Apparel Online India Magazine February 1st Issue 2019 | Page 11

MIND TREE Vipul Chaudhary, Business Head, Rinku Sobti Fashions, Delhi In the past few months, we participated in three international sourcing events and overall response was okay. In Who’s Next, Paris, the response was not very good while COTERIE, New York was quite good for us. Compared to Europe, US is still comparatively a better market for India, so it may be a reason that we had better experience in New York-based events. The IIGF was just okay as we met six good buyers but it is too early to say anything about order conversion from them. Ankit Gupta, VP, Shiv Shankar Expeller Industries, Kolkata Every year, we participate in few trade exhibitions and this time we explored IIGF. It was our first-ever participation in this show and we exchanged visiting cards with nearly 40 visitors. Among them, buying agents and buying houses were more. Normally we don’t prefer to work with buying agents as working with them increases the chances for disputes. Kavita Ahlawat, Director, Q-One, Gurgaon We are a renowned embroidery jobworker and NEXT MINDTREE QUESTION Do you agree that SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) apparel exporters and textile companies are facing many difficulties compared to the giant and very small players? If you are also in this segment, please share with us the type of hurdles you are facing more compared to the big or micro-level apparel exporters/textile companies, and how do you plan to overcome these challenges… Or is it that every segment of the industry is facing similar challenges? participated for the first time in the IIGF. It proved quite fruitful for us as we were able to meet good number of apparel exporters and especially, we were able to add Jaipur market. So far, we did not have reach in Jaipur market but now we are quite hopeful about making our presence felt in this market. Though we could not have much interaction with direct overseas buyers, despite that, we are happy with the fair as it was turned out to be worthwhile. POST YOUR COMMENTS www.apparelresources.com [email protected] www.apparelresources.com | FEBRUARY 1-15, 2019 | Apparel Online India 11