From product to shopping experience to customer service, personalization is a central theme. We talk about it with some of the startups that animated the Innovation Village Retail at Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags.

Riva del Garda’s eventis called to represent the European marketat the Forum organised by CLIA

The Ariel Swipe Bag by Coperni comes from a 3D print composed in a water-based gel that allows you to dispense with any support.

The Hungarian company, created by a third-generation shoemaking family, will    be bringing its collections designed to offer maximum comfort and quality to growing feet to Micam for the first time.

It is the American startup that has won the 2024 summer edition of the Startup Competition, the contest organised by Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags as part of its ‘fair within a fair’ dedicated to innovation in the retail sector, the Innovation Village Retail.

The Brazilian company - owner, among others, of the Arezzo and Schutz brands - recently joined forces with Grupo Soma to create a fashion giant that, after opening new franchises in Latin America, is now looking to Europe and the Middle East.

‘Leather products and footwear ‘Made in Türkiye’ are distinguished by their superior quality, meticulous craftsmanship and innovative design,’ says Güven KARACA, Chairman of İstanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association (İDMİB), who will be present at Micam from 15-17 September 2024.

Spanish companies are back again at this September 2024 edition of the International Footwear Exhibition, bringing the novelties for SS25 from 133 brands.

From 13 to 15 August 2024 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico's leading exhibition for the leather and footwear industry celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Stonefly's Fall Winter 2024 collection focuses on elegant and refined boots.

Building on the many years of experience and expertise of the Wortmann Group, the brand is now aiming to conquer the most demanding women looking for models that will last.

According to a World Footwear by APICCAPS study last June, retail sales of shoes in January and February exceeded overall sales, although they remain lower than the same period last year, and consumer and retailer sentiment is improving.

As part of The Sustainability Pledge project, the UN Economic Commission for Europe presented this new tool to increase traceability in the fashion industry, while the US denounces the ‘EUDR Anti-Deforestation’ regulation as impracticable.

The 108th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo will be held in Florence, in Fortezza da Basso, from 17 to 20 June 2025 instead of from 10 to 13 of the same month, as announced so far.