ITALIANMODA NEWSLETTER The Newsletter for the Users of the ItalianModa Business-to-Business Marketplace published six times a year JANUARY 2001 Issue #1 Maurizio Verga, Editor, info@italianmoda.com ------------------------------------------------------------ By subscription only! Welcome to your next issue of "ITALIANMODA NEWSLETTER". You are receiving this newsletter because you requested a subscription or claimed interest in ItalianModa. Unsubscribe instructions are at the end of this Newsletter. ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE ------------------------------------------------------------ => Introducing the Newsletter => New Companies in the Marketplace => Business Stores: coming soon ! => New Italian Exhibitions Calendar => Over 5,400 Italian Companies ! => New ItalianModa Poll => Moda Advisor & TexOffer => Business Forums => ItalianModa at SAMAB 2001 Exhibition ------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORSHIP NOTICE ------------------------------------------------------------ DIANASPORT is the leading Italian brand of advanced swimwear and beachwear for men's, women's, and children's. Since 1947 it leads the way in performance swimwear for swimmers and sponsors many European and Olympics medalists. See the DIANASPORT official WEB site and Catalog at http://www.dianasport.it ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCING THE NEWSLETTER ------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the first issue of the "ItalianModa Newsletter", a new free newsletter published six times a year for all the registered user of ItalianModa (http://www.italianmoda.com), your business source for Italian suppliers in the textile, fashion and leather goods industry. The Newsletter will help you to be quickly updated about the latest in ItalianModa services and business opportunities. It will take less than ten minutes of your precious time, but - believe us - it will be really helpful to your business ! You are getting this issue even though you didn't subscribe to the Newsletter on the ItalianModa site. Please excuse this intrusion, but we believe you could be interested in it. If you want keep getting the Newsletter please go to http://www.italianmoda.com/ to subscribe: just write your E-Mail address and hit the "Submit" button ! If you don't want to receive any further issue, please reply to this E-Mail, writing "REMOVE" in the Subject field. Enjoy the ItalianModa Newsletter and have great business with your Italian suppliers ! Maurizio Verga ItalianModa.com President and Founder ------------------------------------------------------------ NEW COMPANIES IN THE MARKETPLACE ------------------------------------------------------------ Some of the very latest companies joining the ItalianModa marketplace: CONFEZIONI CLAUDIA "Total look" women's wear FLORAL Fashion beachwear and bikinis FOTOINCISIONE DIAMANTE Textile engraving of designs for textile printing OSVALDO BRUNI Fashion knitwear for women's and men's ITALIAN HIGH FASHION CENTER Buying office with full range of services TECHNO FASHION GROUP Innovative training for apparel modelists More new companies join ItalianModa weekly ! *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* Do you want to deliver a Request For Quotation (RFQ) about a product or service to many possible Italian suppliers ? Just fill in the simple form at http://www.italianmoda.com/reverse You'll get feedback direct from the companies joining ItalianModa ! *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* ------------------------------------------------------------ BUSINESS STORES: COMING SOON! ------------------------------------------------------------ They are coming ! The much-awaited ItalianModa business-to-business E-Commerce platform is to be released in less than one month. The very first Electronic Catalogs are expected for deployment in the second half of March 2001. Each Business Store will be run by an Italian company allowing his customers and prospects (just like you !) to browse its product catalog, request for samples, and place orders. The ItalianModa Business Stores are based on a highly innovative textile-oriented technology, very simple to use and really very efficient. It will be your next business tool to source directly, quickly, and cheaply from the best Italian suppliers. ------------------------------------------------------------ NEW ITALIAN EXHIBITIONS CALENDAR ------------------------------------------------------------ The new 2001 Calendar of Italian textile and fashion exhibitions is now online at this address: http://www.italianmoda.com/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.cgi Take advantage of this terrific, easy-to-use tool to plan your next visit to an Italian exhibition ! ------------------------------------------------------------ OVER 5,400 ITALIAN COMPANIES ! ------------------------------------------------------------ ItalianModa has now over 5,400 registered Italian companies in its database. This means your search for a possible Italian supplier is even more efficient ! Search in the database or navigate through the ItalianModa extensive Yahoo-like Product Categories at http://www.italianmoda.com/search.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------ NEW ITALIANMODA POLL ------------------------------------------------------------ In the front page of ItalianModa you may now find a Poll about topics related to doing business with Italian companies and "made in Italy" merchandise. Join the poll: your answer will contribute to know better the opinions and real needs of professionals like you, something of great importance to the Italian suppliers serving you. Results are always available online. Polls are usually changed every two or three weeks. *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* If you need to find a product or company and you have no time to do it by yourself you may use the free "Moda Advisor" service at http://www.italianmoda.com/advisor *------------------HOT TIP-------------------* ------------------------------------------------------------ BUSINESS FORUMS ------------------------------------------------------------ If you want to discuss about any technical or business topic related to the Italian fashion, textile or leather industry, or ask for information from professionals sharing your same job, the ItalianModa Business Forum is your ideal tool. Post your message for free at http://www.italianmoda.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro ------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORSHIP NOTICE ------------------------------------------------------------ TECHNO FASHION GROUP is a new company of experienced apparel technicians offering advanced training to students, pattern makers, stylists, and production managers involved with technical designing of apparel. Training is delivered online regardless where you are located. Improve your industrial apparel skills now ! http://www.technofashiongroup.com ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ITALIANMODA AT SAMAB 2001 EXHIBITION ------------------------------------------------------------ ItalianModa will exhibit at the SAMAB 2001 in Milan, Italy (March 14 - 17), the international expo of machinery and technologies for the clothing industry. If you are going to visit the expo, please come to us at Hall 11, Stand L01 Copyright 2001 ItalianModa.com ------------------------------------------------------------ List Maintenance: To subscribe Go to http://www.italianmoda.com/newsletter/newsletter.cfm To unsubscribe Go to http://www.italianmoda.com/newsletter/newsletter.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------ ItalianModa.com mailto:info@italianmoda.com via Carlo Moreschi 60 22072 Cermenate (Como) ITALY