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DaTE, the International Date with Avant-Garde Eyewear, Returns to Florence, Italy

DaTE, the international trade show featuring avant-garde eyewear is set to take place Saturday, September 11th to Monday, September 13th. The show returns to Florence, at the Stazione Leopolda.

After the 2020 edition (the only in-person industry event of the year), organization of the ninth edition is under way. It promises to be the pivotal place to conduct business and talk shop, the center of attraction for companies known for innovation and design and for blazing new trails in avant-garde eyewear on a global scale.

“We are faced with a new challenge in 2021,” explained Giovanni Vitaloni, President of DaTE. “Our aim is to send a strong message to the industry, mobilizing all of the industry movers and shakers who, thanks to their innovative prowess, embody the ability to build the future. We need all the strength and determination that our industry has demonstrated throughout this very long and complicated year. Only in tandem with exhibitors, buyers, opticians and the entire eyewear supply chain can we move the market and be the driver of growth in the coming years,” concluded Vitaloni.

More information available at dateyewear.com.  

Click HERE for the full press release.

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