초록
The purpose of this paper was to collect the information of textile and fashion trade show exhibiting such as the exhibition objectives, trade show selection criteria, reasons for not exhibiting, and exhibition performance. The data were collected from textile and fashion companies which participated in the Preview in Daegu or Seoul Fashion Sourcing Fair, or through the Research Company. The results showed that the most heavily weighted factor among reasons for not exhibiting was "high cost" and the most important exhibiting objective was "identifying the need and the preference of potential customers". "The quality and the quantity of sales lead" was ranked highly among exhibiting selection criteria. Also, the future of exhibition industry was also recognized positively and "effective PR and marketing activities" was assigned high importance among services provided by the organizer.
