The 33rd edition of CPM – Collection Premiere Moscow ended on a successful note on September 06, 2019. Around 1,300 brands from 30 countries exhibited their collections for the spring/summer 2020 season in 16 halls of the Expocentre exhibition grounds. The exhibition attracted around 21,300 professional visitors from 50 countries with a focus on Europe and South Asia.
International exhibitors and professional buyers experienced an impressive meet and greet with Russian VIPs at the opening ceremony on 3 September 2019: welcoming the tradeshow visitors, Russian theatre and film star Maksim Averin heralded in the new season of ordering, catwalk shows and business forums. He emphasised the impressive size of the tradeshow and modelled in the catwalk show finale at the end of the opening event. Also making an appearance on the catwalk were the five winners of the World Fashion Channel – New Model Show project in cooperation with CPM.
An important premiere in the accompanying line-up was ‘Shop & Retail Solutions’ with a focus on shopfitting, retail fittings, retail marketing and technologies to support the development of the fashion retail trade. On 3 September lectures and workshops on this topic were organised by the online platform ‘retail.ru’. Speakers included Anna Lebedewa (Popai Russia), Marina Kazakova (Woodi Bureau), Michail Gusmanov (NLT), Konstantin Nosov (OZON) and other experts.
The Russian Fashion Retail Forum presented best innovations and technologies for the fashion retail sector. There was a particular focus on the challenges of the digital transformation of Russia’s fashion retail sector. From the current market situation to the most important development phases that require the introduction of digital technologies, all relevant topics were covered. Leading top managers and experts from RFRF co-organisers like ITMM GmbH, Fashion Consulting Group and PROfashion Consulting also presented their current analyses and forecasts for the coming season, as well as detailed presentations on the digitalisation of the fashion retail sector and how to prepare for Industry 4.0.
