Source: www.fibre2fashion.com
The 59th edition of Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris, which took place from 31 August to 2 September at the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, comes to an end in a still tense market environment. Compared with previous editions, attendance at the show was impacted by an early calendar but also by an uncertain political and economic environment
Nevertheless, these three days confirmed the platform’s ability to generate business contacts and highlight new sourcing opportunities. With 1,054 exhibitors, including 146 first-time exhibitors, the offering continues to transform, reflecting a market that now favours the quality of partners, flexibility and choice in sourcing. The major production hubs - China, India, Turkiye, South Korea, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Pakistan - still strongly represented, now stand alongside a growing number of emerging or nearby countries. Up to 35 countries were represented this year, notably Bulgaria, Armenia, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Myanmar and Ghana.
Reflecting the market, the platform offered for the first time a perfect balance between Texworld’s offering of materials and fabrics and Apparel Sourcing’s offering of finished products. This development once again reflects the new practices of buyers: reduction or splitting of orders for raw materials and increased purchases of finished products. The latter make it possible to complete a collection, quickly introduce new references or develop private-label lines without internalising the entire design and production process.
Still in order to satisfy buyers wishing to complete or broaden the scope of their collections, the new Outdoor sector, located at the junction between Texworld and Apparel Sourcing, brought together around fifty exhibitors around a cross-sector offering combining technical fabrics and sportswear manufacturing. “A way of adapting to the demand of brands and taking note of the growing permeability between the world of Outdoor, with its codes of technicality and performance and that of fashion,” points out Julien Schmoll, director of marketing and communications at Messe Frankfurt France. A Jewellery and Leather area bringing together a selection of companies specialising in jewellery and leather accessories, completed this offering.
“In a market that is tightening, our response is not to offer more, but to offer better and differently. Diversifying countries, bringing sources closer, integrating and highlighting new product worlds: the evolution of Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris accompanies the new strategies of buyers and helps them build more agile supply chains at the best cost,” concludes Frédéric Bougeard, president of Messe Frankfurt France.
