德国杜塞尔多夫国际鞋类及配件展览会（SHOES DÜSSELDORF / GALLERY SHOES / GDS）是世界上著名的三大专业鞋及配件展之一，是欧洲地区规模最大的鞋类博览会。该展被誉为中国鞋业进入欧盟市场的窗口，是目前世界上规模最大，最有影响力，档次较高的国际性专业鞋展，该展会1956年创办，一年两届，每年2-3月、8-9月春秋两季在欧洲着名的博览会城市杜塞尔多夫国际展览中心举办。该展范围涉及：鞋子，配件，附件，护理产品，鞋垫，鞋树，鞋带，支持（商店建设，商品管理系统，标签，窗口显示），媒体（贸易新闻）。
GDS展观众的目标群体：专门商店鞋和皮革制品，时尚精品店，服装链，运动装备，便利店/大型超市/折扣店，百货商店，设计师/建模师，邮购、网上商店，采购协会，批发贸易，全销/外销，鞋类和皮革行业，垂直系统贸易，新闻/媒体/出版商。
有来自世界五十多个国家地区的近两千家参展商云集该展，该展览会每届展出面积超出15万平方米，共设13个展馆，展出面积达9万平方米,1500个国际参展商参展,到会专业买家达10 万人,成交效果较好。展出重点：男女成人鞋、儿童鞋、皮革制品等。
博览会主办单位根据参展展品的不同档次和市场定位对参展商进行专业划分，将展会划分为国际基本展区，时尚区，休闲区等7个不同展区。展会开出7--17号展馆，共11个展馆，其统一划分为：Modern、Global Sources、Young三大主题。
展品范围(Show Products):
男女皮鞋、时装鞋、运动鞋、流行鞋、休闲鞋、登山鞋、室内鞋、沙滩鞋、拖鞋、童鞋、箱包、鞋类配件、装饰品、皮革制品等。
展会报告(Show Reports):
300 exhibitors, 500 brands. Cool atmosphere. Pooled power. Perfect timing.
From 5 – 7 March 2023 everything will revolve around the new shoe and accessory collections for Autumn/Winter 2023/24 at Areal Böhler. Well over 500 international brands will fly their flags. In one place. Under one roof. Practical & Powerful. SHOES DÜSSELDORF offers the perfect conditions for ordering high-fashion collections – and at an ideal point in time. “We are happy that we can resume and hold the event in line with the original scheduling on 5 – 7 March. With this move we meet the requirements of the sector and the needs of the buyers who can start ordering from an informed position with assured fashion insights now,” delights Managing Director Ulrike Kähler.
At SHOES DÜSSELDORF orders are centre stage. Providing the best prerequisite for this is not only the comprehensive, international line-up of high-end collections from the women’s, men’s and children’s footwear segments. Alongside many well-established, longstanding exhibitors newcomers such as Cole Haan, I am Mercury, Jack Wolfskin, Juice Couture, Kunoka, and Liu Jo will bring additional life to the halls. The high relevance of SHOES DÜSSELDORF is confirmed by such “repeaters” as Royal Republic, Gottstein, Paul Eys, and Wolkenwerk, which will be part of the game again at the next edition. Fashion accessories and bags, the products so important for complementing shoe retailers’ ranges, have also found a home in Düsseldorf. Joining this fray for the first time will be JL Twins, Weat Studio, and Mouleta, to name but three. “SHOES DÜSSELDORF offers the pooled power of a big trade show. And this is precisely the added value in it for retailers – an absolute asset that they won’t find in this form at any other trade show in Germany,” affirms Ulrike Kähler.
As always, SHOES DÜSSELDORF will be accompanied by an extensive programme of exciting side events: In focus here: fashion trends, sustainability, and junior designers. Practical tips for ordering will be provided in the various trend lectures presented by renowned trend experts. How healthy shoes can change the world will be explained by the masterminds behind (and book authors of) Kybun Joya. Figures and insider insights on the state of the industry will come care of the press conference of the Federal Association of the Footwear and Leather Goods Industries. The Monday of the trade show will see a formal occasion: this year the HDS/L Junior Award will once again – in line with tradition – be presented at SHOES DÜSSELDORF to honour young footwear designers for their creative achievements.
Düsseldorf is “en vogue”. The fashion community meets at the fashion metropole – at SHOES DÜSSELDORF in the stylish halls of Areal Böhler, and, of course, also at the hip restaurants and numerous hotspots in the city centre. What counts here are short distances and fast accessibility. To ensure exhibitors are well informed before they travel to Düsseldorf, SHOES DÜSSELDORF offers a lot of valuable information. Far-reaching personalised PR and marketing support for exhibitors “across all channels” is just as integral to this as “infotainment” in the brand new SHOES DÜSSELDORF Blog. Be it trend info with hands – on ordering tips or lively interviews with well-known industry players – as of now the Blog will provide you with entertaining, inspiring reading.
