Dubai: Expo 2020 Dubai has called for vendors and retailers able to make branded clothing and homeware — particularly authentic local items — to contact them.
Expo 2020 plans to offer 5,000 licensed items in more than 40 categories. Licensing opportunities are open to all — from international brands to artisans — but the organisers are particularly keen to hear from small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Official merchandise will be sold at selected outlets across the UAE, including dedicated Expo retail stores, as well as at the ‘Superstore of the Future’ at the Expo 2020 Dubai site itself.
Najeeb Al-Ali, executive director of Bureau Expo 2020 Dubai, said: “Expo 2020 Dubai offers a unique platform for producers to showcase their products in one of the most exciting markets in the world.”
He added, “We want to ensure that merchandise at the first World Expo in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region reflects our heritage.
“We believe SMEs, such as local artisan producers of apparel and homeware items in the UAE and GCC, are vital in helping us achieve this goal and we want to give them the chance to share a global platform with international brands, showcasing their unique products. The experience and exposure they will gain from being part of the Expo will play a key part in developing the SME sector in the region.”
Businesses interested in producing Expo-branded products should register on esource.expo2020dubai.ae to keep up with the latest commercial opportunities. For any queries you can also contact the licensing team directly at licensing@expo2020.ae.
Astana Expo pavilions welcome 17m visits
Dubai: The national pavilions of countries participating in the Astana Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan were visited 17 million times in the two months to August 14, organisers said on Tuesday.
The visitors included 22 heads of state and 78 foreign government ministers. The Expo hosted 66 national days organised by the international participants, as well as four special days, in those two months.
During the period total trade conducted at the Expo reached 905.7 million tenge (Dh10 million).
“It should be noted that currently a population of 5,181 people live in the Expo-city,” Expo 2017 Astana said in a statement. “In the entire period [two months], 15,416 guests were accommodated in it.”
The most-visited national pavilions during the two months were the African Plaza, representing 22 countries, which attracted 659,452 visits; the Egypt pavilion, which attracted 608,733 visits; and the Turkey pavilion, which attracted 596,462.
— Staff Report
