The last MIPEL edition (16-19 February 2020) has seen as one of the most important news the collaboration with Camera Buyer Italia (CBI), which has sponsored two of the talks scheduled for the days of fair.
In the first one held on 16th February were covered the central themes of the exhibition: Italianity, craftmanship and sustainability, through the privileged eye of the buyers, the link between the brands and the final consumer. Speakers: Francesco Tombolini (Camera Buyer Italia President), Carlo Ferro (ITA – Italian Trade AgencyPresident), Franco Gabbrielli (MIPEL and ASSOPELLETTIERI President), Marco Tortora (Founder of ATS #ilfashionbelloebuono, a tangible project about quality, innovation abd sustainability in fashion and beyond with FAIR and ES’GIVIEN) and Nicole Bryner (Head of Southern Europe presso Vestiaire Collective);
There was also a moment of in-depth analysis dedicated to the analysis on the change in the way of approaching brands by different generations of buyers..
In fact, the discussion central theme was “Buyer – from past to future: generations in comparison”, with the participation of Giacomo Vannuccini (CBI Board & Owner & buyer of THE BEST SHOPS Tricot & MT), Ginevra Gozzoli (Owner & buyer of THE BEST SHOPS Bernardelli Stores), Flaminio Soncini (CBI – THE BEST SHOPS Founder President), Marcello Costa (Owner & Buyer di “BLONDIE” store di Finale Ligure) and Danny D’Alessandro (MIPEL General Manager).
A partnership, the one between MIPEL and CBI, which wants to be a first step for future wide-ranging initiatives: “CBI represents the most advanced point of the business model linked to the trade in fashion products, this for two main reasons: – comments Franco Gabbrielli, President of MIPEL and ASSOPELLETTIERI – first of all because this model has been able to span the decades consolidating a prestigious position but also because it has managed to interpret the transition from physical to digital trade in the right way, seizing and understanding its opportunities. We have the possibility – continues Gabbrielli – to share many collaborative hypotheses at a synergic level and this first step certainly goes in this direction by promoting an exchange of ideas and a sharing of projects also for the future of leather goods”.
