Picaflor has announced that it will bring Playtime to Shanghai for the first time. The organiser of the children’s trade shows in Paris, New York, and Tokyo will host Playtime Shanghai from July 23 to 24, 2019.

The benchmark Italian menswear show has opened an official account on China's top social network, which it will feed with customised content about the show's main events.

Pure London’s next show in February will feature a new layout to refresh the space and make discovering new brands easier for buyers, it has announced.

For January, the Paris trade show has teamed up with Koalaboox, a financing start-up that will advance to French and Belgian exhibitors the value of the orders placed by buyers at the show.

Swatch Group will host an event for watch retailers from March 19 to 26 next year, just ahead of the Baselworld watch fair it recently dropped out of, according to an invitation seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Lifestyle footwear and accessories brand Cole Haan will debut its newest Zerogrand collection at Pitti Uomo this January, marking the brand's first appearance at the international men's fashion fair. 

Opulent floral designs created by 18th century illustrator William Kilburn will be featured throughout the next edition of Scoop as part of a new partnership between the trade fair and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Premium fashion trade show Jacket Required will be showcasing a larger number of eco brands at its upcoming event in January as part of its goal of promoting a more sustainable future for the industry.

Denim PV’s first London edition welcomed 2,344 visitors, up 17% compared to the November 2017 session held in Paris.

The first edition under new ownership will open its doors from 20-23 June 2019 in New Orleans. Clean Show will continue to run with the support of its former owners; five US trade associations.

The trade show specialised in denim fabrics and sourcing presented the main market trends for the Spring/Summer 2020 at its latest session held in London on December 5 and 6.

The Denim PV trade show has inaugurated its new itinerant formula in London, and will be staged in Milan next June, before returning to London for the December session.

Textile Events is gearing up for a busy January, hosting another edition of The London Textile Fair at the Business Design Centre in London and the inaugural US-based Texfusion in New York.

Birmingham’s Moda trade show has announced that its February edition will focus on “real fashion for real people”, including the 50-plus age group, under its new This is Me campaign.

The sportswear brand is set to unveil a new project at the Florentine trade show in January: Fila Fjord, a casual Scandi-style apparel line headed by Danish designer Astrid Andersen.