On February 19, the 30th anniversary exhibition CPM –Collection Premiere Moscow starts in Moscow, at the Expocentre Fairgrounds. Having gone a long way and many transformations, the organizers are confidently going into the new season, offering even more opportunities for the development of the local and global fashion industry.

Specialized visitors of the exhibition - buyers, manufacturers and journalists - will have an expanded exposition. Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Turkey and Russia will present their pavilions. In the anniversary season, guests will be able to visit the thematic sections CPM Premium, Mode Lingerie and Swim Moscow and Mosfur, as well as special projects Designerpool, My Country, StartUp Russia, Trends, a number of shows, business block Russian Fashion Retail Forum, presentations of key Russian design schools and other events.

The new collections of the fall-winter 2018/19 season will be brought to Moscow by brands from 27 countries of the world. Among the largest representatives of the global fashion industry will be represented brands: La Stampa (Greece), Mes Demoiselles, Derhy and Mado (France), Geox, Florence Mode and Gualtiero (Italy), Camel Active and Mustang (Germany), Artefact (Japan), P and V (Poland), Parole by Victoria Andreyanova, «Sir», «Bolshevik » and Savage (Russia) and many others.

The organizers note a significant increase in exhibition space on the eve of the anniversary season. Thus, the exposition of Turkey has grown by almost a quarter. Due to the increase in the number of participants from Russia and CIS countries, their exposition will be presented in an additional pavilion 7.2, which will add about 700 sq. m. to the exhibition. The section CPM Shoes & Accessories, which now includes shoe brands, will be located in Pavilion 2.3. New The exhibition of fur and leather fashion Mosfur in Pavilion 2.5 will also be for CPM.

The business program of the exhibition will include round tables with the participation of leading industry experts on supply chain management, retail real estate, omnichannel technologies of fashion retail, cooperation of brands and factories, optimization of trading equipment, management and motivation of sales personnel and product purchases. Among the speakers are representatives of Smart Estate Moscow, Trigon Select, Higher School of Economics and other companies. On February 20 and 21, with the support ofFashion Consulting Group andPROfashion Consulting, panel discussions and reports will be held. CPM guests will also receive a presentation of trends from the global leader in forecasting agency WGSN.

The professional annual competition of designersPROfashion Masters is also aimed at novice market participants, the final of which is traditionally held within the CPM. The next step in the development and filling of the country's fashion market is small designer brands. It is in order to support them at the beginning of this path that the StartUp Russia program is being launched, the debut of which will take place at the February CPM exhibition.

"At the 30th CPM exhibition, we expect to see even more specialists of the fashion market in Russia and other countries. The increased number of participants and increased exhibition space, new pavilions and sections open up a lot of opportunities for visitors to develop and expand their business. It can already be argued that a record season awaits us in terms of the number of participants from Russia. We invite all specialists to become a part of the key event of the Russian fashion industry in February 2018.

Nikolay Yartsev, Russian Director of the CPM project

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The 30th anniversary exhibition CPM –Collection Premiere Moscow will be held from February 19 to 22 2018 at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow.

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