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FORMA AUTUMN '13 FAIR 23. - 25.8.2013
Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre
Open:
Fri 10-18
Sat 10-18
Sun 10-17
Book your stand at Forma Autumn '13 Fair
Fill in and send the registration form in internet, click here!
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In Fair Moods
The spring fairs are starting to come to an end and the selections for the coming season have been presented. After multiple fair visits I can only state: what a wonderful opportunity a fair is for trading and “sniffing out” new trends and ideas. Once again I got to realize how excellent place the fair can be for meeting other people in the industry and catching up with them.
While talking with people, I also realized how important the sense of community and belonging to a specific group can be. It's nice to talk about "us", meaning all the people in Forma and in the same industry. In uncertain economical times we should in fact work as "us", not as "them" and "you". Pulling together and joining forces are key factors.
Why divide our strengths, if by working together in cooperation we can create something even better and more fulfilling? The fact is that when shopkeepers are doing well, also the wholesalers are doing well - and vice versa. Without traders, who make purchases and explore the selections, the fair would be a pretty bleak place. And if the fair is missing interesting suppliers, the traders won't get much out of it.
Personally I can say that I walked around the Forma Spring Fair with a pleased mind. I saw tempting new companies in whole sales and interesting new products from suppliers that I already knew from previous fair visits. Although I had just visited the massive Paris Fair, my findings as a merchant weren't in any way lesser in Forma!
I was also pleased to notice that the "us"-mentality I mentioned before was raising it's head in the talks around the fair. We all can keep developing the fair further. But that requires all of us. And first and foremost, it requires our will and desire to maintain this Finnish professional fair lively and vibrant!
Happy Spring Time!
Helena Aho
Helena Aho is the chairwoman of the Finnish association for gifts and home decoration – Sisusta Kotia ry
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Entrance
Only for professionals. Entrance ticket in advance from the internet 15 €, for pre-registrated at the cashier 15 € and with the customer card form the cashier 18 €. Only for over 15-years old. Children aged 1-3 in baby carriages are allowed for free.
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Forma is 100 % professional
Forma offers services you can not find anywhere else in Finland:
● Forma Fair twice a year
● Forma & Furniture -magazine
● Internet-sites to professionals and consumers
● Association services
● Knowledge about the Finnish interior decoration and giftware branch
Forma Fair reaches widely the professionals in the giftware-, household goods, and home decoration branch.
At Forma Fair you are able to find new customers and meet the present ones, bring your products to attention of both buyers and media and to strengthen the company image. Forma Fair is an important marketing channel for the exhibitors and a non-passable purchasing place for the retailers.
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