Asian summer for ANCI
02/07/2009
ANCI, the National Association of Italian Footwear Manufacturers, has organised a series of appointments in important cities in Asia to keep the profile of high-end Italian-made shoes high and to try to find new buyers.
The tour starts in Hong Kong on July 6-7 at the Shangri-La Hotel. In all, more than 30 Italian footwear brands will take part. ANCI listed them as: Alberto Gozzi, Ballin Franco & C., Blue Angel, Blue Star, Brunate, C.R.M. Calzaturifici Riuniti Marchigiani, Cerutti, Cherie, Consorzio Elpidiense Export, Consorzio Expool, Ernesto Dolani, Fiorangelo, Fiore, Frascarelli, Gianfranco Butteri, Gianmarco Lorenzi, Giorgio Fabiani, Giorgio Iachini, Giorgio Piergentili & C., Giusti, Gnv, Ilaria, Lancio di Lanciotti Alberto & C., Lori, Luca Nencioni – unipersonale, Mercury di Mazzerella Giuseppe, Mirella, Mirko Ciccioli, Morelli Shoes, Nuova Mokas, Pakerson, Principe di Bologna, Rapari, Ricci, Spring, and VRL di Lattanzi di G. & C.
A press conference will take place at the hotel's Atrium Island at noon on Monday, July 6.
Many of the participants will move on to Beijing for a similar event on July 9-10 at Hotel Westin Beijing Chaoyang, with a press conference on the first day in the hotel ballroom.
From July 13-15 the roadshow, called Shoes from Italy, will be in Tokyo at the Hotel Westin. There will be 17 companies at the Japanese event: Alberto Gozzi, Ballin Franco F.C., Barrett, C.G.S. Shoes di Iachini, Cantini Alessandro, Consorzio Calzaturiero Provincia di Pisa, DGM, Eurotop di Polidori Daniele, Ilaria, Lancio di Lanciotti Alberto & C., Latitude Femme, Manas, Principe di Bologna, Ricci, Rogani Bruno & Fabio, and Spring.
ANCI says it also has great expectations for FRANCAL, the major Brazilian exhibition devoted to footwear, which will be held in São Paulo from July 14-17. In collaboration with the Italian Trade Commission, ANCI will be at Francal with an institutional stand and showcases devoted to 21 Italian companies: Alberto Gozzi, Aldo Bruè, Ballin, Ballin Franco & C., Bruno Magli, Caimar, Fabiano Ricci + Rolly, Gardenia, Gianmarco Lorenzi, Giovanni Fabiani, Ilaria, Kallistè, Marino Fabiani, Naturino-Falc, Nouchka, Orietta Mancini, Pakerson, Rossimoda, Speroni, Trend and Twice.
The industry body said it hoped the event would be an opportunity to strengthen relations between the Italian and Brazilian footwear sectors, as both are "committed to creating favourable conditions for trade and the collaboration between companies".
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