TOP HAIR International Trend & Fashion Days Düsseldorf
firmly established as a Leading Fair
Running over two days and posting 32,000 visitors the TOP HAIRInternational Trend & Fashion Days Düsseldorf 2016 demonstrated that
this event, now in its twelfth year, has become firmly established as aleading fair. “This year we were able to once again post a rise in visitor
numbers. The unanimous enthusiasm of exhibitors and the fair’s
popularity among visitors show that TOP HAIR Düsseldorf has assumed aleading role in Europe,” said Director Helmut Winkler. With its blend ofworld class shows, workshops, Cutting Factory, congress and trade fairthe concept is unique in the sector and is greatly appreciated by visitors.
“The high-quality range strikes a nerve with hairdressers and their needs,”
Winkler continues. This is something also valued by salon owners andmaster hairdressers who traditionally make up a particularly highproportion of visitors in Düsseldorf given that 50% are self-employed.
Christian Schikora, Managing Director of TOP HAIR INTERNATIONAL
GmbH, added to this positive verdict: “The Trend & Fashion DaysDüsseldorf have developed into the largest and most spectacular trade fairin the sector. This event is not only a hairdressing trade fair but also a big
family meet-up and an indispensable contact exchange at the same time.
TOP HAIR DÜSSELDORF is pleasant, innovative and successful.” Thesetting and professional atmosphere went down very well with visitors andexhibitors alike.
The quality of the top-notch shows presenting the international star
hairdressers on the TOP HAIR DÜSSELDORF stage is unique inGermany. The highlight at this year’s event was the Special Show ofRobert Cromeans, Global Artistic Director at John Paul Mitchell Systems.
However, the remaining show programme with its top international teams
alsodelightedspectators.

Thisyeartheprogramme

included

performances by Guy Tang from Hollywood, Patrick Cameron fromEngland, Toni & Guy for Redken, It's a Man's World by1o1Barbers,
Markus Salm for System Professional Men with the creative team for
Wella Professionals and collection highlights from Sebastian, Londa andSassoon Professional, Mario Krankl & Icono by Goldwell as well as Live
Beautyfully by Paul Mitchell.
The newly positioned workshop stages presented a total of 122 practice1

oriented presentations on core themes like Cut, Colour and Styling. Here,too, international teams were on show including Paul Mitchell, KevinMurphy, Hairdeluxe ag, Wella, Toni & Guy for Redken, Gandini, MarkusSalm, Frank Brormann, Sexy Hair, Hair Haus, Sassoon, Markus
Herrmann, Goldwell, Kemon, L'anza, KIS, Londa, Bärbel Hopf, Davines,Moroccanoil, KMS, Farouk, Swiss o Par, Glynt, Compagnia della Belezza,Sebastian, Selective Professional, magicfoil, Meininghaus und TomICoand many more.
In the always fully attended congress top speakers like Daniela Ben Said,Wolf Davids, Trudelies Grigoletto, Stefan Suchanek, Biyon Kattilathu,
Sascha Thomas, Stefan Hagen, Sabine Hübner, Stephan Bethke, Ruth
Nowark and Tosin A. David gave visitors insights into entrepreneurial
topics like marketing, salon management or personal development.
Under the heading “Urban Style” the Cutting Factory also met with visitors’approval. Current trend techniques like plaiting, up-does, blow-drying,extensions, styling and barbering have all been incorporated into the lineup as have interactive elements. Visitors were able to follow everything up
close and personal, try things out for themselves and chat with theprotagonists. This year names like Michel Lößel, Marco Wojach, MarcoKüvele, Donald Scott, Dana Wittmann, Christian Schneider, Annerose
Cutivel, Compagnia della Bellezza, Davines, Iris Sveinsdottir, DannyVerheijen & Raymon Schulte and Jörg Fahn demonstrated their scissorand razor skills.
At the trade fair 400 exhibitors and brands presented a market overview ofexclusive hairdressing products, furniture/furnishings, tools of the tradeand services. Exhibitors were highly satisfied – praising the highproportion of salon owners and decision-makers among visitors anddelighting at the intense and productive conversations. The setting andprofessional atmosphere met with a great response. The clear division
between the direct sales and orders sections was particularly highlighted.
The next TOP HAIR International Trend & Fashion Days Düsseldorf will
run from Saturday, 1 to Sunday, 2 April 2017. Running in parallel with thisis BEAUTY DÜSSELDORF from Friday, 31 March to Sunday, 2 April 2017as well as the make-up artist design show from Saturday, 1 to Sunday, 2April 2017. Constantly updated information on TOP HAIR International
Trend & Fashion Days can be found at: www.top-hair-international.com
2Press Contact:
Alexander Kempe
Assistant: Marion Hillesheim
Tel.: +49(0)211/45 60-997/-994
Mail: KempeA@messe-duesseldorf.de

