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Editor Phil Clark

Ditch Digital and Focus on Face2Face!
Challenging times

Eyewear - Mido
NEW EYEWEAR TRADESHOW WEBSITE PROMOTES ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION

Micam Milano
Footwear sector shines again

Micam Milano
Walk your way, new ad' campaign

Footwear - Micam
Emerging designers

Eyewear - Mido
Wins first mediastars award

Accessories - Mipel
Digital show starts

Womenswear - One
Finally together

 

ANFAO/ Eyewear - IT
LORRAINE BERTON
ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT

ANFAO/ Eyewear - IT
First Half 2023

Assocalzaturifici/
Footwear - IT
First five months turnover and exports

ANFAO/ Eyewear - IT
First quarter 2023

ANFAO/ Eyewear - IT
General meeting

Assocalzaturifici Italiani/ Footwear
New president young entrepreneurs

Assocalzaturifici/
Footwear - IT
First nine months 2022

ANFAO/ Eyewear - IT Exports shines, increased costs

Assopellettieri/ Leather Goods - IT
First half 2021

Womenswear - Always On
The alternative of face to face meeting

 
 
 
 
 
   
   
 

Take a look at 'MYBLOG'. During show visits, travelling, conferences, etc; here we aim to publish brief reports. Our news platform uses the digital revolution, via your personal PC's and Mobile Devices for you to read the latest news without subscription. Information along with advertising available on demand. No one can escape the bombardment of unwanted correspondence, but with PCDS Review you make the choice, log on when you want! The information highway is overloaded, 'AI' emerges ever stronger to influence one's decision making, search engines no longer seem unbiased platforms but advertising/marketing opportunities. Cookies are accepted as the norm and a new wave of interrogation has slipped in via the backdoor. Today everyone is involved in publishing views, images, etc, for their own satisfaction, hoping to gain popularity and influence others, often for their own gain. Enjoy ‘MYBLOG’; there is no hidden agenda, just the unbiased thoughts and news. Editor Philip Clark 25.09.23
           
MYBLOG No. 9

Latest 'MYBLOG' News
Ditch Digital and Focus on Face2Face!


I applaud the benefits of using a smart phone and the internet, indeed where would we be without the ability to interact socially on social networks, make essential purchases, transactions, appointments, take selfies, etc? Naturally, PCDS Review is at the forefront using mobile technology of laptop and phone, but where is it heading? Could the possible outcome be that there will be no 'Face2Face' meetings? Is it really for the best to go digital? OK the pandemic forced a growth spurt in video conferencing, buying online, social networking and so forth but isn’t it time to re-focus?
 
Having attended MICAM, MIPEL and ‘Special One by Micam’ trade-shows in September, an important part of Milan’s *Fashion Week, can digital ever replace being there in person? Some argue that going digitally attracts the worldwide audience; some afraid that creative ideas will be stolen. Likewise the world’s media and members of the so called ‘press’ are quick to present followers with the latest fashion proposals simply to drive up their own viewing numbers, publication sales, increased advertising revenue and subscription.  

The world moves ever faster, today mobile phones dominate, trade show visitors can simply capture and broadcast images within seconds; the horse has bolted, the cat has been let out of the bag.

For new emerging designers, fledgling start-ups and small companies alike trade shows are essential to gain a foothold in the market.  MICAM, Mipel and ‘Special One by Micam’ provide the opportunity to present their ideas, attract new buyers and nurture established ones. However, organisers need to be careful; the mobile phone threatens to undermine such trade events, otherwise they could fade into oblivion.  Exhibitors and buyers must be allowed to go about their business without the world watching on, action needs to be taken to create closed environments where secrecy and confidentiality is guaranteed.

It’s time to ditch digital and focus on the real ‘Face2Face’ agenda of trade events, increased order writing and kick start small enterprises into thriving fashion businesses!

Philip Clark
November 1st 2023

*Fashion encompasses all, from our appearance, the food we eat, the technologies we use to communicate, our means of transport, our social lives, our work, to the lifestyle we choose to live...
Philip & Bee (Milan September 2023 Copyright PCDS)
MYBLOG No. 8

fashion is futile and function is futuristic
 
MYBLOG No. 7
transition & diversification
   
   
   
Show News Up to four reports including the latest from Micam Milano, Mipel Milano, TheOneMilano, MIDO...
           
