UKFT visits Paris tradeshows to check out trends in export wholesale

UKFT visits Paris tradeshows to check out trends in export wholesale




The non-profit organisation UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) visited tradeshows and showrooms around Paris Fashion Week to learn about what export wholesale is likely to look like next year. Earlier this month, the main Paris Fashion Week catwalks and tradeshows took place in physical format for the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

UKFT visited the key tradeshows including Première Classe Tuileries, Tranoi and ManWoman (within Première Classe), as well as showrooms including AQ Market, Tuileries Showroom, Studio Zeta and Riccardo Grassi to establish attitudes around issues such as Brexit and UK brands, key business trends in evidence at Paris Fashion Week, impact of Brexit on moving samples and the requirement for ATA Carnets and others.

Before the pandemic, the UK presence at the key shows and multi-brand showrooms varied between 200 and 300 brands each season. Although, since the Brexit referendum in 2016 UK exhibitor numbers had fallen to closer to 200 each season in March and September, UKFT said in a press release.

The non-profit organisation UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) visited tradeshows and showrooms around Paris Fashion Week (PFW) to learn about what export wholesale is likely to look like next year. Earlier this month, the main Paris Fashion Week catwalks and tradeshows took place in physical format for the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As the UK emerges (hopefully) from COVID, the UK’s fashion and textile SMEs are very different from the way they were before. Some have closed down or changed their business model. Most are very cautious with their investments. Most are concerned about the challenges of Brexit and the damage it can do to their export business. Many will only consider returning to trade shows and showrooms if there is evidence that the major non-EU buyers from the US, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, China and the Middle East are travelling again. The lack of Tradeshow Access Programme grants is an additional pressure here. For all these reasons, Paris Fashion Week gives us some answers to what tradeshows and export wholesale are likely to look like next year,” UKFT’s international business director Paul Alger MBE said.

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