WHO VISITS?

We invite all the buyers, merchandisers, sourcing heads & owners from all the large chain stores, independent retailers & boutiques
We also invite production/factory managers, technologists and other important technical staff from all clothing, textile, footwear & leather manufacturers
In addition to this, we invite importers, wholesalers, agents & distributors from sub-Saharan Africa
We distribute 20 000 visitor invites to the entire trade
We encourage intra-Africa trade. This year, we are promoting ATF extensively in over 30 sub-Saharan African countries. The SADC region alone comprises of 140 million people - creating a huge potential market close to South Africa

THE VISITORS

The exhibition is supported by a professional, fully integrated marketing campaign designed to attract the right profile of trade visitors & professionals including -

Trade Buyers, Sourcing Heads, Merchandisers, Designers,
Technologists & Planners from all the large retail chain stores
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Owners & Buyers from independent retailers including fashion boutiques, footwear
& leather stores, lingerie shops, kiddies stores, fabric & home decor stores,
haberdashery shops, sports retailers
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CEO’s, Managing Directors, Fabric & Trim Buyers, Production & Factory Managers,
Dye House Managers from clothing, textile & footwear manufacturers
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Importers, Agents & Distributors from Africa & abroad
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Other important industry professionals

BUYER COMMENTS

‘A very good event to give exposure to those who do not get the opportunity to visit overseas shows’
PEP, South Africa

‘A necessary platform for local businesses to showcase and sell from’
TRUWORTHS, South Africa

‘Our Business Unit lead a delegation of ten business buyers from Cameroon to visit the fair. We made good contacts at the show’
ICMU, Cameroon

‘We were impressed that everything was so well organised. We found a couple of new suppliers and were able to start discussions for orders’
CAPE UNION MART, South Africa

'I would like to thank you for organising the pre-registration at the show. Entry was quick & efficient. I enjoyed the show, the layout and presentations were all good and there was some very exciting equipment in the way of big machinery',
OGGI ACTIVEWEAR, South Africa

‘Thank you for the visitor invite. I made wonderful contacts at the show’,
UPPER TOWN HOME DÉCOR, South Africa

‘We are in institutional supplier in the USA and attended the show to explore investment opportunities in the manufacturing sectors. We also wanted to make contact with clothing & textile exporters that joined the AGOA trade agreement’,
BOB BARKER, USA

‘I am an agent & would like to source products which I can import to Australia’,
LES BELLES DAMES, Australia

‘I arranged for one of our project managers and our engineering managers to attend the show. They will be there today looking at leather cutting for AUNDE specifically’,
AUNDE, South Africa