         
FASHION
FOOTWEAR &
ACCESSORIES
        
MICAM MILANO          
   

MICAM Milano - 12.09.23

MICAM Milano:
the footwear
sector shines
again

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Micam Reports

MICAM Milano - 13.07.23

"WALK YOUR WAY”:
INDIVIDUALITY
AND
PERSONALITY
AT THE CORE OF MICAM'S NEW CAMPAIGN

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Micam Reports

MICAM Milano - 03.07.23

EMERGING DESIGNERS: GENIUS, SUSTAINABILITY
AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SET TO MAKE A STIR
AT MICAM 96

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Micam Reports

MICAM Milano - 05.06.23

Spring/Summer 2024 Footwear Trends

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FASHION
LUGGAGE, BAGS, BELTS, ETC.
        
MIPEL MILANO
          
       

MIPEL Milano- 02.02.23

Mirta | MIPEL123
LET'S START:
MIPEL123 digital
show starts!

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MIPEL Milano- 30.01.23

WAITING FOR
MIPEL123:
focus on Milan!

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FASHION
WOMENSWEAR
        
TheOneMilano          
         

TheOneMilano -05.09.22

#FinallyTogether

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WELLBEING
FRAMES, LENSES &
OPTHALMIC
EQUIPMENT
       
MIDO          
 

MIDO -22.11.23

NEW EYEWEAR TRADESHOW WEBSITE PROMOTES ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION

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MIDO -13.06.23

MIDO 2023 "FRAMES" CAMPAIGN WINS 1ST MEDIASTARS AWARD, IN ITALY

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MIDO -31.05.23

MIDO INTRODUCES
“THE EYEWEAR UNIVERSE”,
THE NEW CAMPAIGN
CREATED WITH
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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MIDO -08.02.23

MIDO 2023:
THE INTERNATIONAL
EYEWEAR SHOW
OPENS A NEW
CHAPTER

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MIDO -07.02.23

MIDO 2023 |
The Day 3 end
marks the conclusion
of this edition!

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FASHION FASHION FASHION WELLBEING MATERIALS  

WOMENSWEAR
LUGGAGE, BAGS, BELTS, ETC.

FOOTWEAR
&
ACCESSORIES

FRAMES, LENSES
&
OPTHALMIC
EQUIPMENT

LEATHER, ACCESSORIES, COMPONENTS,
FABRICS, SYNTHETICS & MODELS.
TheOneMilano
18-21 February
2024

MIPEL 125
18-21 February
2024

MICAM MILANO
18-21 February
2024



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The landmark event for footwear industry professionals from all over the world
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Footwear Italy - 27.09.23

THE ITALIAN FOOTWEAR
INDUSTRY: TURNOVER (+7.4%) AND EXPORTS (+10.2% IN VALUE IN THE FIRST 5 MONTHS) GREW IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR,
BUT THE SLOWDOWN IS
ALREADY UNDERWAY.
PRODUCTION AND EXPORT VOLUME DECLINED

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Footwear Italy - 11.07.23

Italian footwear
industry in the
first quarter of 2023

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Footwear Italy - 28.06.23

FEDERICA DE PASCALE IS THE NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS OF
ASSOCALZATURIFICI

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Footwear Italy 09.01.23

ITALIAN FOOTWEAR
INDUSTRY: IN THE
FIRST NINE MONTHS
OF 2022, TURNOVER
AND EXPORTS GROW

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Organiser of Micam
Operator of VCS Certification 		         
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Accessories Italy 20.09.21

The Italian Leather Goods Sector First Half of 2021

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Accessories Italy 16.09.21

MIPEL Lab makes
its debut at
LINEAPELLE

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Accessories Italy 20.03.21

THE ITALIAN
LEATHER GOODS
SECTOR IN 2020

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Organiser of Mipel          
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Association of Optical
Goods Manufacturers		          
         
 

Eyewear Italy 29.11.23

LORRAINE BERTON
ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT

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ANFAO Reports

Eyewear Italy 05.10.23

ANFAO eyewear
data first half
2023

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ANFAO Reports

Eyewear Italy 11.07.23

ANFAO eyewear
data first quarter
2023

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ANFAO Reports

Eyewear Italy 11.07.23

The ANFAO
General Meeting
was held
yesterday in Verona

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ANFAO Reports

Eyewear 06.02.23

EYEWEAR SHINES
WITH EXPORTS, BUT MUST ACCOUNTAIN
WITH INCREASING COSTS
2022 PRELIMINARY
BALANCE:
PRODUCTION +24%,
EXPORT +22.5%.
1H 2023 FORECAST:
EXPORT +6-8%.

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