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May 4 - 5, 2012

Santiago de
Compostela, Spain

2012 IACDE


2012 IACDE World Convention will take place on May 4-5, 2012, in Santiago de Compostela, Spain! Our theme will be "The Future of Fast Fashion". Among the highlights will be a visit of Zara/Inditex on Friday, May 4, 10:00-13:00, who opens its famous Pattern Design Halls and its Logistics Center for us. Saturday, May 5, will see a full-day convention program with speeches, workshops and our famous Innovation Marketplace, crowned by the traditional Gala Dinner in the evening of Saturday, May 5.

Join Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon Inc., on Saturday morning 5/5 from 11:30 – 12, at IACDE World Convention as he discusses the topic: "Technology Leaps for the Future of Fast Fashion.”

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April 24 - 26, 2012

Atlanta, Georgia

Texprocess Americas 2012


Messe Frankfurt USA and SPESA have concluded agreements to cooperate, co-produce and launch Texprocess Americas in Atlanta in 2012. Texprocess Americas will incorporate SPESA EXPO to bring to the Americas the largest and best sewn products and equipment trade show of its kind. The collaboration between SPESA and Messe Frankfurt USA to co-produce Texprocess Americas will provide sewn products suppliers an even larger, and wider reaching opportunity to showcase their products and services.

Join Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon Inc., on Tuesday 4/24 from 9:30 – 11:30AM, at Texprocess Americas as he presents in the "Product Development Technologies” session.

As supply chains become more digital, Product Development Technologies have continued to pave the way. From sketching to pattern design, sizing, sampling, and 3D virtual try-on, this session is intended to provide attendees with information about the latest systems available to the sewn products industry. Attendees will also be able to explore processes for creating a Tech Pack and managing the data from concept creation to sourcing finished product. Such technologies can also leverage the capabilities of a PLM system and improve profitability through superior products that are designed using market data, tested in virtual space, and brought to market very quickly.

Please visit our booth: 3453.

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March 28 - 30, 2012

Wanchai, Hong Kong

Prime Source Forum 2012


Prime Source Forum (PSF) does not limit to the sourcing aspect of the supply chain only but sources of information of the fashion industry. Since 2006, it has been held in Hong Kong once a year, bringing together more than 400 senior executives from 20+ countries to discuss the challenges and opportunities that manufacturers, suppliers and retailers are facing in the supply chain of the apparel industry. For this reason, it is a forum and not a conference as delegate involvement is an important element of its success.

Join Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon Inc., and additional industry panelists on Thursday 3/29 from 10:35 – 11:50, at Prime Source Forum in Session 1: "Outlook for the fashion industry amid global financial uncertainty.”

Join Janice Wang, CEO of Alvanon Group, and additional industry panelists on Friday 3/30 from 15:05 - 16:20, at Prime Source Forum in Session 7: "Is academia providing the required training for students planning to enter the fashion industry? – Solutions to closing the talent gap”

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March 14 – 16, 2012

Washington, DC

AAFA – Executive Summit 2012


Each year, top industry executives gather at the AAFA Annual Executive Summit to gain key insights about the opportunities ahead.

When we get dressed each day, we wear more than just clothes and shoes. We wear intellectual property, innovation, jobs, and our economy. Each year, U.S. consumers spend more than $340 billion on clothes and shoes at retail, supporting more than four million U.S. jobs. With the United States only accounting for one-quarter of the global apparel and footwear retail market, global growth is our industry's top priority.

Alvanon is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the AAFA Executive Summit this year!

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January 31, 2012

NYC - PwC
PriceWaterhouseCoopers

AAFA – Retail Hotspots: Developing a Strategy to Globalize


Retail access in the global marketplace is exploding giving U.S. brands the opportunity to scale new heights with an eager and ready to buy consumer base. Success, however, is not a one size fits all proposition and the risks are as plentiful as the opportunities. Focusing on market entry, operation models, consumer demographics and more in the BRIC nations, AAFA announces its new workshop on emerging retail markets, Retail Hotspots: Developing a Strategy to Globalize.

Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon Inc. will be presenting from 1:45 – 2:00 PM: " Demographic Data Mining”

His presentation will reveal how retailers and brands can use demographic data to successfully identify, target and expand into emerging overseas clothing markets. He will define the key contexts to consider for data collection, analysis and utilization and explain how this critical consumer data can inform and drive market expansion strategies. He will conclude by advising companies on how to reconcile demographic data differences while maintaining brand identity.

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January 24 – 26, 2012

Medellin, Colombia

Colombiatex 2012: SPESA Pavilion


Colombiatex of the Americas is a show for the textile, fashion design, and clothing sectors in South America. Due to the quality of its exhibitors, visitors and buyers, Colombiatex, has become one of the most important business centers of the textile sector of Latin America. Around 450 exhibitors are gathered to offer their products to national and international buyers that visit the sample.

