MODEBRANCHEN . · ISSUE NO 01 · 2021 · 2 6 ARTICLE
NEWS IN BRIEF
BY HELLE MATHIESEN
Chairman of the board Carsten Tidselbak , team manager Catharina Sand Poulsen , product manager Suzanne Poulsen , CEO Per Nybo Nielsen , and CFO Bjarne Poulsen ( from left to right ) Photo : Svenn Hjartarson / Studio 03
LENE BJERRE DESIGN HAS A GERMAN INVESTOR AND A NEW CEO
With an advanced e-commerce platform and new capital , Suzanne and Bjarne Poulsen and the new co-owners are working on a revitalization of the company . Together with the new Danish CEO Per Nybo Nielsen , German Wolfgang Kilian joins in the ownership group together with the Poulsen couple , who have run and developed Lene Bjerre Design since 2006 . Wolfgang Kilian runs a huge cash & carry center in Grabfeld between Frankfurt and Leipzig . Suzanne and Bjarne Poulsen still own 50 per cent of the shares , and they continue on their positions as product manager and CFO of the company , respectively . Per Nybo Nielsen has a long career in the lifestyle industry and has most recently completed a turnaround in another Danish interior company , Lauvring A / S . At Lene Bjerre Design a strategy process now begins , and it is expected completed in the first half of 2021 . The company ' s product range will be reviewed and revitalized ; it has already been minimized from 12,000 to 2,000 item numbers , and the number of employees has halved . With new initiatives on track , the company expects positive figures on the bottom-line of next financial year .
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TRENDSET WINTER 2021 TO TAKE PLACE IN FEBRUARY
TrendSet Winter 2021 in Munich Exhibition Centre is postponed to 20-22 February 2021 . - We would have liked to organize TrendSet on the scheduled date in January . But due to the latest political decisions it is not possible . Now , we are concentrating our efforts on the new date from 20 to 22 February 2021 in order to offer the industry the familiar platform for product experience and order security . Which is in the interest of our exhibitors and trade visitors , states Tatjana Pannier , Managing Director of TrendSet . With a date in February , exhibitors will be able to present the trends for spring and summer 2021 and the new products for Christmas 2021 in 15 Interiors & Lifestyle Fair Areas and four Topic Areas in good time before the start of the season . TrendSet is also checking on an alternate date in March .
MAISON & OBJET ANNOUNCES A REVITALISING START TO 2021
Maison & Objet introduces a season fully packed with online and physical events to stimulate trading activity in the home decor , design , crafts , and the lifestyle industries - with a return of the trade fair to Paris Nord Villepinte in March 2021 . While the international COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the scheduling of tradeshows around the world , Maison & Objet supports its community of exhibitors and visitors with tailored solutions using the functionalities of its digital platform , MOM ( Maison & Objet and More ). Maison & Objet announces new initiatives combining online and physical events throughout the first quarter of 2021 . This season will conclude with a physical trade fair in Paris on 26-30 of March , 2021 .
LARGE INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER GOODS SHOW IN APRIL 2021
The Ambiente product groups will be united with the product groups of Christmasworld and Paperworld for one time only in 2021 . The International Consumer Goods Show will take place as a physical event in Frankfurt on 17-20 of April , 2021 . The trade fair is supplemented by the Digital Days , which also includes the purely digital content of Creativeworld .