Invest in FASHION in Emilia-Romagna

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The fashion system in Emilia-Romagna is based on high quality and design with local specialization boosting both international brands and niche productions. Trade and access to markets are also leading factors with top fashion trade hubs and global e-commerce players.

MAIN SPECIALIZATIONS - Textile and wearing apparel - Footwear and leather goods

KEY FACTS HIGH CONCENTRATION OF EMPLOYEES 32,948 Local units (2018) 87,696 Employees (2018) 7.7 bln € Export (2019) 4.3 bln € Import (2019)

BRANDS CLOTHING TRADE

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BRANDS The regional cluster boasts the CenterGross trade hub, Carpi District, E-commerce leader in the luxury fashion as YNAP along with brands such as Max Mara, FOOTWEAR ACCESSORIES Liu Jo, Pinko, Twin-Set, Furla, Piquadro, etc.

And many others

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TEXTILE AND FOOTWEAR ACCESSORIES CLOTHING

Manufacture and spinning of Leather preparation Within the fashion textile fibres, weaving and tanning Bags and luggage and finishing system we can single Spectacle frames Watches, gold and out several sectors: Clothing Footwear manufacture Silver, jewellery packaging Costume jewellery textile and clothing PRODUCTION Knitwear (fabric, leather, and components fur) industry , footwear, accessories and

Manufacture of machinery for the textile, clothing and leather industry cross-cutting sectors such as manufacture

SERVICES Fashion designing and industrial design of machinery and design services

WHOLESALE TRADE Including also: Intermediaries in the commercial side of fashion

RETAIL TRADE Including also: Street fashion (market stalls and used clothing)

Manufacture is based on very well-known brands and on the presence of a large number of small- medium companies either working for third parties or on niche productions, characterized by technical and manual skills of the highest quality.

Companies Fashion sectors Employees (Local Units)

Manufacture Clothing 3781 19383 Textile industry 1317 5960 Footwear and accessories 2491 11859 Machinery 147 799 Total fashion industry 7,736 38,001

Trade and services Other services 3312 7050 Retail trade 17053 33323 Wholesale trade 4847 9322 Total trade and services 25,212 49,695

TOTAL FASHION 32,948 87,696

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Emilia-Romagna – fashion trade (2019) The regional fashion cluster is strongly export oriented with a balance of trade of IMPORT 2019 4.3 3.34 billion euros (exports minus imports). There is a strong specialization in the EXPORT 2019 7.7 21% of the national total clothing sector: regional exports Billion Euros represent 21% of the national total

Where we export TOP 15 EXPORT VARIATION COUNTRIES 2019 (MLE) 2019-08 UK 979 263,9% Germany 903 156,7% France 860 67,9% Spain 403 31,0% United States 388 86,7% Switzerland 353 -10,4% Russia 349 -33,1% China 329 734,5% Hong Kong 312 117,3% Romania 200 52,2% Japan 198 1,6% Poland 188 160,8% Netherlands 185 98,4% Austria 164 58,1% Belgium 157 31,2% Export trends 2008-19 (value in euros) +62.9% The whole fashion +144% cluster showed a +43% +50% +93% growth of +62.9% in the period 2008-19,

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491.946.491 449.157.934 404.502.226 in 2009. Textile industry Clothing Footwear Leather TOTAL accessories and FASHION jewelry CLUSTER

2008 export 2014 export 2019 export

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Textile and Clothing • The Carpi district in the province of Modena – mainly made up of small and medium sized companies - is the symbol of this sector: specialised in knitwear and clothing in general, it is one of the industry’s leading centre at national level with 783 companies and 5,412 employees in 2017. • Bologna and Reggio Emilia, large and 1 dot = 10 number employed Textiles medium sized companies Clothing • Spread in smaller numbers over other provinces

Footwear

• Larger concentration in the Forlì, Rimini and Imola areas. Upholstered furniture district in the area of Forlì.

