THE CLUB @ APLUSA: THE MOVE FROM FASHION TO WORKWEAR!
The world of workwear is moving fast, more and more areas of application are covered, branding or protecting us. It is also a new domain entered by those companies offering apparel for fashion or leisure and sports. To explore how the ‘transformation’ can be mastered, one of Germany’s leading outdoor and sportswear brands reported on how they successfully managed the process. CEO, Jakob Schöffel of ‘Schöffel Sportbekleidung GmbH’ gave an insight into why and how the company managed to enter the workwear product segment with its ‘Schöffel-Pro’ operation, during the GERMAN FASHION Panel Talks hosted at the AplusA trade fair on 05 November 2025 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Jakob Schöffel was interview by Sven Eriskat, Managing Partner of infoAid Partners and Partner of the Apparel Sourcing Club.
CAPTURING MISSIONS TO KENYA IN FEBRUARY / MAY 2026 | TEXTILE MACHINERY PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER 2026 The CLUB is checking-out East Africa as a potential sourcing destination. For this purpose, two fact-finding missions to Kenya have been implemented in February and May 2025. Kenya is a traditional manufacturing country for textiles and apparel. In the […]
THE CLUB @ APLUSA: THE MOVE FROM FASHION TO WORKWEAR! The world of workwear is moving fast, more and more areas of application are covered, branding or protecting us. It is also a new domain entered by those companies offering apparel for fashion or leisure and sports. To explore how the ‘transformation’ can be mastered, […]
DAY 2026 │THURSDAY, 02 JULY 2026 │ FRANKFURT, GERMANY APPAREL SOURCING CLUB-DAY │ 4th EDITION TIME AND PLACE The Apparel Sourcing Club DAY will take place on Thursday, 02 July 2026, from 9:00 – 18h00 at the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof in Frankfurt am Main. For the fourth time, the event brings together key players in […]
ALBANIA, BOSNIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA @ APLUSA 2025 The Swiss Import Promotion Programme hosted three country pavillions at this years AplusA trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany from 04 – 07 November 2025: The Manufacturers: Albania – Hall 12 | C81 ABATEX SHPK operates with state-of-the-art machinery like seam sealing machines and specializes in producing high-quality […]