TEXTILES INDIA
Textiles India 2017
The show must go on, but not
in Gandhinagar…
A big let-down for Indian apparel exporters
A buyer taking the support of a wooden plank due to rainwater logging
W
ith high hopes, nearly
300 apparel exporters
participated at Textiles India 2017
event, only to end up with serious
disappointment in the absence of
good number of buyers and decent
basic amenities. No doubt, rain also
played a spoilsport but many other
controllable issues too created a
mess for these exporters as well as
overseas buyers. Apparel Online
interacted with some of them and
they were loud and clear about their
bad experiences about this event.
Some of the exporters even insisted
Rajat Agarwal, Partner, DS Exports
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WHAT WENT
WRONG
• No proper and
timely distribution
of badges
• Unavailability of
quality hotels
• Opening of the fair
for public on the
last day
• Kids selling tea in
the fair
Garbage on day 1, at the back gate of Hall No. 6. It was removed on 2nd day
about not participating any more
in this event if it occurs again at
Gandhinagar. Even many overseas
buyers were miffed over such
anomalies.
To explain a few of the failures that
were evident, there was no proper
and timely distribution of badges and
no requisite infrastructure available,
both at the fair and in the city (such
as unavailability of quality hotels,
poor connectivity with Ahmedabad
where exporters were staying,
lack of convenient food court at the
event, etc.). To add fuel to the fire,
Harish Dua, (R) MD, KG Exports, Ludhiana with his team member Vinay
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the opening of the fair for public on
the last day additionally created
a sense of commotion. Exporters
were also very irritated seeing some
kids selling tea in the fair and near
the booths when the Indian apparel
export industry is highly concerned
and committed to follow compliance
norms.
Mumbai-based Adiba Fashions
closed its booth in the afternoon on
the second day itself. Mohammed
Shaikh, Director of the company
informed AOI, “Our industry friends
pushed us to participate and assured
Jaya Bachwani (L), Merchandiser and Aastha Kapoor,
Creative Director, Affordable Exports