2006-3-15
INTERTEXMILANO - International Textile Trade Show
READY TO SHOW - International Clothing Sourcing Exhibition
Milan, 12-15 February 2006
The 10th edition of INTERTEXMILANO and the 8th edition of READY TO SHOW, which lasted four days and took place at the same time as the other important fashion and textile exhibitions in Milan, created the same buzz as the last edition in September 2005.
88 collections were put on display (textiles, accessories, fashion accessories and men’s wear women’s wear and children’s wear, underwear, cashmere and sportswear, technical textiles and leather), keeping in mind that some importers or agents presented different collections which derived from various countries on the same stand.
These countries exhibited for the first time:
- Moldova (Mobile) with a young underwear designer;
- Canada (Tricots Liesse), a very important fabrics producer and major supplier for very famous sportswear and beachwear brands in the U.S. market;
- Lithuania (Sia Anvi Am), pure linen children’s wear manufacturer;
and Japan also returned to the exhibition with Chori, a company with interesting and innovative textile collections. Furthermore this edition also displayed collections from French, Israeli and Turkish companies, among others.
A worldwide presentation of exhibitors, not just companies from China!
Total Number of visitors: 4158
- 2% / September 2005
of which
2860 Italian
- 7% / September 2005
and 1298 international
+ 6% / September 2005
SUBDIVISION OF ITALIAN VISITORS:
Clothing Industry (men’s/women’s/children’s)
and Knitwear (outwear and underwear) 40%
Importers / general agents 5%
Regional agents 6%
Textile Industry (Fabrics / Yarns / Converters) 8%
Machinery and other industry suppliers 3%
Designers 11%
Consulting Companies 2%
Retailers 11%
Wholesalers 6%
Volume retailers (department stores, chain stores, hypermarkets) 3%
Others (schools, associations) 5%
REGIONAL SUBDIVISION OF ITALIAN VISITORS
Lombardy 43%
Tuscany 12%
Emilia Romagna 9%
Piemonte-Liguria 7%
Veneto 3%
Campania 2%
Others 24%
BEST SELLERS IN THE EXHIBITION
Printed fabrics for women’s wear (Turkey)
Knit fabrics (Turkey, Taiwan)
Fabrics for underwear / beachwear / sportswear (Turkey, Canada)
Embroidered fabrics / high fashion fabrics (India)
Casual wear collection (Japan)
Cashmere knitwear (China, France)
Producers of casual / sportswear / Jeans (Turkey, Tunisia, Pakistan, India, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Bangladesh)
Knitwear (Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China)
Underwear, Swimwear (China, France, Moldova, India)
Accessories: buttons, etiquettes, applications (Tunis, Taiwan, Pakistan, Korea, Turkey, Hong Kong)
The next exhibition : 13-15 September 2006
T.D.F.
Press Office
N.B.: Photographs are available upon request (50 or 300 DPI).
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