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The winning On-Demand model
The last day of the Expo Riva Show, schedule of live talks of Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags’Home Edition, is dedicated to “New processes for new markets” hosted by Sebastiano Zanolli, the super-expert Matteo Pasca and an international panel of speakers

UITIC: Congress postpooned to 2022
The rendezvous with the 21st edition to be held in China is postponed by one year because of travel restrictions connected to the pandemic

Focus on sustainability, present and future
The second day of the Expo Riva Show – The Shoe Connection focused on sustainability in terms of brands and the supply chain as well as the consumer.

Macro consumer trends 2021-2023
The first day of Expo Riva Show – The Shoe Connection focused on consumer changes, on their new buying process, on data and technologies that can better understand and involve them.

The ‘New Normal’ is green
Sustainability in fashion, evolving scenarios in the Italian fashion industry as per the study undertaken by Nomisma for Unicredit.

Brexit: deal is done
Having avoided the much feared “no deal”, London and Brussels have signed a Free Trade Agreement worth 700 billion a year. Here is what changes for fashion and footwear

MICAM Milano Digital Show ready to start
Two entire months to view the collections, do business, and tackle the themes of sustainability, innovation, and trends in a rich calendar of events and meetings: MICAM Milano Digital Show returns from 8 March to 8 May

The consumer of the future
Local and sustainable, aware, and slow: the consumer looks to the future with optimism. The live talk of Expo Riva Show provides an overview of future shoppers and their purchasing habits.

The footwear industry at a crossroads
The fifth International Footwear Forum (IFF) promoted by the European Confederation of Footwear (CEC) pointed towards the pathways to be taken in recovering from the crisis: anti-protectionism, sustainability, and digital strategies in replying to new emerging models

#strongertogether: the Milan fashion shows opt for digital
MICAM Milano and the other fashion shows cancel the physical editions of their fairs previously scheduled from 20-24 March, in what is a painful, yet necessary, decision

Francal, rendezvous from 11 to 13 August 2021
New dates for the platform dedicated to Brazilian footwear and accessories - in the hopes that the Covid crisis will be over – in order to meet up with the international community’s business and networking needs

Expo Riva Shoe & Gardabags in fdigital until June
222 exhibitors, 1,800 registered buyers, and over 21 thousand views: these are the record numbers of the Home Edition of Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags proposed in a new digital format which, after the four days of the event, will remain active with its contents and special events until the June edition

Brands “play” with fashion
In a 2020 made of digital catwalks, live shows on social networks and new e-commerce mechanisms, such as shopping in live streaming, a phenomenon that has significantly picked up speed in the luxury industry is Fashion Gamification

The winter 2021 stylists’ corner
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.