RIAS Newsletter 05 | Page 32

RIAS MAGAZINE No 05 PUBLISHING FINDS ITS WAY TO 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP Source: RIAS «» The universal Russian publishing house EKSMO (ЭКСМО) presented how they see their participation in the World Cup FIFA 2018 at the XXI exhibition of advertising technologies RIDO 2015 which was held in Expoforum in Saint-Petersburg on 14-16 October 2015. At the presentation EKSMO introduced statistical data on the 20th FIFA World Cup held in 2014 in Brazil, analyzed by experts of the publishing house: there were about 2,000 different souvenir products available for sale one year before the championship, a lot of shops of different levels from megastore to special departments in the retail stores were created. Special standards (ILO and WFSGI) were made up, which specify requirements for a quality product. A survey held among 16 000 people showed that 70% respondents rated the programme as good. 32