“Rock your head” – Top Results and Excellent Spirits at theTOP HAIR International Trend & Fashion Days Düsseldorf
The TOP HAIR International Trend & Fashion Days Düsseldorf have
impressively confirmed their top position among hairdressing events inEurope. Over two days 35,000 trade visitors sought inspiration from 450
exhibitors and brands from the hair-care industry and enthusiasticallywelcomed the programme packed with top international protagonists. “Thediverse, high-quality ranges as well as the unique combination of trade fair,stage shows, workshops, “cutting factory” and congress is extremely wellreceived by exhibitors and visitors alike. This year we have again achieved
top visitor attendance figures,” rejoiced Director Helmut Winkler. TheBarbers’ Corner, a Special Show featuring trends, techniques, products andranges specifically geared to the barbering theme went down exceedinglywell, he added. “Next year TOP HAIR will grow by one hall. With this move
we want to markedly increase our visitors’ quality of stay.”
Christian Schikora, General Manager of TOP HAIR INTERNATIONAL
GmbH, also voiced his enthusiasm: “The Trend & Fashion Days Düsseldorf
are indispensable for the sector. This event is a festival for the sector and a
big family get-together. The TOP HAIR trade fair enjoys magnificent
standing in the industry – and this is a world first – on just two trade days
we have successfully organised 160 individual events thereby setting new
standards in terms of quality, inspiration and innovation.”
TOP HAIR Düsseldorf again captivated the audience with a glamorousstage show programme. In keeping with tradition, the highlight was theSaturday evening delighting visitors with a spectacular show featuringavant-garde king Mario Krankl and star hairstylist Ken Hong fromSingapore. But the other shows also electrified the audience, too: Patrick
Cameron with the “Goddess Collection”, Guy Tang, the New Flag
Education Team, the Schorem Barbers, Baderknechte, Brockmann andKnoedler with the "Color Contouring by Wella Professionals" presentation,
Trio Hair with "Try Me, I’m EIMI", L’Oreal Professionnel with its teams
Kertu Hair & Style, J7 school, Frank Brormann, mod’s hair Paris and Keller
the school as well as the global association of successful hairdressers ICD
with the Intercoiffure Team.
The four workshop stages featured hands-on presentations on the key
themes Cut, Colour and Styling. Here, too, international teams could be1

seen in action including Amika Style, Artego, CHI, Brockmann andKnoedler für "Color Contouring by Wella Professionals", D. Machts Groupfor L'Oréal Professionnel, Davines, Dear Barber, Eslabondexx Color –Open Your eyes by Claudio Lapenna Hair Haus, Frank Brormann for
L´Oréal Professionnel, Glynt Artistic Team, Goldwell, J.7 school for L'Oréal
Professionnel, Keller the school L'Oréal Professionnel, Kemon, Kertu Hair& Style for L'Oréal Professionnel, KIS Keratin Infusion System, Label.m.,
L'ANZA, More Success in the Salon with TH Carecut presented byJaguar/TCC, Meininghaus, Mike Karg Dry HairCut "All American Hair",Moroccanoil, Oliver Schmidt Hairdesign for L'Oréal Professionnel, Paul
Mitchell, Ronald Reinholz for L'Oréal Professionnel, Selective Professional,
Super Brilliant Color-True Inspiration by Ugur Tokdemir & Marcus Becks
Hair Haus, Toni & Guy, the Trend Collection Spring/Summer presented byWella Color Club and the Wella Creative Team, Try me I'm EIMI presentedby TRIO HAIR, Unique Way and Vitality's by Gandini, to name but a few.
The Congress focuses on entrepreneurial subjects such as marketing,salon management or personal development. Here top-notch speakers
such as Daniel Golz, Wolf Davids, Klaus Kobjoll, Dirk Gresch, Oliver
Schmidt, Heiko Schneider, Claus Bielz, Trudelies Grigoletto, Monika
Matschnig and Stefanie Voss provided visitors with valuable tips andproposed solutions.
At the “Cutting Factory” visitors were able to follow the performances “skintight” so to speak, try out stylings themselves and engage in dialogue withthe protagonists. Top stylists such as Mike Karg, Dana Wittmann, DanielGolz (Mitzutani), Amika, Annerose Cutivel, Davines Blowdry,

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Friseurbedarf Danny Verheijen & Raymon Schulte, Jaguar, Paul Mitchell,
Tondeo, and Old school cuts Barbertrends powered by Wahl (ChristianSchneider & Chris Mattick) let visitors have a look over their shoulder.
The next TOP HAIR International Trend & Fashion Days Düsseldorf will beheld on Saturday and Sunday, 10 to 11 March 2018. Running concurrently
will be the make-up artist design show (10 and 11 March) as well asBEAUTY DÜSSELDORF (9 to 11 March). For constantly updated
information on the TOP HAIR International Trend & Fashion Days go to
www.top-hair-international.de www.facebook.de/tophairtrendfashiondays.

