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More on Informa – NuOrder partnership

Informa Markets is partnering with e-commerce technology provider NuOrder to launch a digital show this fall for the fashion apparel industry. It could take the world’s largest commercial organiser in an interesting direction.

Online Canton Fair is underway

We can expect mixed results as China’s largest trade show takes an unplanned run at a purely digital edition. It may have to do it all over again for the autumn edition.

TAITRA cancels Computex

This large and important event was delayed from June to September and now finally it has been cancelled. This is not a good sign for large international B2B exhibitions planned in the region for September and October. Taiwan has long had COVID-19 under control, but the same cannot be said for the 170+ countries that send visitors and exhibitors to Computex each year.