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(03/02/2012)
Exhibitions, activities and forums during ARCOmadrid (15 - 19 February)
Madrid brings together contemporary art professionals from around the world for the 1st Meeting of European and Latin American Museums, directed by Agustín Pérez-Rubio – Director of MUSAC, León - and Marcelo Mattos Araujo – Executive Director of the Sao Paulo Pinacoteca - with guests including Chris Dercon, Director of the Tate Modern, London; Manuel Borja-Villel, Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Hans-Michael Herzog, Director and Curator of the Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zurich; Alfred Pacquement, Director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre de Création Industrielle, Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Graciela de la Torre, Director of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo MUAC, Mexico. The Collecting Forum will also attract other professionals, such as Han Nefkens, Mera and Don Rubell, Joop van Caldenborgh, Farhad Farjam and Eugenio López; and the Professional Meetings will bring together noted figures invited by Marc-Olivier Wahler, director of the Palais de Tokyo: James Lingwood, Co-director of Artangel, London; Bartomeu Marí, Director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (MACBA); Lynne Cooke, Assistant Director for Conservation, Research and Publication at the Museo Reina Sofía; Inti Guerrero, Atistic Director of TEOR/éTica, San José (Costa Rica), and RMS La Asociación, together with Tania Pardo, an independent curator.
The participation of these professionals will complement the exhibition side of ARCOmadrid, in which about 200 international galleries will take part in the General Programme, Focus Netherlands, Solo Projects: Focus Latin America and Opening.
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(03/02/2012)
MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK MADRID: SPANISH FASHION AND ITS MOST IMPRESSIVE IDEAS WILL BE ON SHOW AT THE NEW MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK MADRID
The event, organised by IFEMA, takes places from 1 to 5 February at Feria de Madrid
• The Madrid catwalk will sport a new name at its fifty-fifth edition, following the recent agreement that the event has signed with the German vehicle make, in which the latter has become the main sponsor and acquires the naming rights for the event. In this sense, Fashion Week will now have two main sponsors, L'Oréal and Mercedes-Benz. In addition, Mahou Cinco Estrellas has now joined this edition as a sponsor.
• On this occasion, the fair has decided to bring its staging forward by two weeks. This change enables it to open the international fashion show circuit without coinciding with any other leading fashion event.• In total, some 44 designers will present their collections on the catwalk, as well as around 45 up-and-coming designers who will exhibit their ideas at the EGO Showroom,, at the CIBELESPACIO, featuring direct sale to the public
Its new name - MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK MADRID ... -
(03/02/2012)
SIMM: The latest trends in consumer fashion and new strategies for boosting the industry will be on show at the sixty-seventh edition of SIMM
The event, organised by IFEMA, takes place from 2 to 4 February in Halls 12 and 14 of DC Area at Feria de Madrid.
• At this edition the fair will feature the participation of around 800 companies, a 62% increase compared to February 2011. The fair will also present a larger net exhibition area, coming to 13,850 square metres in total. Foreign brands, especially those from France, will significantly increase their level of attendance
• The IFEMA Fashion Showrooms, featuring brands from the medium-high segment, continue to expand, now presenting some one hundred participating brands, a 22% increase compared to February last year.• The Speaker's Corner Forum will complement the fair's trade exhibition, based on an attractive programme of activities featuring a series of renowned experts. The introduction of new sales models, experiential marketing and the latest new trends presented in the collections for ...
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(02/02/2012)
SICUR 2012 ANNOUNCES THE PROPOSALS SELECTED FOR ITS NEW PRODUCTO GALLERY
A panel of judges has selected a total of 31 new, cutting-edge products. Eight of these represent the Fire Safety industry, 14 represent Workplace Safety (SICUR PROLABOR), and 9 are related to Security.
