The second edition of the Denimsandjeans.com Bangladesh show ended successfully last week on 16th October. With a number of important denim players around the world participating in the show, the show had some great responses from the denim world. The show was kindly inaugurated by H.E the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Sh Pankaj Saran and our special guests at the ceremony were the BGMEA President Mr Atiqul Islam and Vice Presidents of BTMA and BKMEA who had kindly consented to be present and represented the three most important textile and apparel organizations from Bangladesh.
The invite only show had some of the great buyers and visitors from Bangladesh and around the world . With over 460 companies visiting the show and over 1450 visitors attending , the show had the right mix of Top Executives of retailers and brands, country managers of important buying houses , designers, buyers, sourcing heads, merchandisers and other relevant people in the buying area to give our exhibitors the right exposure to their company and products. Some of the companies which visited the show included major retailers and buyers from around the world many of whom travelled from Europe, Russia, Hong Kong, US , Turkey , India , China etc to attend the show C&A , Carrefour , Coolcat , Celio , Charles Voegele , Cortefiel , Debenhams , Dewhirst ,El Corte Ingles ,El Corte Ingles , Esprit , Gloria jeans , Grouppo Coin , H&M , HEMA , Hermes , OTTO , O’stin, Inditex , Kappahl , Kmart , LCWaikiki(Tema) , Levi Strauss & Co , Li & Fung , Lindex, Marks & Spencer , Mondial , New Times , Next , Perry Ellis , PVH , Redpoint , S. Oliver , Sainsbury`s , Target , Tesco , Tom Tailor , UNIQLO , VF , Wal-Mart The above do not include the names of a large number of factories and buying houses in Bangladesh who participated enthusiastically in the show . Some of them were Ananta Group, Asmara, C.I Intl., Comtextile, Dekko Group, Fx Import, Gina Tricot, Indesore, Standard Group , Misami- Bitopi, Regency, Shanta Denims, Sterling Group, Tex Design, Tusuka and many many other important companies working in denim and related products. The show had a great Eco theme enhanced with natural elements. The trend area included some of the latest SS’16 and late AW’15 looks from under various categories including Structures (D-Structs) , Deep Indigos (D-Deeps), Colors and casts (D-Colors) and cool looks under D-Nuovo trend sub categories. Our exhibitors brought out their latest pieces under various categories and displayed their looks for SS’16 and late AW’15 seasons.