ACCELERATE YOUR BUSINESS AND SALES SUCCESS ALONGSIDE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES

Friday 10th December at the Future Gallery, London WC2 CLICK HERE to register or find out more

We would like to invite you to take part in an intensive training session on the 10th December in London.

The Ethical Fashion Forum, which is the industry body for ethical fashion, has brought together the foremost experts in fashion business and sustainability and built on 5 years of research to develop an intensive day of training, grounded in practice and covering how to integrate sustainability at the heart of business practices, market and sales success, business and financial success, and excellence in sustainable sourcing. Places are limited, and allocated on a first come first served basis. We hope to see you there. Full details of the training and how to book can be found here

Why take part?

1. Ethical Fashion is the fastest growing movement in the fashion industry today. 100 new businesses and entrepreneurs join the Ethical Fashion Forum every week, and more and more buyers and consumers are expecting to see sustainability initiatives by fashion businesses and seeking out fashion brands withe exemplary standards. Mintel estimates that the market for ethical clothing has more than quadrupled over the last four to five years (2009) “Ethical Fashion is the next big thing” Jane Shepherdson- CEO Whistles. It is the businesses which are integrating sustainability at the heart of what they do that will become the sector leaders in the next 5-10 years.

2. The fashion industry and fashion professionals have the capacity to change lives and opportunities for thousands of people behind fashion industry supply chains and address environmental impact of the industry through more sustainable practices. The EFF already supports hundreds of fair trade and ethical suppliers and creates sustainable livelihoods for thousands of the worlds most vulnerable people through linking them to fashion brands and fashion markets.

2. Through the EFF and the EFC, our consultancy arm, we have worked with hundreds of businesses in the fashion sector. We have built this training especially to meet these needs. We want to save you time and money, and see businesses like yours leading the fashion sector in terms of commercial success as well as social and environmental impact.

2. Accessing advice from experts is expensive and difficult , especially for small businesses. Through this event, we have made the foremost expertise available to you- to help you build the strategy that will secure success for your business- at a fraction of the price it would be otherwise.

3. Through our MEET THE EXPERTS session, 19 of the sectors foremost experts in fashion and sustainability are available for you to have a one to one advice session with. This is an opportunity to take your business forward strategically. A one to one with any of these experts organised independently would cost you at least 3 times as much- and would be difficult to secure.

SEE THE EXPERT PROFILES

4. The EFF has been delivering training to fashion business representatives, all over the world, for 5 years. This intensive day builds on extensive research with our network of buyers, press and media contacts, suppliers , funders and experts- and it will be accompanied by detailed hand outs and resources. By attending, you will benefit from the latest insider information that you cannot find anywhere else.

5. Access detailed, insider information, the foremost experts, save time and money and add value to your business- for a fraction of the price of equivalent commercial training- this is possible as we are subsidising this session to accompany the launch of the Excellence programme

6. We have no plans to repeat this training until June 2011, and this is not guaranteed.

What business representatives and entrepreneurs have said about our training and events in the past:

“Great seminars led by passionate, knowledgeable panel members. Would definitely go again”

Emma Hiscock, Retail manager/ buyer, FAIR, Participant in seminars at SOURCE EXPO 2010

“Fantastic seminars”

Holly Sherwood, Ted Baker, Participant in seminars at SOURCE EXPO 2010

“Loads of really interesting and practical information- not just theory”

“Informative, inspirational”

“The speaker was superb. The presentation was detailed, full of interesting, really relevant and valuable information, insights and guidance”

(Feedback from Spotlight on Sourcing seminar series participants, 2009. The Spotlight on Sourcing series of seminars was attended by over 1000 fashion professionals and entrepreneurs)

We hope to see you there. And we look forward to seeing your business making waves in the future- both in terms if commercial success and in terms of social and environmental sustainability.