German partners to launch new exhibition in Iran

09/03/2018
German partners to launch new exhibition in Iran
Event organisers Messe Düsseldorf and Igedo, former partners on the now-defunct GDS footwear and accessories exhibition, are teaming up again to launch a new event in Iran.

Lifestyle Iran will take place for the first time in the city of Shiraz in the south-west of the country.

Working with a local partner, Barsaz Rooydad Pars, the organisers are already arranging presentations to potential advertisers and are optimistic of success in what they describe as a fast developing market for leathergoods, shoes and other products.

They have described Iran as a market of 80 million consumers and “a rising middle class with western orientation”. According to their research, Iranian consumers spend approximately $14.5 billion on apparel annually, and across the country retail space is increasing at the rate of millions of square-metres per year.