors from 39 countries presented the trends for the 2013/14 Autumn/Winter season over three days.
The setting fitted the theme, too: Right on time
for the presentation of the Autumn/Winter trends snow set in again. This brought traffic chaos causing major delays for many exhibitors and visitors arriving late at the fair. Many visitors did not even make it at all; exhibitors reported of buyers cancelling their appointments due to the weather.
12 • FOOTWEAR TODAY • MAY 2013 There was a marked decrease in visitors
registered from Belgium and France, the countries affected by particularly heavy snowfalls. The last day of the trade fair was also impacted by strikes at both Düsseldorf and Cologne Airport.
Despite these difficult circumstances approx.
21,300 trade visitors from just under 100 countries found their way to Düsseldorf. 81.3% of these stated in a survey that they were purchasing decision-makers. This percentage was also very high at the previous events – a fact that Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, President & CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, regards as a confirmation of the concept: “We hear from exhibitors time and
again that decision-making buyers come to GDS. Düsseldorf is and will continue to be a key meeting point for the shoe sector. This is also evidenced by GLOBAL SHOES attracting many international visitors.”
Opening Show attracts the Press – Kidwalk Just as much as top decision-makers are part
and parcel of GDS, celebs have become a regular feature at the trade fair. This time Luisa Hartema, winner of the TV casting show “Germany’s Next Topmodel”, and front-row guest Jana Pallaske attracted a flurry of press interest along the catwalk after the trends for the coming winter season had been presented there.
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