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ILM
THE NEXT ILM OFFENBACH
DATES AT A GLANCE
ILM Summer Styles 2018:
1 to 3 September 2018
ILM Summer Styles 2019:
16 to 18 February 2019
ILM Summer Styles 2019:
7 to 9 September 2019
ILM BRINGS DATES
OF FAIR FORWARD
BY HELLE MATHIESEN
The International Leather Goods Fair ILM has moved the date
of ILM Winter Styles 2019 forward by three weeks. The fair
will take place in Offenbach from 16 to 18 February 2019.
Managing director, Arnd Hinrich Kappe, stressed that this was
"a one-off gesture to accommodate the still relatively young
Düsseldorf Shoe Fair." The ownership structure of Messe Of-
fenbach makes it possible to alter the dates and focus of fairs
quickly and flexibly in line with the needs of the industry.
The date in Spring 2019 is primarily being changed to avoid
any overlaps and to enable visitors to the ILM, many of whom
are footwear dealers, to arrange their trade fair visits as com-
fortably as possible.
- Our main concern is to find the best possible date for visitors
- and this also means, of course, in close consultation with the
most important events for the industry in Germany and abroad,
Arnd Hinrich Kappe explains.
The ILM Summer Styles 2018 will still be held from 1 to 3 Sep-
tember 2018.
From 2020, the ILM will again be held on the usual dates at the
beginning of March and beginning of September.
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