1 dot = 10 number employed Footwear

Fashion accessories and leather items

• Spread all over the region, with higher concentrations in Bologna and Reggio Emilia followed by Parma, Ravenna and Modena

1 dot = 10 number employed Accessories and leather items

Territorial data available on the interactive dashboard: «Municipalities in Emilia-Romagna»

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Fashion district for trade customers Centergross (www.centergross.com) – located in Bologna - is one of the main fashion trade hubs in the region. 60% of Centergross trade is foreign: Asia, Europe, United States and the Middle East. Spread over an area of 1,000,000 sqm, with an 400 thousand sqm used as display areas, and 100,000 sqm of offices. Every day, approximately 540 companies (1 in 4 in the womenswear sector) and 6,000 sector professionals (of whom over 60% are women) work for Centergross.

FAIRS

Where: Carpi (Modena) MODA MAKERS DIGITAL- ITALIAN FASHION SHOW CLOTHING Description: companies promoted by Carpi Fashion System, event organised by Consorzio Expo Modena

FDI Some important foreign investors in FASHION in Emilia-Romagna

Country of Companies Investors Origin Type of business

MANIFATTURA BERLUTI S.R.L. LVMH France Footwear

Berluti investment in Emilia-Romagna included a professional school opened inside the same area of the investment with the support of the Emilia-Romagna Region and the European funds. Textile and clothing: consulting, study, BESTSELLER ITALY SPA MR ANDERS HOLCH Denmark planning, design and styling. Wholesale BESTSELLER RETAIL POVLSEN trading of clothing

CEP III PARTECIPATIONS TWINSET S.P.A. Luxembourg Clothing and footwear S.A.R.L SICAR

SERGIO ROSSI SPA INVESTINDUSTRIAL V L.P. Great Britain Footwear 5 Production and wholesale/retail trade of Korea COCCINELLE S.P.A. ELAND WORLD CO.,LTD. leather items.

AVERY DENNISON RIS ITALIA AVERY DENNISON United States Label and packaging S.R.L. CORPORATION

RAFFAELE CARUSO S.P.A MR GUANGCHANG GUO China Menswear

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INNOVATION o UNIVERSITIES ECOSYSTEM Degree courses / Masters University (link) Second Cycle Degree/Two University of Bologna o HIGH TECHNOLOGY NETWORK years master in Fashion (Rimini Campus) Clust-ER CREATE Studies Link Association of public and private Masters in Design, Fashion and Bologna Business organisations: companies, research Luxury goods School (Bologna) Link centres and training institutions. https://create.clust-er.it/en/ Masters and Courses in L.UN.A, “Libera Design, Fashion Design, Università delle Arti o LABORATORIES Business Communications and (Imola - Bo) Who - Where - Link What Marketing Link UNIMORE AIRI Research and Innovation School of excellence Who-Where (link) Modena- Link Center Artificial Intelligence Fashion Stylist, Designing and “Scuola di Moda C.R.I.C.C. Research Center For Industrial Modelling VITALI” Ferrara Bologna - Link Interaction with Cultural and Link Creative Industries Courses in Graphic Design, Fine Arts Academy CIRI Advanced Applications in Photography, Fashion and LABA (Rimini) Link Bologna - Link Mechanical Engineering and Design ABA (Bologna) Link Materials Technology o HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTES FUTURE TECHNOLOGY Big Data & Analytics, LAB Simulation, Horizontal/ Who - What Whrere (Link) Parma - Link Vertical Integration FITSTIC - Foundation Higher Carpi (Mo) MISTER Smart Smart materials (ex. Technical Institute (ITS) for Link Innovation graphene, magnetic Cultural and Creative Industries Bologna - Link materials functionalized fibers, etc) o ENTREPRENEURAL ASSOCIATIONS ROMAGNATECH Industrial Research Forlì (FC) - Link Laboratory CNA-Federmoda Link

Confartigianato Link o TRAINING INSTITUTES Carpi Fashion System Link Who - Where - Link What Parma Couture Link ForMODENA Centre for training in Carpi (Mo) fashion and services Link connected with the o CULTURE AND LEARNING textile and clothing ERchives Link sector ECIPAR Training and Innovative Foundation Fashion Research Italy (FRI) Link Emilia-Romagna - Link Services Stylistic vintage archive A.N.G.E.L.O Link

CERCAL International Footwear Archivi di ricerca Mazzini Link San Mauro Pascoli (Fc) School and Research Link Centre o IT-ER INTERNATIONAL TALENTS CIS Training in Digital Culture and Creative Industries Link Reggio Emilia - Link Marketing

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