Rio Grande do Sul exhibitors grateful for BF Show solidarity
The second edition of the Brazilian Footwear Show opened in São Paulo on May 21 and will run until May 23.
Buyers from Brazil and beyond were able to see the latest collections that more than 300 footwear brands from all parts of Brazil presented at the event.
Industry association Abicalçados said more than 150 buyers from 30 different countries had travelled to São Paulo for the event.
The organisation’s president, Haroldo Ferreira, said he was particularly pleased that around 50 footwear companies from Rio Grande do Sul had been able to travel to take part in the exhibition, in spite of the severe flooding that hit the southern state at the start of May.
He said Abicalçados member companies from Rio Grande do Sul were very grateful for the high levels of solidarity that the organisers of the Brazilian Footwear Show had demonstrated to them and to all the people affected by the floods.
