Birkenstock Bernd Hillen, Brand Manager, Germany (Hall 9) GDS is of paramount importance for us and we love to come to Düsseldorf. All major buyers are here but there are still too few smaller retailers around. For this reason, more emphasis should be placed on the Sunday. Since our German in-house trade fair takes place before GDS, to us GDS/GLS mark the grand closing to the season. It is here that we take our last orders.
Converse Willy Umland, Managing Partner, Germany (Hall 13) Our stand was again very well “frequented” over the entire duration of the trade fair. By as early as Friday all key accounts, without exception, came to our stand. We primarily received customers from Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Latvia and Estonia at our stand. To us GDS is an order platform cum information exchange. We will definitely be back.