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An increasingly sustainable footwear industry
The topic of sustainability is gaining increasing momentum and becoming a real prerogative for all players in the footwear supply chain. At the January 2023 edition of Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags, we met a number of exhibitors offering sustainable products and production processes.
Discovering WonderStore, winner of the Start up Competition
Winning the Innovation Village Retail competition at the 98th Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags is the technology designed to track and deeply know in store consumer behavior and characteristics. Let's get to know WonderStore through the words of its founder, Luigi Crudele.
Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags 2023: "We expect a significant volume of orders".
The 'sentiment' of companies and buyers points to an edition characterised by important orders and with a strong focus on Innovation Village Retail and Sustainability projects, in which the Riva event has decisively invested. Let's discover ERS 2023 in the words of Alessandra Albarelli and GianPaola Pedretti.
Wine & Shoes: the combination of wines and styles proposed by Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags
The Riva del Garda Fair leads to the discovery of Italian products and stylistic themes at the fair through a special wine tasting aimed at inspiring and entertaining.
The Punk revolution also changed the world of fashion
The marks of the punk movement have become characteristic symbols not only of the musical, social and political worlds, but also of aesthetics through non-conformist fashion. Even today, the influence of punk continues to inspire fashion designers.
Sustainable transition in the fashion industry is a strategic issue
Last October, the Italian fashion industry gathered at the Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum 2022, the first international summit entirely dedicated to advancing sustainability in the industry.
The Indian giant at Expo Riva Schuh
We interviewed Sanjay Leekha, Chairman of CLE (Council for Leather Exports) India, to get a closer look at the market situation of what represents a major player in ERS and the global scene.
Market Focus India: Sahil Malik, buyer Da Milano
We continue our in-depth journey of the Indian footwear and leather goods market with Sahil Malik, Managing Director of the Da Milano chain of stores, who was present at the last edition of Expo Riva Schuh in June.
The 'Innovation Village Retail' project continues into January 2023
Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags promote innovation at 360 degrees, continuing with the project dedicated to start-ups and promising, cutting-edge young companies that can contribute to innovation in the sector.
Market Focus India: let's talk about it with Amin Virji, Inc.5 Shoes buyer
The in-depth analysis of a market of primary importance for footwear and leather goods, which is India, continues with a meeting with Amin Virji, Ceo of Inc.5 Shoes Pvt. Ltd, to learn from his words what is changing and what the consumer is looking for today.
The Indian market: how it is changing
We met Amit Chopra, Images Group publisher of Shoes & Accessories and Head of the India Delegation at Expo Riva Schuh, to better understand how the Indian footwear and leather goods market is changing in the Post Covid and online trade Era.
Opportunities to strengthen international business at Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags
The incoming buyer programme promoted by the Riva event will bring a growing number of international buyer delegations to the next fair and future editions.
Why traceability is a crucial sustainability issue
For sustainability not to remain just a nice project but to become a reality, responsibility for the product life cycle must be shared by all actors in the supply chain, including consumers. We talked about this with Ellen Schmidt-Devlin.
Technologies and ideas to innovate retail
The projects of ten 'high innovation' Italian start-ups dedicated to retailers who took part in the Innovation Village Retail at Expo Riva Schuh.
