The 2008 China International Apparel Trade Fair won a big success when it drew down its curtain on the 16th July after a 3 days exhibition at Shanghaimart. There were 3 zones in this year fair – The Export Hall, Overseas Brand Hall and B-Match Zone which has open up more opportunity for the buyers.
Occupying a gross space of 8200 sqm, the 2008 China International Apparel Trade Fair has attracted nearly 200 exhibitors covering 300 exhibition booths and thousands of buyers with more than 100 coming from Europe and America.
As an export oriented trade fair that promotes overseas trade, the organizer has conducted 2 sessions of B-Match event with the objective of connecting the buyers with suppliers who fit their specific production needs. The 1st session on the 14 July has attracted many overseas buyers participation like Blue Max of Singapore, Fifth Element of South Africa, Varu 2000 of Venezuela just to name a few.
The 2nd session on 15 July has also attracted big name buyers like Movie Star of America, Itochu Fashion System of Japan, Mondial of Hong Kong and Hanes brands of Germany. A total of 12 buyers took part in the B-Match event on the second day which has attracted more than 60 suppliers’ participation.
Another highlight of this year trade fair is the Overseas Brand Hall that has attracted 11 enterprises showcasing 20 overseas apparel brands that are prepared to enter the Chinese market. This special feature of the Overseas Brand Hall opens up great opportunity for local buyers and the development of the retailing market in China. The organizer has invited 27 major departmental stores sourcing manager to visit the showcase and have received positive response. J-Mode, a seminar on international brand was conducted during the fair.
In conjunction to the trade fair, a total of 21 events & activities including seminars and workshops have taken place. One of the activities was the presentation of the top 500 enterprises in the China textile and apparel industry which has become one of the highlights and attractions in the fair. There were also 4 live interviews with the organizer, overseas buyer, representative from the exhibitors and Itochu Fashion System.
The 3 days trade fair has attracted a total of 11,083 trade visitors with 9,511 buyers. 48 members of the media including print and broadcast media have reported this year event.
The organizer would like to express its sincere gratitude to all parties for the support to the 2008 China International Apparel Trade Fair making the show such a great success.
See you in the ‘2009 China International Apparel Trade Fair’. |
