REPORT ON WHO’S NEXT 2015, PARIS, FRANCE
(23rd to 26th January 2015)
Overview: France Market:
France is the fifth largest economy in the world and the second largest in
the EU, with GDP of $1.51 trillion in 2012 (constant 2000 prices). The
country’s well-developed infrastructure and strong services sector add
strength to the economy. Until the late 1990s, France’s economy had
grown faster than the European average. France joined 11 other EU
members to launch the euro on January 1, 1999, with euro coins and
banknotes completely replacing the French franc by early 2002. France’s
integration with the EU has led to substantial changes in the country’s
economic policies. Traditionally, France had a mixed economy, but
beginning of 2000, it started the process of economic liberalization.
Although France is considered to have low levels of poverty and income
inequality, the country suffers from relatively high levels of
unemployment and high labour costs. France is among the leading
industrial economies in the automotive, aerospace, and railway sectors,
as well as in cosmetics, luxury goods, insurance, pharmaceuticals,
telecoms, power generation, defence, agriculture and hospitality. France
is also the world’s leading tourist destination. France has one of the
highest levels of graduates, and the highest number of science graduates
per 1000 workers of any European country. France’s EU membership
and usage of the euro facilitate the easy movement of people, services,
capital and goods. The economy has been adversely affected by the
global and eurozone crises with GDP growth in 2012 being 0%.
About the Fair:
Who’s Next 2015 held at Porte de Versailles, Paris from 23rd January to
26th January 2015. About 2000 exhibitors displayed their products in an
area of about 38000 sqm in hall Nos. 4, 4B and 7. All of them were
divided into three main categories viz. Fame, Premier and From. Besides
that Trend Forum, Conferences and Fashion show were also part of the
fair, as usual.
The Council organized the participation of 16 member exporters in
Who’s Next fair under National Handloom Development Program
(NHDP). All our participants were placed in the appropriate hall 4B. Our
participants displayed clothing accessories like stoles, scarves, garments
and few of them displayed bags. Out of a total 65 participants from 12
countries who exhibited in this Hall, there were 42 exhibitors from India
which included many reputed Indian brands.
The Council’s Pavilion at the fair was inaugurated by Shri Indra Mani
Pandey, Dy. Chief of Mission, Indian Embassy, Paris who was
accompanied by Shri Rajinder Thakur, Second Secretary, Indian
Embassy, Paris. The Indian Embassy officials were accorded a formal
welcome by the fair authority Ms.Chritine Basset, Manager
(Commercial), and were introduced to all our participants.
This time the fair authority allotted HEPC a central promotional booth at
an appropriate location. In addition, as complimentary, they had fully
furnished with a big size logo of the Council, poster, sofa, lockable
cupboard and counter table with attendant chair.
The following member exporters participated in Who’s Next, 2015
January edition.
Sl.
No.
1.
Company Name and
Place
S.R.Overseas,
Bhagalpur, Bihar
2.
Fashion Folio,
New Delhi
3.
Kamini Krafts
Mumbai, Maharashtra
4.
Cosmique Global
New Delhi
Name of the
Product details
Allotted
representative
booth No.
Mrs.Rita Jha
Scarves, Stoles Sarong &
A21
Proprietor
other handloom Made-ups
items.
Mr.Manjyot
Handmade Embroidered
D28
Singh Anand
Bag
Partner
Mr.Ramniklal
Scarves, Stoles, Shawls,
A11
H.Desai
Pareos, Bandanas
Proprietor
& Promotional Items, etc.
Mr.Vikas
Cotton Textile Bags &
A25
Manaktala
Accessories
5.
Kishorilal Shyamsunder
Kolkata, West Bengal
6.
Old Village Overseas
New Delhi
7.
Tal,
New Delhi
Bhutti Weavers
Cooperative Society
Kullu,Himachal Pradesh
8.
9.
Nikhil Enterprises
New Delhi
10. Promila Emporium,
New Delhi
11. D.R.International
Delhi
12. Indkraft Exports,
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
13. Jain Shawls,
Ludhiana
14. Arn-N-Ita Handloom
Export Co.,
Kolkata
15. Deepak Mfg. Co.
Delhi
16. Nivedita-Swarup
New Delhi
17. The Handloom Export
Promotion Council,
Chennai
Other activities:
Partner
Mr.Durganand
Thakur
Senior
Manager Sales
Mr. Parmindar
Singh Gulati
Scarf & Stoles
E21
Scarves, Shawls & Stoles
C29
Mr.Uday
Kumar
Mr.Ramesh
K.Thakur
General
Manager
Mr.Surinder
Madan
Mr.Suresh
Chand Gupta
Proprietor
Mr.Gaurav
Goel, CEO
Mr.Samir Jain
Partner
Mr.Arun Jain
Partner
Mr.Arnab Roy
Proprietor
Shawls, Scarves
E24
Handloom Shawls, Stoles,
Mufflers, Ponchoos Socks,
Caps, Tweeds, Bags etc.
