Key exhibitors and buyers had come back to Düsseldorf, he said. The number of large-volume retailers with an annual turnover of over ten million euros had as much as doubled.
“We shall continue in this direction in the months to come and further develop and strengthen the importance of GDS as a central information and orders platform in Europe together with exhibitors and associations,” Dornscheidt continued.
Summing up the fair Lloyd Managing Director Maximilian Müller said: “For us GDS went really well. All key top buyers from Prange to Kämpgen were here. We took very good orders, especially also from customers from Scandinavia and Russia. GDS is and remains a key event. We shall always fly our flag here.”
Important buyers of such leading companies as Breuninger, Carpe Diem, Zumnorde (alle Deutschland), Stiefelkönig (Österreich), Manwood (Niederlande), Notabene (Dänemark), Shelly's (Großbritannien), SJ International (USA) oder Barney's (Japan) gathered information or placed orders in Düsseldorf.
Alongside Germany, the countries boasting the largest contingent of visitors included the Benelux countries, Great Britain, Italy, Denmark and Sweden, Portugal, Greece, France and Austria as well as the USA, South Africa, Australia and Japan.
Visiting the Düsseldorf shoe fairs for the first time was Eduard Ayzyatiov, Deputy Managing Director of the shoe retail chain Spartak from Kazan (Russia): “Our expectations were far exceeded. An international, highquality range of top styles through to comfort shoes makes GDS an ideal information and order platform for our purchasing needs.”
Next year GDS/GLS and global shoes & accessories will be held from 14 to 16 March and from 12 to 14 September 2008 at Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre.
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