B&B visitors up

Bread & Butter Barcelona pulled in a record number of visitors this year and the number of UK and Irish buyers was up according to official organizers Karl-Heinz Muller. UK brands who showed was down from last year, and feedback from those at the Barcelona show reflect the same experience at Pitti Uomo in Florence .

The future of B&B – both Berlin and Barcelona – is still to be seen. The young fashion sector is saturated with brands big and small, and as the market toughens further for retailers, the choice for buyers may be to buy deeper into existing brands rather than seek out new ones, and buyers will not need to travel to overseas exhibitions to buy trusted brands.