Join Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon Inc., on Thursday 1/26 from 10:15 – 11AM, at the Salon de Comisiones No. 5 as he presents: "The Economics of Fit & Sizing - Six Simple Steps to Grow Sales, Cut Costs & Build Competitive Advantage”

The presentation covers how fashion retailers, brands and manufacturers can cut product development costs and timelines and connect with more customers at the same time. He will present a roadmap for business growth and improved profitability by focusing on an area that many brands either take for granted, or don't fully understand fit.

Please visit our showcase at the SPESA PALIVION (Booth: 446/560)

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December 8, 2011

Zeist, Netherlands

MODINT: Fit & Sizing Seminar


MODINT’s annual Fit & Sizing Seminar, in collaboration with Alvanon, the Apparel Fit Expert, will address many of the industry challenges that brands are facing today, with solutions derived from industry experts, best practices and years of research and analysis.

Speakers include:
Alvanon Experts: Ed Gribbin, Joerg Thesing
MODINT Experts: Michel Wettstein, Nienke Steen
Brand Expert: Monique Broeke - Nike

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November 15 - 16, 2011

London, UK

Drapers Fashion Summit 2011


The Drapers Fashion Summit – Where the fashion elite gather to learn, share and debate the future of the industry, from business and product trends to strategies for growth.

Ed Gribbin, president of Alvanon Inc., will lead a panel comprising Luca Carpinelli, head of retail for China’s multi-brand Novo Retail Group and Umberto Angeloni, the visionary Italian entrepreneur behind luxury menswear labels UMAN and Caruso; brands that have established themselves at the heart of luxury retailers worldwide. Together the panel will address ‘The Globalisation Opportunity; Exporting Brands’. Specifically they will reveal which industry players are successfully ‘globalising’ their brand; who is not and why. They will examine the factors that make overseas markets particularly suitable or attractive for export and highlight some common pitfalls and misconceptions associated with business models, products and brand cultures. Finally they will explain what foreign retailers and developers are looking for when importing, licensing or acquiring British brands. The Alvanon panel session will be held on Tuesday 15th November at 1.30pm.

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October 13 - 16, 2011

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

27th IAF Convention – “Transformation of Fashion Business”


Join Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon Inc., on Saturday 10/15 as he discusses a business strategy for the topic of: “Creativity & Innovation”.

The world has dramatically changed over the last 3 years. Economical, financial and political developments have also influenced our fashion business worldwide. What was for sure for a long time is not necessarily the case for the near future. In some parts of the world the economy is booming whereas in other regions economic growth is slow with consumers hesitating to buy our products. Production prices in some sourcing areas are going up, shortage of raw materials is another issue causing pressure on profits. Global responsibility can no longer be denied in a globalized fashion world.

What are the effects of all this on our business strategies? During the 27th IAF World Apparel Convention in combination with the 35th CANAIVE Congress high ranking speakers from all over the world will touch upon actual and future developments in sourcing strategies and retail concepts. They will answer questions how creativity and innovation can shape a positive business environment for the fashion supply chain.

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October 11, 2011

Rutland, England

ASBCI: Tailoring Seminar – “Six Steps to Success”


Join Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon Inc., as he speaks about: “The Changing Shape of Menswear”.

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September 8 - 11, 2011

Hoh Chi Minh City, Vietnam

IACDE World Convention – “What’s Next? Men’s Tailoring in Times of Turbulence.”


Join Janice Wang, CEO of Alvanon, on Saturday, 9/10 at 8:30am, as she speaks about: “Individualization of Fit – Local Fit for Global Brands”.

This year IACDE is inviting more than 100 professionals of the textile and fashion industry from Vietnam, Japan, India, China, USA, Canada and Europe to attend the IACDE world convention 2011 in Ho Chi Minh City. They are encouraged to use this as part of their know-how process when considering future production planning, sourcing, processing for their major production, and especially when they wish to identify new potential partners to meet.

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May 17-18, 2011

Leicester, UK

ASBCI: Interactive Sizing & Fashion Technology Workshop


Join Ed Gribbin, President of Alvanon, Inc. as he speaks about: “Overview and implications of the Which? report on UK high street sizing and crucially what brands and retailers can do to rectify the consumers’ perspective on sizing and fit.”

The ASBCI Sizing & Fashion Technology Workshop is a ‘hands-on’ event where clothing professionals and students can experience the latest sizing technologies and meet the ‘fit’ experts. Visitors will be able to interact with key technologies from 3D body and footwear scanners, consumer shape analysis, CAD, pattern and avatar generation systems through to customized fit forms and related suppliers in testing, textile innovation and garment design. A series of break-out seminars will run parallel to the workshop. 

Speakers with internationally renowned fit and sizing expertise will advise on how companies can optimize customer satisfaction and brand loyalty while reducing returns through targeted, consistent sizing strategies and utilizing the relevant technologies, practices, processes and products. It is a one-stop-shop sizing event without equal.   

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