Low visitor numbers at GDS spark consultation on “optimisation”
29/07/2016
For the first time, GDS ran from Tuesday-Thursday; organisers explained that they hoped footwear retailers would be encouraged by this to travel to Düsseldorf to take part because they would be able to do so without missing one of their most important sales days, Friday.
But Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, chief executive of Messe Düsseldorf said at the end of the show:
“Neither the sector nor we can be satisfied with this visitor attendance. We have decided to start consultations about the optimisation of GDS together with industry and retail over the next few weeks.”
He gave no more detail.
GDS director, Kirstin Deutelmoser, said she and her team had worked hard to make sure the shoes and accessories on show and the services available to visitors were as up to date as possible. She added: “In challenging times, new impulses are key for the sector.”
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