The Best Fashion Trade Shows in August

These are ten best fashion sales trade shows of August which will take place in different countries and on different continents. Must-visit for those who look for new business connections, retailers, apparel exporters and new ideas in clothes design.

1. Life in style and Kids Instyle, Melbourne, Australia, 30 Jul-02 Aug 2015
Life Instyle presents a unique trade fair featuring high caliber exhibitors, showing some of the best products on offer from Australia and abroad under one roof.

2. GTS Greensboro Show, USA, 1-3 Aug 2015
This event showcases products like collection of gifts, jewelry & apparel merchandise for retailers and resellers alike to satisfy all their businesses needs in these industries.

3. Vastra Vibha Exhibition, Hyderabad, India, 1-3 Aug 2015
 Fair will feature a number of fashion shows and presentations apart to attract both the commercial and non-commercial visitors to the trade show.

4. SwissPel, Switzerland, 3-4 Aug 2015
It is one of the biggest trade fairs in Switzerland related to leather industry.

5. Pure London, London, United Kingdom, 2-4 Aug 2015
This event showcases product from Apparel & Clothing, Cosmetics and Beauty Products, Gifts & Handicrafts, Textile, Fabrics & Yarns, Lifestyle & Fashion, Fashion industries.

6. Copenhagen International Fashion Fair, Denmark, 5-7 Aug 2015
This event promises to be a delightful meet for the fashion industry members in the region for getting a clear perspective of the recent trends and the future concepts.

7. Mode Accessories Fall Show, Toronto, Canada, 9-11 Aug 2015
 Some of the top fashion brands in the world are slated to be a part of the event.

8. International Fashion Fair, Nairobi, Kenya, 13-16 Aug 2015
 This event will provide the ideal platform for the exhibitors to target a number of prospective buyers among the attendees and benefit the organizations in terms of revenue and profit earning.

 9. Family Salon, Saransk, Russia, 13-16 Aug 2015
This event showcases products like clothing, footwear, leather goods, furs, hats, garments, knitwear, hosiery, blankets, pillows, bedding, jewelry and souvenirs made of natural stones, and many other products.

 10. Thailand Best Shopping Fair, Bangkok, Thailand, 15-23 Aug 2015
This international trade show will bring into lime light the importance and value of various kinds of lifestyle products and services.

Interesting Facts about Textile Industry and Export

The textile industry affects every aspect of our lives. There are many kinds of textile industry like which include: apparel, technical textiles, medical textiles, home textiles or industrial textiles.

Many countries worldwide produce, sell and buy items considered as part of textile and fashion industry. Which of them are the biggest producers? Where can we find the greatest number of shops? Below you can find some interesting facts about textileindustry and its exports that you might be not even aware of.

• Each year, Americans spend $250,000,000,000 on fashion
• 150 grams of pesticides and other agricultural chemicals are used to produce the cotton for just one t-shirt
• Cotton is the most widely used clothing material, but it only became common in mid-1800s, when Eli Whitney’s cotton gin made it easy to separate the cotton fibers from the seeds.
• The Fashion in Australia is a $14 Billion industry consisting of 2000 companies exporting from Australia
• Toronto, Canada is home to more than 550 apparel manufactures with wholesale shipments totalling nearly $1.4 billion of $9 billion of Canadian market.
• Fashion Industry in Toronto combines at more than 4.600 retail stores generating an annual sale of $2.6 billion
• China’s Textile Industry is the largest producer of cotton shirts worldwide, creating an output of 60 million garments a year
• China oversees nearly 4,700 acres of cotton farms which produces 90 million yards of high-quality cotton fabric yearly
• On a worldwide scale, the World Trade Organization reported that global apparel exports were $362 billion during 2008 and textiles exported $250 billion
• During all economic history, China has been a key player in the textile industry. Chinese were already able to produce silk textile in ancient history (4000BC).  
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China as an Apparel Importer

China is considered to be the single largest apparelexporter in the world. However, with the evolution of the globaltextile & apparel sector over the past decade, it is the time toseriously study China as a fast-growing apparel import market.

   

First and foremost, it is a wrong perception that Chinese consumers only consume clothing “made in China”. In Zara’s stores in Shanghai, over 90% of stock-keeping units are imported, with Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and Viet Nam and being the main import sources.

   However, like any other countries in the world, the apparel import market in China also has its unique features & patterns. For example, woven men’s wear accounted for almost 1/3 of China’s total apparel imports. As another important feature: in 2012, 83% and 13% of China’s apparel imports came from Asia and Europe respectively, leaving only 4% market share for the rest of the world.

   Many famous international brands set up mainly in first-tier cities and then establish their presence in second-tier cities. Currently, the tendency is for famous brands to penetrate into more second-tier cities. Among the first-tier cities, Shanghai plays a significant role in setting fashion trends on the mainland. Therefore, many foreign and domestic apparel suppliers choose to first establish a foothold in Shanghai before seeking further expansion.