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  What makes the GDS the top event of every season
for exhibitors and professional visitors?
Persuasive facts.

Here suppliers meet decisionmakers, namely, at the highest level. More than 30,000 visitors from every important area of wholesale and retail trade as well as the industry use the GDS as an information source for current trends. The international visitor pool promises the best business contacts in the world. Around 1,400 exhibitors from about 50 countries trust the contact quality of the GDS and present shoe fashions for every occasion – from street wear to haute couture. - Application

Markets in motion: GDS breaks new ground.

The dramatic changes of the international shoe market inspired the GDS with innovative concepts: with areas such as "Kidwalk", "Concept Ten" or "white cubes" the GDS is continuously evolving. In this way, the professional visitors experience all of the labels in an ever-changing contemporary environment.

Markets in motion: GDS breaks new ground. - GDS Themed Worlds

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Messe Düsseldorf takes care of everything else. Our comprehensive services make sure that you can fully concentrate on your business.

Through our global network of international representatives we are present all over the world and look after our network of contacts. We personally invite the top buyers from the industry. We make your entrance at the GDS easy: with individual consulting and allinclusive services.