Prompted by demand for booth space, the popular Kingpins show is expanding. Andres Olah, Founder of Kingpins says that they had a huge amount of requests to participate in the show and thus the expansion. The dates as well as location for the show have been changed. This time it is fixed for November 3-4 at Pier 36 NYC (Basketball City) in Manhattan. The change in date was because of the requests of mills and Olah said that they had singed a two-show lease, which is a gamble.
Denim buyers from large retailers and brands and smaller denim designers, are a part of Kingpins. More than 300 companies had already stopped by the Kingpins show on the second day of the recent show. Leslie Novick, OST sales representative, applauded the expansion and said that the show’s exclusive invitation-only policy may be keeping some companies away.
Levi Strauss & Co representatives were seen at the Global Denim SA de C.V. booth and Michelle Branch, Global Denim’s Director of Sales said that it was going to be a big playground.