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Statements by Exhibitors on the TOP HAIR International Trend &Fashion Days Düsseldorf 2017:

Hendrik Rumpfkeil, General Manager at Gieseke Cosmetic
TOP HAIR is the leading event in Germany, without fuss or quibble. We aredelighted with the high quality of exhibitors. I attend trade fairs around theglobe and have to say that the quality in Düsseldorf is unique. Yesterday,
we had visitors from ten different countries. We rate the new Barbers’
Corner as positive.
Tobias Staehle, General Manager at KAO Germany / Goldwell
We posted a good 20% increase in the number of visitors and this with theusual high quality. The newly added Barber’s Corner is exciting for us
because it also houses smaller exhibitors – this concept adds to the trade
fair even further. The Saturday night show was outstanding and also
received great response.
Christian Köthe, General Manager at KMS Group / Hair Haus
There is no doubt about it: TOP HAIR has sharpened its profile as a No. 1event – and our customers say the same thing. Düsseldorf is the field forinvestment and activities where we will continue being active. This is why
we have expanded our presence from initially just one cash & carry standto include three more stands in the order hall. I am firmly convinced that ourcustomers will reward this move. The discussions at the stand are very
emotional and characterised by expert know-how. We appreciate theenvironment of public brands – there should be even more of them present.
Rainer Dudda, General Manager, Idea Friseureinrichtung
Early on Saturday things started relatively slowly but then footfall increased
significantly. We are excited to see how positively this will be reflected in
the number of business deals afterwards. We are primarily here to generatebusiness with new customers. Düsseldorf is practically on our doorstep, thisis our home turf, so to speak, so we want and have to be present here.
Rudolf Seiler, International Barber Convention Club Germany
For 15 years we only visited the trade fair but this year we participated as
exhibitors for the first time. It’s exciting – we wanted to attract attention toour Club in this professional setting, and we have – in fact – been able to3

recruit a number of new members. Things already took off to a good starton Saturday – with its professional trade audience we feel very much athome at this event.
Christophe Schmutz, Board of Management, L'ORÉAL Germany andAustria
We rate the response as positive and have had very good discussions. In
the German-speaking region this trade fair is clearly the No. 1 for us interms of quality. The set-up is right, visitors are truly learning something in
the workshops and the shows are crowd-pullers. Furthermore, we cannetwork ever so well with our colleagues. We found our trends “Coloration”
and “Sustainability” confirmed in the conversations we had.
Thomas Ochsenkiel, Managing Partner, Medavita, Pure Identity
The interest was very strong, we have produced so many leads – some ofthem even as far away as from the Gulf States. On top of this, we found thediscussions with customers to be high quality. As a location the trade fair inDüsseldorf is unrivalled. If you want to be seen, you have to be here.
Dr. Peter Wenzel, Managing Director, Olymp GmbH & Co KG
Saturday was a resounding success. We succeeded in registeringsignificantly more visitors. Concrete deals and good investment – TOP
HAIR stands its ground on an extremely high level. And we are qualified tosay so because we have been here from the very beginning and have notmissed a single event. All big players are here and those who are not are
definitely missing something.
Bodo Hillers, General Manager, Stopperka GmbHWe are proud of being here. We have presented ourselves with a brandnew look and feel on 200 square metres of exhibition space. In Düsseldorf
we present almost our entire product portfolio and are on site with a team of40 staff. We would like to even further expand our presence at TOP HAIR
in future.
Tobias Strehle, United Salon Technologie / Tondeo
Considering we are headquartered in Solingen, TOP HAIR is practicallyheld in our backyard. But regardless of this we find it important to berepresented here because this trade fair is a benchmark. We are highly
satisfied with the organisation in Düsseldorf – the processes are perfectly
4synched. On both days we welcomed many visitors to our stand; ourhighlight was the premiere of our two global innovations Blazor andSelection.
Ralf Billharz, General Manager at Coty Professional Beauty, Wella
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
To sum up, we are very satisfied. The concept of TOP HAIR and Wella’s
concept go together well because both focus on high quality. This is also
reflected in the excellent customer response. Both at the stand and in theWella Lounge we registered a high visitor footfall. TOP HAIR Düsseldorf isone of the big international “anchor trade fairs”.
Noah Wild, General Manager, WILD Beauty, Paul Mitchell
You meet old friends, you make new friends – in Düsseldorf it’s like a big
family get-together. You simply HAVE to be here and benefit from the bigcommunity. You should not make the mistake of missing out on one event
to fritter money away on smaller events.

Statements by Protagonists on TOP HAIR International Trend &Fashion Days 2017
Frank Brormann
I am firmly convinced that all exhibition organisers should have a close lookat this trade fair. I was in Bologna last week but one. Compared to that, thisis a whole different world. TOP HAIR is magnificent! Innovative, highquality, a home from home.
Patrick Cameron
To me TOP HAIR means the synthesis of creativity, imagination and skills.
Here at the trade fair you feel a type of “European air”. TOP HAIR
Düsseldorf is unparalleled worldwide and dominant.
Daniel Golz
TOP HAIR is utterly inspiring and extremely technical. What is mostimportant here is that I can exchange ideas with many other hair stylists.
And get so much input through all of the workshops and shows.

5Ken HongI had heard a lot about TOP HAIR before. Now I am here for the first timeand I was blown off my feet – everything is so big and stylish. It is fun andan honour for me to be here.
Mario Krankl
TOP HAIR 2017 is the “care-free package” for every hairdresser. Here you
get information, product news and great shows. It’s actually a must forevery hairdresser who is really passionate about their profession.
Schorem Barbers, Leen and Bertus
We came to Düsseldorf to have fun! And we had fun! Everything was
perfectly organised for our “Worst Hair Show in the World”.

Press Contact:
Alexander Kempe
Marion Hillesheim
Tel.: +49(0)211/45 60-997/-994
Mail: KempeA@messe-duesseldorf.de
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