Four of the most important footwear designers reveal how they see footwear for the coming winter in terms of mood, shape, volume, materials, and colour palette. 

Culture, history, art and modernity come together in the MAG: Museo dell'Alto Garda Museum and the two venues of the Rocca: the medieval castle of Riva del Garda, and the Galleria Civica G. Segantini in Arco

From an increased awareness of social and environmental issues to the arrival of glocal, from the increasing popularity of digital technology to the physical space as an experiential place at the service of customers. This is how the purchasing experience has changed in the post-Covid era.

The newly elected mayor of Riva del Garda, Cristina Santi, recounts her vision for the immediate future of a smart and sustainable city that is open not only to an international, but also local, quality tourism, and which is protagonist of a trade fair-congressional calendar made possible also thanks to the renewal of the trade fair district. 

The pandemic has fuelled the transformation of the fashion world: Maria Eugenia Errobidarte, Senior Consultant at WGSN, the world leader in fashion trend forecasting, explains how the markets and retail have changed in the #PLAYfashion webinar at Expo Riva Schuh

The brand of childrenswear debuts with a Consumer App to interact with its customers using a wide variety of fun-filled functions

The new collection has a metropolitan and sporty mood

The figures in the recent Cerved report do not leave much room for optimism. Change will be a must for fashion entrepreneurs: Capasa, Della Valle and Rosso reiterate this.

Data do nothing but confirm the rise of digital commerce, as also Federico Marchetti, owner of Yoox-Net à porter points out.

Salvo Testa, Professor of Business Strategy and Fashion Management at the Bocconi University of Milan, Management Consultant, Board Member, and expert in the Fashion, Luxury and Design sectors, gives us his perspective.

The pandemic has brought to light a paradox: for years, small and medium-sized Italian companies have been told that, in order to survive, they had to grow and take on more weight in the market. Production flexibility and the low costs of family businesses now seem to allow the manufacturing fabric to survive, albeit with difficulty. 

A look at the Dutch market through the lens of Niek Jansen, CEO of REXOR Schuh-Einkaufsvereinigungs-Gesellschaft mbH. 

New challenges in the world of fashion according to the vision of some of its leading protagonists, from Frida Giannini to Dries Van Noten and Mugler’s Casey Cadwallade, from the ‘enfant terrible’ at Maison Balmain, Olivier Rousteing, to the Managing Director of TikTok, Adriano Accardo, without forgetting about the founders of Italy’s two leading showrooms, Riccardo Grassi and Massimo Bonini.

This restaurant located in the prestigious Marchetti Palace is the elegant setting of Art&Shoes, the original format organised by Expo Riva Schuh under the flag of Food&Shoes Experience, which offers opportunities to meet up with customers and present collections in an exclusive venue