Steps taken for the shoe fair | 22.03.2022
Muhammet Acar, President of Konya Chamber of Shoemakers, stated that they want to organize a magnificent shoe and fashion fair in Konya next year. Stating that they are currently at the planning stage of the fair and that they shot a promotional film to better promote the Konya shoe industry before the fair, Acar made a special statement to our newspaper: "Konya Aykent Shoemakers Industry is a brand in the world, not in Turkey. Konya will be a brand city in the future in terms of shoes. We are also working on this issue. We are preparing a promotional film that will introduce the products made by the sector in Konya, the variety of shoes, their quality and our capacity. After the release of this film, we will take steps to organize a shoe fair in Konya. Hopefully, we aim to organize a magnificent fair next year.”Source: Steps taken for the shoe fair
Promotional film is being shot
Acar said, “At the moment, the shooting of the promotional film continues in the industry,” and drew attention to the fact that the film was made in four different languages. Acar said, “The movie will not be screened only in Turkey. We will broadcast the promotional film in the shoe industry in the world, in European and Middle Eastern countries and in the Turkic Republics. We will show the production margin of Konya in shoes to the whole world. As Konya, we are already exporting to more than 20 countries in the world. In the industry, our manufacturers cannot produce shoes for the domestic and foreign markets. But this promotional film and the fair will make a great contribution to our international market. We want to have a wider range of shoes and fashion fairs, not just shoes," he said.Source: A step has been taken for the shoe fair.
We want to be ranked in the world.
Underlining that they want the fair to be held in the summer of 2023, Acar said, “Hopefully, after our promotional film is finished and the promotional film is distributed to the sector representatives around the world, we want to organize our shoe and fashion fair in order to introduce the manufacturers, production variety, quality, production capacity of shoes in Konya to Turkey and the world. . In the first place, we did it from today to tomorrow, and we do not want the fair to take place. We aim to bring 500 foreign wholesale store companies to the fair for at least 4 days in total, from world representatives, shoe industry groups, retailers and wholesale companies. We want to organize an industry fair that can be ranked in the world. Hopefully, I have full faith that we will succeed.” Source: A step has been taken for the shoe fair.
Not done since 2008.
Expressing that the last Konya Shoe Fair was held in 2008, Acar said, “In 1994, amateur shoe fairs started in Konya. It was terminated in 2008 while continuing professionally. In those years, with Konya's tendency to contract manufacturing, the market that came to Konya was lost. As such, we think that the fairs have stopped. That's why we want to change this perception in Konya now. There is no obstacle in front of us about holding this fair in Konya related to our sector. We will request permission from our ministry for this. I am sure that our state will support us in this sense. We want to activate our fair in 2023 at the latest”.Source: A step has been taken for the shoe fair.
Companies want it.
Saying that he wholeheartedly wanted the fair in the Konya shoe industry, Acar said, “The shoemakers in Aykent Shoemakers Site were going to the fairs in Istanbul in Izmir. We think that Konya now deserves this fair in itself. Konya is number one in shoes. In this sense, why not a fair of a city that is number one. You know, an Agricultural Fair is being held in Konya. It was done in the past days. There was a huge demand. And this Agriculture Fair is the first in Europe and the second in the world. Why, because Konya is one of our cities, the capital of agriculture. Our desire is to be in the top three after Italy and Germany. Our companies within the body of our chamber want this wholeheartedly. It will accelerate all our Konya companies in terms of sales and marketing. Hopefully, we are doing our best to bring it to life as soon as possible”. Source: Steps have been taken for the shoe fair
Promotional film is being shot
Acar said, “At the moment, the shooting of the promotional film continues in the industry,” and drew attention to the fact that the film was made in four different languages. Acar said, “The movie will not be screened only in Turkey. We will broadcast the promotional film in the shoe industry in the world, in European and Middle Eastern countries and in the Turkic Republics. We will show the production margin of Konya in shoes to the whole world. As Konya, we are already exporting to more than 20 countries in the world. In the industry, our manufacturers cannot produce shoes for the domestic and foreign markets. But this promotional film and the fair will make a great contribution to our international market. We want to have a wider range of shoes and fashion fairs, not just shoes," he said.Source: A step has been taken for the shoe fair.
We want to be ranked in the world.
Underlining that they want the fair to be held in the summer of 2023, Acar said, “Hopefully, after our promotional film is finished and the promotional film is distributed to the sector representatives around the world, we want to organize our shoe and fashion fair in order to introduce the manufacturers, production variety, quality, production capacity of shoes in Konya to Turkey and the world. . In the first place, we did it from today to tomorrow, and we do not want the fair to take place. We aim to bring 500 foreign wholesale store companies to the fair for at least 4 days in total, from world representatives, shoe industry groups, retailers and wholesale companies. We want to organize an industry fair that can be ranked in the world. Hopefully, I have full faith that we will succeed.” Source: A step has been taken for the shoe fair.
Not done since 2008.
Expressing that the last Konya Shoe Fair was held in 2008, Acar said, “In 1994, amateur shoe fairs started in Konya. It was terminated in 2008 while continuing professionally. In those years, with Konya's tendency to contract manufacturing, the market that came to Konya was lost. As such, we think that the fairs have stopped. That's why we want to change this perception in Konya now. There is no obstacle in front of us about holding this fair in Konya related to our sector. We will request permission from our ministry for this. I am sure that our state will support us in this sense. We want to activate our fair in 2023 at the latest”.Source: A step has been taken for the shoe fair.
Companies want it.
Saying that he wholeheartedly wanted the fair in the Konya shoe industry, Acar said, “The shoemakers in Aykent Shoemakers Site were going to the fairs in Istanbul in Izmir. We think that Konya now deserves this fair in itself. Konya is number one in shoes. In this sense, why not a fair of a city that is number one. You know, an Agricultural Fair is being held in Konya. It was done in the past days. There was a huge demand. And this Agriculture Fair is the first in Europe and the second in the world. Why, because Konya is one of our cities, the capital of agriculture. Our desire is to be in the top three after Italy and Germany. Our companies within the body of our chamber want this wholeheartedly. It will accelerate all our Konya companies in terms of sales and marketing. Hopefully, we are doing our best to bring it to life as soon as possible”. Source: Steps have been taken for the shoe fair