Trade shows/events

TaiSPO’s move gets thumbs up
Moving both the time of TaiSPO 2010 (a few weeks later than usual) and the location (into Taipei's new Nangang Exhibition Hall) paid off in number of exhibitors and visitors, say the Taiwan show organisers.

Ispo China makes a move or two
The 2011 Ispo China trade show will be held earlier – now February 23-235 – and at a new location, the new exposition centre at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) in Beijing.

Ispo celebrates 40 years with record show
Ispo in Munich closed its doors with excellent exhibitor, visitor, and exposition space statistics, after its 70th show, and its 40th year.

TaiSPO show later in 2010
Several changes have been made to the Taiwan sports show – TaiSPO 2010 – by organisers in an effort to attract more exhibitors and visitors, and free the show from other international events.

Now it's fitness, and health
The new-look Australian Fitness & Health Expo will be held at at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, from April 30 to May 2.

FashionExposed celebrates 20 seasons
Trade show for  the apparel and fashion industries in Australia, FashionExposed, is celebrating 20 seasons of life with its early 2010 show.

Shows: a feast of colours and enthusiasm
The Melbourne exhibition centre echoed to the sound of killer heels, old friends hailing each other and the demand for catalogues.

Expo takes a different view of retailing
Three-day expo – Marketing at Retail Expo – and conference will be held in late October in Sydney, organised by POPAI, Point of Purchase Advertising International.

Expos to get together for 2010
Retail Expo and Visual Impact Image Expo  will be held together in 2010, announce organisers Diversified Exhibitions Australia and Visual Impact Suppliers Association,  from September 20-22 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Helping western brands into China
Messe Munich is launching a new event at Ispo China 2010, to be held in Beijing in March, designed to assist Western brands to establish business in China.

Much interest in online retailing conference
An inaugural Online Retailer expo and conference planned for mid-August in Sydney has attracted a substantial early registration, report organisers.

Retail Asia Expos and congress
The Retail Asia congress will be held in  Hong Kong on June 24-26 alongside two new retail exhibitions, Retail Design & In-Store Marketing and Retail Technology Expo.

SSA: optimism on show
Sports Source Asia will be held in Hong Kong at the end of October again this year. The 2008 show was impacted by the breaking of the world economic crisis, which reduced the number of exhibitors, although visitor numbers were up on 2007.

TaiSPO celebrates innovation, and bovines
Celebrating the Year of the Ox, the city of Taipei welcomed exhibitors and visitors to Taiwan’s international sports trade show, TaiSPO 2009 with a colourful display of cows, all over the city and international airport.

FashionExposed: something for everybody
Many exhibitors reported that while Sunday was very busy, Monday was quieter but hopes were high that Tuesday would be the best day of the three day FashionExposed fair, held in early March.

Ispo Winter: ‘very busy show’
More than 64,000 visitors from 113 countries managed to attend Ispo Winter in Munich in early February, in spite of a transport workers strike.

‘Best’ forecast for fifth Ispo China show
To be held in mid-February, Ispo China 09 has record early visitor registrations.

Eurobike show gets big numbers
The escalating cost of petrol is just one of the reasons for a very successful Eurobike show, held in the German city of Friedrichshafen in early September.

Fair for eco textiles
Hundreds of suppliers from Austria, China, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and UK have signed up for Interstoff Asia Essential Autumn 2008, to be held in Hong Kong in early October.

The show for everything retail
Highlight of the Retail Expo Australasia held in Sydney this week was the stunning stands, as you would expect at the trade show for everything display.

Popular and active local show in Taipei
The Taiwan Sports Recreation and Leisure Show was held in Exhibition Hall 1 of the Taiwan World Trade Centre in mid-July, focussing on the domestic market while reflecting international market trends.

Retail Expo Australasia: premier retail trade exhibition
Retail Expo Australasia claims to be Australia’s premier retail trade exhibition, and is held in conjunction with the National Retail Forum at Sydney's Darling Harbour in August

Hear Raman and Palmer at Sports Business Summit
Sundar Raman of the Indian Premier League and Kate Palmer of Netball Australia will be among the high profile speakers at the annual Sports Business Summit to be held in late August at Sydney's Darling Harbour.

