Trade Watch V7 No 3 May-June 2013

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2 Tradewatch • The Official E-Newsletter of the Caribbean Export Development Agency • Vol. 7 No. 3 May-June, 2013
Tradewatch competitiveness & innovation
Following the runway show, there was great interest in all the designers with a number of them receiving orders. Oriett Domenech was unable to
attend the event and sodidnot participate in the runway show. Her line of clothinghoweverwas verywell receivedat the standby the visitors to the event.
For themost part the presence of Caribbean brands at THE GALLERY BERLINmarks the start of awhole new relationshipwith Berlin fashion and come
March 2014 Caribbean brands will be found in German stores and boutiques. “Fashion is a high potential niche sector within the region that can benefit
from EPA provisions. Supporting designers to attend international trade fairs such as this is a key phase in penetrating new markets and the successes
coming out of Berlin give us hope that we can compete” commented Chris McNair, Manager for Competitiveness and Innovation at Caribbean Export.
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