E26
Mr.Deepak
Jain
Proprietor
Mr.Swarup
Mukherjee
Head
Marketing
Mr.Anil Raj
Kumar
Executive
Director
Handloom Shawls, Scarfs
etc.,
Textiles Based Made-ups
Embroidered Scarves &
Bags
Handbags
C27
E27
A17
Scarves
B27
Scarves, Stoles
A27
Scarves, Stoles, Fabrics
A12
Scarves, Jewellery
B29
Scarves, Stoles, Shawls,
Fabric
E23
Trade Promotion
D01
Shri Gagan Rai, Chairman, Handloom Export Promotion Council visited
the fair on 24.1.15 and interacted with all Indian participants and
motivated non-members to get enrolled with HEPC and take part in
India International Handwoven Fair (11th to13th March 2015) at
Chennai. Council member participants represented to Chairman to raise
the issue of separate hall (4B) provided to all Indian participants,
thereby detaching them from major fair participants viz. Premier and
Fame. Chairman also discussed the matter with Fair authority, who
clarified that the hall allotment was made properly and all manufacturer
exporters were suitably placed under the pavilion ‘From’ for easy
identification.
Mr. Raj Anand, Indian Representative, Maison & Objet met Chairman and
requested the visit of Chairman to the Maison & Objet fair to meet the
organisers with whom an appointment was arranged. Later, Chairman
visited Maison & Objet Fair and met Ms.Stephanie Crouchet, Sr.
International Sales Executive and discussed HEPC’s participation in the
forth coming September 2015 edition. The fair authorities want the
design of HEPC stalls and product profile by middle of April 2015 to
consider the same. The fair is huge in size spread over five major halls.
Chairman visited the Textiles & Handicrafts section of the fair, i.e.Hall-1.
Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts set up a Theme-cumPromotional booth in a 48 sqm area. There were many Indian
participants with different range of products such as Floor coverings,
made ups, stoles, scarves, etc.
Support of Indian Embassy, France:
Shri Anshuman Gaur, Counsellor (Economic & Commerce), Indian
Embassy, Paris made an exclusive presentation on 25th January 2015 to
Indian participants on “EU Norms / Regulations and the new trends” and
distributed flash drives containing the presentation material.
Accordingly, Europe is slowly making a comeback, as per Eurostat 2014:
Figure 5: Consumer confidence indicator
EU27, 2012-2014
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-5
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12 /1 /1 13 13 13 /1
2 2
3
M Ju Ju A Se O N D Ja Fe M
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3
3 3
3
Leading EU/EFTA exporters of home textiles,
value in € billion
2,500
2,000
-10
Germany
-15
1,500
Belgium
1,000
Netherlan
ds
Italy
-20
-25
-30
France
500
The European Commission's consumer
confidence index - EU-27
0
2009
The European Commission's consumer
confidence index - Eurozone
EU/EFTA exports per
subsector, value in
€ million
Cushion
covers
4%
2010
2011
2012
2013
Source: Eurostat (2014)
GDP and new housing, % change on
previous year
5
0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Other
7%
Curtains
6%
Bath &
kitchenlin
en
7%
-5
Carpets
34 %
-10
-15
Sleepwar
e
7%
GDP
New
hous
ing
-20
Bedlinen
14 %
Oilcloth
21 %
Source: Eurostat (2014)
•
-25
Source: Eurostat (2014), Bundesverband
Baustoffe (2013)
The European home textiles market suffered greatly from the
economic crisis. The home textiles sector is closely linked to
economic conditions: as soon as incomes decline, consumers
start cutting back expenditure on non essential products,
•
including decorative textiles. Product replacements have been
postponed.
Important sectors influencing European demand for home
textiles, such as the construction and hotel sectors, have
suffered from the economic crisis as well, making the market
fragile.
The Counsellor requested all the participants to write to the Consulate
for any guidance/suggestion. He also wanted them to visit the Embassy
website regularly for latest trends and market status. On behalf of
Council, the official on deputation thanked the Indian Embassy for their
valuable support in sharing trade information.
Conclusion:
The latest (April-December 2014) statistical data of DGCI&S, Kolkata
shows an increase of 5.12% over the previous year export of overall
handloom products to France. The export of fashion accessories viz.
stoles & scarves alone has increased more than 60% over the previous
corresponding period.
Further, the outcome of the fair participation has been very encouraging
supported by spot orders worth of USD 3.85 lakh and enquiries worth of
USD 2.88 lakh from 245 business visitors as reported by our 16
participants in their feedback to us.
On request of Indian participants to the Counsellor, Indian Embassy
arranged a national flag for celebration of Republic day on 26th January
2015. All Indian participants gathered at HEPC’s booth and hoisted
Indian National Flag and sang national anthem on 26.1.2015.
Few photographs taken during Who’s Next (Winter) 2015 fair.
Inauguration of Council’s stall by Shri.Indra Mani Pandey, Dy. Chief of
Mission, Indian Embassy, Paris.
Interaction of Shri.Indra Mani Pandey, Dy. Chief and Shri Rajinder
Thakur, Second Secretary of Indian Mission with Council’s
participant
Shri.Indra Mani Pandey, Dy. Chief and Shri Rajinder Thakur, Second Secretary of Indian Mission with Council representative at Council Stall.
Interaction of Shri.Gagan Rai, Chairman, HEPC with Council’s participants
Interaction of Shri.Anshuman Gaur, Counsellor, Indian Embassy with Council’s participants
Republic Day celebration at Council’s stall with participants and fair organisers.
The fair has been coordinated by Shri R.P.Rajalingam, Export Promotion
Officer. The next edition of Who’s Next (Summer) is to be held from 4th
to 7th September 2015.