Pitti Uomo, which has remained the only Italian trade show...

Pitti Uomo, which has remained the only Italian trade show where sporting goods brands continue to exhibit, reports a 6 percent drop in the number of Italian buyers as compared to one year ago for its latest session, which took place in Florence until Jan. 11. They fell to 12,800. Instead, the number of foreign buyers at this show, which focuses on menswear, increased by 5 percent to 7,800, with increases of 2 percent from the U.K., 12 percent from the U.S., 13.5 percent from Turkey, 14 percent from Japan, 34 percent from China and 40 percent from Russia.