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TRADE AFFAIRS e ts Calendar APPAREL BRINGS YOU A QUICK LIST OF THE FORTHCOMING FAIRS AND EXPOS. MARCH 2020 EAST CHINA FAIR 2020 Mar 01–04, 2020 East China Fair (ECF) is the largest regional trade fair in China, with the most number of traders, great variety of exhibits, and onsite deals. The event will be home to garments, home textiles, as well as decor products. ECF will also facilitate business talks concerning transactions, investment, and various kinds of operations. The event warmly welcomes exhibitors from all over the world. VENUE I Shanghai New International Centre DEMOGRAPHY I International CITY I Shanghai, China DAEGU FASHION FAIR 2020 Mar 04–06, 2020 Daegu Fashion Fair is an international event for the fashion and lifestyle industries. This event is conducted within an ideal retailing environment, wherein participants can build their brand image @MCANNRSSGDHQDWONQSRRHFMHjB@MSKX 3GDE@HQVHKK feature brands, designers, buyers, marketers, and wholesalers in the apparel, clothing, and lifestyle spheres. VENUE I EXCO DEMOGRAPHY I International CITY I Daegu, South Korea TRENDS THE APPAREL SHOW 2020 Mar 05–08, 2020 TRENDS Apparel is the largest event of its kind in Western Canada that involves participation from wholesale sales representatives showing menswear, womenswear, kids’-wear as well as footwear collections. For all of your wholesale apparel, accessory, and footwear buying needs, the event has got you covered. Appealing to retailers from 86 I APPAREL I February 2020 Vancouver Island all the way to Ontario’s Lakehead region, participants exhibit at the TRENDS Apparel show to offer up the best and widest variety of brands for retailers. VENUE I Edmonton EXPO Center DEMOGRAPHY I International CITY I Edmonton, Canada RAKUTEN FASHION WEEK 2020 Mar 16–21, 2020 Rakuten Fashion Week is held twice a year in one of the world's most progressive cities, during which trends for the next season are born from the latest collections that are unveiled at fashion shows and exhibitions. One of the most famous fashion festivals of Japan, it aims to become the starting point for collaboration between designers, manufacturers, and apparel retailers. VENUE I Omotesando Hills DEMOGRAPHY I National CITY I Tokyo, Japan DRAPERS SUSTAINABLE FASHION 2020 Mar 11, 2020 Drapers Sustainable Fashion will bring together sustainable brands, retailers, trailblazers, disruptors, progressive thinkers, and pioneers to discuss what can be done to make fashion more sustainable, and why change is not optional. The event is for fashion brands and retailers, clothes manufacturers, supply-chain experts, innovators, and anybody for whom sustainability matters. We are creating the programme of hard-hitting talks, projects showcasing sustainability in action, and start-up innovations. VENUE I Kings Place DEMOGRAPHY I International CITY I London, United Kingdom