Interbike is staying in Las Vegas
Interbike International Bicycle Expo and OutDoor Demo is to stay to in Las Vegas.

Slow start for Sports Source Euope
Around 1000 trade visitors from 60 countries attended the first European Sourcing trade fair for the sporting goods domain.

Running show makes good start
Most of the world’s major running brands and all significant German dealers attended the first Running Order show held in Munich at the end of June, with more than 1300 visitors from 58 countries.

Big response to Sports Source Europe
First European sourcing trade show is to be held at Messe München from June 29 to July 1, designed as an independent sourcing platform for the sporting goods and supply industries.

Textiles on show in Shenzhen
More than 240 Chinese and international suppliers will exhibit their products at the Intertextile Pavilion, part of the Shenzhen International apparel fair, on July 10-12.

TRADE SHOWS CALENDAR

TaiSPO ends on a high
TaiSPO ends on a high
A significant increase in buyers visited the Taipei international sporting goods show, held in Taiwan in mid-March.

Into tents?
Into tents?
Or any other outdoor equipment, apparel and footwear? Then the SOTA show is a must for you. The National May Outdoor trade show (known as the SOTA show) will be held at the EPIC in Canberra in early May.

Ispo cancelled, new shows planned
After many years, the Ispo Summer show in Munich, Germany has been cancelled, with two new shows to be held on the Ispo late June dates.

New location, visitor record
With more than 11,000 visitors, the fourth Ispo China 08 held late February, ended with a new visitor record after three days at the China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing.

Domestic and commercial at Fitness Expo
Bigger and better is the promise for this year’s Australian Fitness Expo in April, according to organisers Diversified Exhibitions Australia.

Snowy ISPO is hot!
A record number of visitors for the late January Ispo Winter show in Munich left exhibitors and organisers feeling optimistic about the future.

Ispo Winter sets record:
Organisers Messe Munich are cock a ‘hoop at the success of the annual German trade show, held in late January, with 64,000 trade visitors from 113 countries, more than 2,000 exhibitors and a conviction that winter sports are very strong, despite the poor snow season.

OutDoor show stays
After a concentrated campaign by rival German trade show venues, the OutDoor trade fair will remain in Friedrichshafen, where it has been held for the past five years.

Fabric shows
Technical textiles received the most attention at Heimtextil India, Texworld India and Techtextil India in Mumbai in November.

Outdoor annual
For 35 years IWA & Outdoor Classics has been one of the world’s leading fairs for hunting and sporting arms, outdoor items and accessories. This March, more than 1,000 exhibitors and around 31,000 trade visitors are expected in Nuremberg, Germany from more than 100 countries.

China fashion
Highlight of the Worldwide Textile Rendezvous, held in France in late September was the display and parade of Chinese fashions.


Winter warm-up
Ispo winter in Munich from late January has launched a new website designed for easier and clearer navigation for exhibitors, visitors and the media.

Taiwan’s big year sees cycle show

Taispo 2007
Taiwan’s big year sees cycle show
This year the two huge Taiwan shows in parallel industries will be held in tandem, with TaiSPO at its usual venue and Taipei CYCLE (the world’s second-largest cycle show) goes through its paces at the brand new TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall.

Stepping into a new season
Taking centre stage for its sixth successful season, the Australian Shoe Fair returns to the Sydney Exhibition Centre in mid-February.

New look for fashion fair
Revealing a fresh new look and bringing together exciting new and established fashion labels from across Australia and overseas, Fashion Exposed & Preview returns to the Sydney Exhibition Centre from March 9-11.

2008 Sydney and Brisbane Fitness Expos set to follow Melbourne hit
The second bi-annual Melbourne Fitness Expo was “a great success”, co-located with Network 07, the end of year event for 600 delegates from the Victorian fitness industry, reports organisers Diversified Exhibitions Australia.

Sports Source Asia – picture round-up
Around the stands at Sports Source Asia

Thumbs up for new China show
Thumbs up for new China show
The inaugural Sports Source Asia trade show in Hong Kong was a four day event totally dedicated to doing business. Held in late October, the month for trade shows and sourcing in that part of the world, the show had the minimum of razzle dazzle, writes editor Maggie Coleman.