As a large number of exhibitors display their home, lifestyle, fashion, textiles and furniture products at IHGF-Delhi Fair, EPCH organises seminar on trends and forecasts during each edition of the show by inviting international designers and experts.
This is to enable exhibitors keep abreast and prepare their collections for the future as per trends prevalent in the world market.
One of the objectives of EPCH is to create awareness through seminars and workshops on export marketing, procedures and documentation, packaging, quality compliances, service tax, foreign trade policy, design development and awareness about trends and forecasts prevalent in the world market.
During the 44th edition of IHGF-Delhi a seminar on trends and forecasts for spring/summer 2019 was organised in which PJ Arnador, Filipino international designer, and Erika Mierow, Trendcoach, Germany, apprised participants about trends for the coming season about key colors, moods of the consumers, relevant materials, dominant patterns and significant images for 2019. Such sessions help the handicrafts exporting community tap foreign investment for scaling up production of handicrafts, sourcing raw materials, designing and crafting etc. to increase the global market share for their products.
India is regarded as one of the fastest growing economies of the world, ranked among the ten top attractive destinations for inbound investment. The handicraft sector is the largest employment providing sector in India after agriculture.