The upcoming SICUR event, organised by IFEMA, will take place from 28 February to March 2, at the FERIA DE MADRID. Following tradition, a selection of state-of-the-art equipment and solutions related to safety will be presented in its New Product Gallery.The goal of this space is to promote achievements involving research and innovation, as well as to recognise the efforts that companies in the industry have been making in this direction. The New Product Gallery is also one of the spaces at SICUR focused on sharing information and knowledge with ...
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(01/02/2012)
EXPOOPTICA 2012 will show what's new in all the sector's segments
The Fair, which takes place from 17 to 19 February, will include the new developments and products in every branch of this industry: from contact lenses to fashion, along with research and IT support for better management.
With its new format EXPOOPTICA 2012 will bring together a broad representation of all the segments that make up the optics and optometry sector between 17 and 19 February. Consequently, trade professionals who visit the fair will find a wide range of products on show, from optical instruments to the latest ideas in frames, sunglasses and lenses, plus lots more.
EXPOOPTICA 2012 exhibitors will not miss the opportunity to show their latest ideas to a highly qualified public like that brought together by the fair, which coincides with the International Optometry, Contactology and Ophthalmic Optics Congress, OPTOM 2012. These include companies that specialise ...
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(01/02/2012)
IFEMA to hold INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION WEEK to help boost the sector
The event, which comprises VETECO, PIEDRA and CONSTRUTEC, offers an indispensable backdrop for meetings between sector professionals and will help the sector effect strategies to boost and internationalise the sector. A wide-ranging programme aimed at international buyers will focus on this objective and the merging of the three fairs will provide a host of business opportunities.
A comprehensive programme of seminars, held in association with leading organisations, will give added value to the event, which will provide the three fairs with a personalised service that is tailored to meet companies' requirements.
IFEMA presents the first edition of INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION WEEK, which will be held on 8 - 11 May at the Feria de Madrid. It will be headed up by three events that are a fixture on the Madrid trade fair calendar: CONSTRUTEC, the international building fair; VETECO, the international fair for windows and glazed enclosures, and PIEDRA, the international natural stone trade fair.
The holding, for the first time in Madrid, of the FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION WEEK, is a clear demonstration of IFEMA’s support for the construction sector. The project specifically aims to create an effective platform for promotion and communication to help boost the industries ... -
(30/01/2012)
Angy Returns with Refresh
Refresh will once again depend on Angy as the face for its advertising campaign. For the fourth consecutive season, this young actress will star in the campaign for the Autumn/Winter 2011-2012.
Collection from Refresh. The children's footwear firm has decided to opt for the natural and urban style of this multi-faceted actress, who acknowledges that she identifies completely with the values that the footwear brand represents. "To once again front the campaign of a brand that young ...
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(30/01/2012)
New Joya Shops in Spain
Joya is expanding in Spain by opening a series of self-owned shops.
In Barcelona, this physiological footwear company now has three new shops where customers can find "the softest shoes in the world," according to the advertising campaign. The stores that have been opened are located on Vía Augusta, Gran de Gràcia and Roselló. At the same time, in Vitoria, Joya ...
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(30/01/2012)
Spanish Footwear Exports Continue to Grow
The balance of trade figures corresponding to the months between January and September 2011 confirm the strength of the Spanish footwear industry within the context of the international market.
According to the figures recently published by the State Customs Department, over the first nine months of last year Spanish footwear companies sold 98.31 million pairs of footwear featuring a value of 1,631.16 million euros. Compared to the same period in the year 2010, footwear exports ...
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(30/01/2012)
Hispanitas Opens Up New Horizons
The firm, Hispanitas, will open three self-managed establishments outside Spain. This company from Elda (Alicante), which already exports some 45% of its output (more than one million pairs of footwear a year), has chosen the cities of Mexico City DF (Mexico) and Tian Jin and Hangzhou (China) to initiate its expansion strategy outside the Iberian Peninsula.
"China has witnessed significant economic growth. It has increased its standards of living and a greater demand for high-quality designer footwear from Spain has been detected. For its part, Mexico is an expanding market that will open up new channels of business for us," the Manager of ...
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