Category: SERVICES
Country: India
Region: Asia
Post-show Press Release
10- 03-2023
Bangalore
The 27th edition of F&A Show -Fabrics and Accessories Trade Show and 2nd edition ASF -Apparel Sourcing Fair 2023 was organized from 3rd to 5th March 2023 in Trade Centre, KTPO, Whitefield, Bangalore with 130 exhibitors from all over India across the product profiles of Fabrics, Trims & Embellishments, Apparels, Fashion Accessories and related services.
The inauguration of the exhibition was held on 3rd March 2023 in the exhibition venue with Mr. VS Ganesh, Managing Director, Page Industries Limited as the chief guest. Mr. Ganesh in his speech enlightened the audience that the Textile Industry is growing as one of the most essential industry among others and the stakeholders of this industry are in the right place doing the right thing for the business field and presented his happiness for this exhibition to be happening to bridge the gaps between the supply chain.
One of the major highlights of F&A show and ASF Bangalore 2023 was TFI Forum, powered by the organizers SS Textile Media Pvt. Ltd. in the view of it being an exclusive interactive session among the exhibitors as well as with esteemed industry stalwarts who are the major buyers in field as well. The speakers of the forum were: Mr. Shekhar Tiwari - Chief Category and Operations Manager, Enamor, Dixcy, Levi’s Innerwear; Mr. Manish Bharti - Chief Business Officer, Garmenting & International Business, Raymond Lifestyle; Mr. Narender Babu – Associate Vice President, Sourcing, Page Industries Limited with Mr. Anupam Biswas, Design & Creative, Arvind Fashion Limited being the moderator of the forum. The TFI Forum was based on the theme of “Is India really a gainer post Covid 19? If not then why? If yes then what can be done more? Particularly when China seems to have slightly lost the plot during and Post Covid”. The speaker’s session was flawlessly on point which was followed by on the spot interactive Questions and answers session with the audience and live music cum dinner.
The exhibition witnessed a grand success with a booming number of 3,289 visitors footfall and were of the profile of serious decision makers and merchandising personnel from India and overseas who represent International Buying Houses & Buying Agents, Garment Manufacturers & Exporters, Apparel Brands, Startups, Retail Chain Stores, Fashion Designers, Wholesalers, Distributors, Importers & Trade Body Representatives.
The visitor’s range were from various other countries – Russia, China, France, Bangladesh, Australia, Nepal who claimed to find the right platform to source numerous products, innovations, trends, opportunities and suppliers under one roof.
Some of the exhibitor’s testimonials:
“Me being one of the most consistent participants of F&A show Bangalore that is from 19 years, I have witnessed the evolution of this platform into a very reliable and sensible one which saves time as well as efforts as meeting the buyers here boosts the success level of the inquiry because they come with an open mindset and for the pure purpose of engaging in the unhindered process of business.” – Mr. Vedansh Asera, Proprietor, Asera Sales Corporation, Bangalore.
“This was our first-time experience participating in this fair and we just crossed the phase from being apprehensive at the beginning to completely satisfy with the quality and potential of the visitors that we have come across in the 3 days of exhibition and comparatively this exhibition than the others got us serious decision making buyers. The experience in this show probed us to confirm our participation in the upcoming F&A shows in other cities with a larger space.” – Mr. Manish Porwal, CEO, Texhub Industries
“We find the show extremely good and systematic as the flow of the visitors was diligently controlled by the organizers such as the major textile brands were pouring in our stalls on the 1st day, by the 2nd day we had the essential buying and exporting offices were flowing in and a lot of designers on the 3rd day hence covering all the sectors of genuine targeted market in just 3 days of time for the next 6 months of business” - Mr. Sunil Singh, Vice President, Maruthi Texprocess Pvt. Ltd.
Some of the visitor’s experiences:
“I was sourcing fabrics and the show came along. I find the trade fair a very healthy place for any newbie brand to be around because it is a game-changing platform where innovations are displayed everywhere. I think it’s a 1 stop solution for all the sourcing requirements. Coming here was worth it as I found out that so many products are available right here India so we don’t need to go to any other country.” - Mr. Sumedh, Founder and Head Designer, Persist Fit, Premium Athleisure.
“We flew all the way from Gurgaon, as India in itself has different cloth markets in different states and Bangalore being the market for Suiting and Shirtings, we made sure to come to source from all the vendors in one place. To be honest, it is quite an eye-opener for me with all the innovations, products displayed and technology being used here. We are going back with a lot of new connections, new cards and potential business in future which will sure come in handy.” - Mr. Parth and Ms. Akriti, Directors, AJA Apparel Brand.
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