GLS - the International Event for Leather Goods & More - will make its debut from 5 to 7 March 2006, when it runs alongside GDS - the premier shoe event – in Düsseldorf. The fair will showcase an international range of leather goods spanning all segments.

The combination of leather goods and shoes generates useful synergies and will cater to the current needs of the market – one whose ranges are increasingly diversifying, as revealed in a recent study by a trade association.

So far for the debut GLS event almost 180 registrations from around 14 nations have been received (Europe and overseas). More than half the total space at GLS will be occupied by German suppliers. The other international participants come from Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

For the 2006/07 Autumn/Winter season GLS has highlighted four trend themes:  Back to Tradition, Let’s go East, Nostalgic Paris and Free Spirit.