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Response excellent, exude exhibitors
 Mr Sanjay Rathod,
Managing Director
Napoleon Mills, Mumbai
"The response has
been tremendous.
It has been much
m o r e t h a n
e x p e c t e d ! ! ! "
exclaimed a joyous
Mr Sanjay Rathod,
Managing Director,
Napoleon Mills, Mumbai, who was
participating in a trade fair for the first
time ever. "We were always nervous
in participating in events such as
these. But with this, wow, we feel
great!" Napoleon Mills which had an
eye-catching stall had displayed
their range of shirting fabrics in
polyester/cottons, polyester/viscose,
and 100 percent cottons in stripes
and plains. “We are happy we could
participate in a show in South India
and mark our presence. We had visitors from all segments of the
industry including the big brands
and buying agents as well as buyers
from other parts of the country and
overseas as well."
This was the exuberance exuded by
most of the 72 participants who were
on all the three days of the event on
their toes in animated discussions
attending to discerning buyers not
only from across the country, but
across the globe.
 Mr T. V.
Kotak, Director,
Kotak Overseas (P)
Ltd., Mumbai
"That this show has
taken off in spite of
the recession is
such a good sign
itself," said Mr T. V.
Kotak, Director,
Kotak Overseas (P)
Ltd., Mumbai,
"while so many events which were
announced are being cancelled all
over."
 Mr Satish Nair,
Director,
Viable
Central Asia Exim
Pvt Ltd., Bangalore
"If you look at it in a
different light and
considering the
present downturn
conditions," said
Mr Satish Nair,
Director, Viable
Central Asia Exim
Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, "this would have
been the best edition ever!"
Many of the exhibitors had
painstakingly created well designed
stalls with attractive product displays
that would prompt buyers to check out on what was on offer. There were
exciting options in the form of cotton
jacquard shirting and dress materials,
shimmering satins and vibrant velvets,
newer varieties of embellishments and
trims, besides the wide variety of regular
apparel fabrics, accessories and related
services.
Exhibitors, said on the whole that they
were happy that they participated in this
event, especially when the curve showed
that the worst of the downturn was coming
to an end.
 Mr Deendayal B.
Jhanwar, Managing
Director,
Ramkrishna
(Jhanwar) Group,
Ichalkaranji
Noted: "The
outcome has been very
good. We could develop
new business contacts
with visitors from all segments of the
industry like buying houses, agents,
garment exporters, domestic apparel
brands, impor ters, dist r ibutors,
international brands and even fashion
designers."
 Mr Anurag Singhla,
Desai Polycot Pvt Ltd.,
Ichalkaranji
who represents the company
in Bangalore
noted that the visitors
were select and good. "Almost everyone we
expected was here!" Mr
Dhaval Desai, Managing Director of the
company noted: "We did get to interact
with the right kind of people; the kind of
people we were looking for."
 Mr Atul Kathuria,
Proprietor,
Yash
Enterprises, Bangalore,
Noted: that they had got a
good response for their
fabric cover buttons and
had booked confirmed
order with Gokaldas
Exports. The soft colour felt launched
earlier this year too has got a temendous
response.
 Mr Rahul Sachdeva,
Director,
Mercury Fabrics
Pvt. Ltd., Delhi,
who was
participating in the show
for the first time was
appreciative about the
quality of the visitors and are looking for some enquiries to
culminate into virtual orders.
 Mr B. S. Mani, President,
D. K. Apparels
Industries Pvt Ltd.,
Silvassa,
Said: "The
participation has given
us a new perspective on
how to do business
here. This media has
given us an exposure into South India and
we have been able to chart out a strategy
based on the feedback we got here."
 Mr Paras Rajpurohit,
Managing Director,
Misty Blues, Bangalore,
was emphatic: "Though
there could have been
more footfalls, the
quality of the visitors
who visited our stall has
been very professional and we
appreciate that. Around 80 percent of
them could turn out to be our potential
customers."
 Mr Kailash Mewani,
Director
Dyna Sales,
Bangalore
Noted: that
the event attracted a
good number of visitors.
"That is the purpose of
an exhibition and in that
it has been excellent.
How we convert the inquiries into
business depends on us."
 Mr M. Abbas Raja,
Partner,
Tapes & Ropes,
Tirupur,
commenting on
the quality of the visitors
said: "I am sure we will
be able to convert
around 90 percent of the
enquiries into business.
That was the kind of visitors who came to
our stall."
 Mr
Kapil Shorewala,
Managing Director,
Sanchi Creations, Mumbai,
"We are seeing a
turnover of quality
visitors. It has been
much better because of
the localized
advantage," said Mr
Kapil Shorewala,
Managing Director,
Sanchi Creations, Mumbai, who was very
appreciative of the venue.
The venue too attracted a lot of appreciation from the other
exhibitors too, especially since it was
centrally located and accessible from
all areas of the city. It was also easily
accessible to the textile market areas
and the domestic garment
manufacturing industry.
 Mr Salman
Malkani, Director,
Netflex, Mumbai,
"The contractor who
set up the
infrastructure was
really very good.
The fact that we got
the stall one day earlier itself helped
us a lot in setting up our displays and
getting ourselves settled much
before time."
 Mr Michael Stark,
Vice President –
Sales,
Hof Textiles
Inc., USA
Said: "I
have participated in
three exhibitions in
India earlier. But I
must say that this is
the first time I have seen that
everything was absolutely ready and
we occupied our stall in perfect
condition on the morning of the
preparation day itself!"
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