The Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, held from March 14 to 16 at the National Convention & Exhibition Centre in Shanghai, recorded a huge 15 per cent increase in buyer numbers this year.

German trade fair organisers like Igedo and Messe Frankfurt are investing in Africa and the Middle East for new fashion trade events. What does this mean for the industry?

The Italian luxury brand will host a runway show at the upcoming edition of Pitti Uomo in Florence to present the first men’s collection designed by its new creative director Paul Surridge.

The designer will present present an exclusive runway show featuring his S/S 2019 collection at the upcoming edition of Pitti Uomo, running from 12 to 15 June.

The LA-based fashion label is launching eight different maternity jean styles for expectant and new mothers, with the collection, dubbed "Good Mama," set to drop tomorrow.

The organisers behind the Who’s Next and Première Classe tradeshows are strengthening in Asia placing a permanent representative on the continent since January, in a bid to win over local buyers.

The Chinese fashion and apparel sourcing event is expecting more than 100,000 visitors at Shanghai's National Exhibition and Convention Center, with 1,210 exhibitors from 21 countries. 

Canada's only apparel and textile sourcing show, Apparel Textile Sourcing Canada (ATSC), is once again expanding for its 2018 edition.

Tranoï Online, the digital extension of the Paris trade show, will launch next June. The new platform will allow exhibitors to manage their wholesale clients' orders throughout the year.

Italian trade show organiser IEG has acquired a 51% stake in US show services company FB International, creating the IEG USA corporation, headed by Carlo Costa.

Trade show Shoptalk and venture capital firm Commerce Ventures have unveiled Shoptalk Ventures, a programme that has committed $1 million over the next 24 months to 20 e-commerce and retail technology startups.

Ascential, the company behind trade shows like Pure London and information services like WGSN, is considering the sale of its exhibitions business.

The organiser of the two Parisian shows has chosen comic strip hero Jean-Louis to welcome the general public to the first ‘open’ section at the Première Classe Tuileries show in March.

Following the arrival of a new majority shareholder, Marco Aslim and Thomas Martini are stepping down from the tradeshow they founded in 2005, bought by Premium Group in 2015.  

The Milan footwear show recorded a rise in the number of visitors from Russia (+22%), Germany (+9%) and the Ukraine (+7%), while fewer came from China, Hong Kong, the UK, Italy and Spain.