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Exhibitor Statements on TOP HAIR International Trend &Fashion Days Düsseldorf 2016:
Eduard R. Dörrenberg, Managing Partner at Dr. Kurt Wolff /ALCINAThe TOP HAIR trade fair is a well-established fair and recognised meeting
point for hairdressers boasting good organisation. We have presentedourselves here as open-minded and innovative and are satisfied with theresponse.
Hendrik Rumpfkeil, Managing Director at Gieseke Cosmetic
For us TOP HAIR is the only fair that makes sense in the hairdressing
sector. The standard of the stands is continually rising and the entire event
is successful and primarily a true reflection of our sector.
Tobias Stähle, Managing Director at KAO Germany / Goldwell
On both the Saturday and Sunday we were able to post a high footfall. We
are satisfied with the quality. This concept is the right one! This year ourstand was located right opposite our sister company KMS. Here a bottle
design contest was held – and the hairdressers loved it! It was also great
to see many international contacts from Austria, Holland as well asRussia. In our view, the future of our sector is international.
Christian Köthe, Managing Director at KMS Group / Hair Haus
For the first time, this year we managed to present four large stands in twohalls. We were able to achieve two-digit growth and our image stands also
enjoyed great popularity. We feel our assessment that TOP HAIR is thetop event in the sector TOP HAIR has been confirmed and the event has
once again gained in importance.
Felix Weiser, Managing Partner
Cosmethique / La BiosthétiqueatLaboratoire

Labothene

For us TOP HAIR is quite clearly the most important hairdressing trade fair3

across the entire German-speaking region. Everything is here! The
general trend is for the market to further fragment: salons are taking on aclearer focus and are specialising – we have exactly the right concepts
and products here.
Tobias Kütscher, Managing Director at TIGI Haircare
We see the fair as top quality, both in terms of the programme as well as
the conversations held here. What is interesting this year is primarily theinternational contacts, mostly from Central and Eastern Europe. We arequite simply delighted with the quality of the stands and shows. So we feelour decision to attend the fair was the right one given that TOP HAIR isthe No.1 trade fair in the sector in Germany. We have identified a trend
towards individualisation – hairdressers need to differentiate themselves.
This is exactly the field that we offer hair dyes and products for. We feelvery at home here – actually we could well imagine the fair lasting anotherday.
Felix Haffa, Managing Director at New Flag
The Sunday, in particular, was really busy at our stand and we aredelighted at the high standard of our visitors. We were able to showcase
new products and win over new customers – just as it should be! Hereeverything is well organised. We are present at trade fairs in 13 countries– but Düsseldorf is the best one for customer contacts.
Katharina Jahrling, Managing Director at Schwarzkopf Professional
We are happy to be here as a German company with the Made inGermany quality seal. Our stand was well attended throughout and TOP
HAIR is the undisputed No. 1. The concept featuring shows, business plus
creativity really works. We see our appearance as an obligation, it fits! The
networking is simply great. We also welcomed lots of customers fromAustria, Switzerland, Belgium and France. Additionally, we could imagine
a kind of digital forum offering information in concentrated and efficient
form in the run-up to the fair.
Ralf Billharz, Vice President Wella Germany Austria Switzerland"Welcome home" was our trade fair motto, a philosophy to be experienced
both at the Wella-Haus with its various rooms in Hall 8b, at thepresentation of all our brand highlights on the big stage on Sunday and at4our numerous workshops. Top Hair Trend & Fashion Days are convincing
with a high-quality concept – it was fun to be part of it. We held good
conversations with many hairdressing companies and managed to be agood host for all our customers thanks to our diversity.
Noah Wild, Board Chairman, WILD Beauty, Paul MitchellOnce again, there was a great atmosphere in Düsseldorf. Obviously, thehighlight was our event with superstar Robert Cromeans that generated
great interest among hairdressers. TOP HAIR is just wonderful and its
proximity to the city centre is ideal – it’s an all-round success.

Protagonists Statements on TOP HAIR INTERNATIONAL Trend& Fashion Days 2016
Robert Cromeans
The organisation is incredible and here they offer a fantastic but also very
professional show. I love this fair which is why I extended my own stage
appearance specifically. When I was here on stage at TOP HAIR in
Düsseldorf I was one of the happiest people in the world.

Patrick Cameron
TOP HAIR is one of my personal top trade fairs in the whole world. Thedynamism on site is simply great – and the people in Düsseldorf are tops.
Toni & Guy
We held very good conversations with customers. The combination ofconsultation stand and workshop was very good as after the workshop wewere able to continue assisting the audience at our stand. We were able
to market Toni&Guy and Label.m very well.
1o1 Barbers-Team
The TOP HAIR trade fair is incredibly professional, extremely wellorganised and the team behind the scenes did a great job.

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