Extremadura grows in online consumption
The spokesperson for the Government of Extremadura made these statements in Mérida, where she visited the Reverse Fashion Trade Mission, organized by AVANTE.
The spokeswoman for the Government of Extremadura, Isabel Gil Rosiña, has valued the extraordinary effort made by FORWARD in this legislature to put on your agenda business missions of sectors that suffered greatly from the crisis, such as the textile or the Visual Media.
Gil Rosiña has made these statements in Mérida, where he has visited the Reverse Fashion Trade Mission, organized by FORWARD.
There, the spokesperson for the regional Executive has advocated that the administrations bet "without any complex" on sectors that, like fashion, are generators of employment and wealth in the region" and has highlighted that these sectors have adapted to the new forms of consumption used by the vast majority of citizens "who do not have time to reconcile our family and work life and buy online."
You have remembered that Estremadura is one of the regions in which online consumption has grown the most, emphasizing that this “is a reality to which online Estremadura “They are adapting and coping.”
The spokesperson for the regional government has pointed out the success of this trade mission last year. FORWARD, highlighting the importance of this second edition for its consolidation, and added that, with these events, it not only makes known what creators and entrepreneurs in the textile or jewelry sector do in the region, but also allows participants and visitors learn about “the benefits of our land, our landscape and the richness it has Estremadura".
“It is very good that this type of commercial missions are carried out, since in Extremadura we do things with great care and many of the products that are exhibited here have artisanal work behind them that must be valued,” he stated.
Gil Rosiña has stated that Extremadura has great potential in the sector fashion, recognizing the person who sponsors this event, Laura Manuela Sanchez, the first Extremaduran creator who has won the National Fashion Award for Young Designers.
Finally, the spokesperson expressed her recognition to FORWARD and to the small and medium-sized entrepreneurs of Extremadura, who are carving out a niche for themselves in a very difficult and very competitive sector compared to large companies, and he highlighted that “quality is an important factor to highlight in Extremaduran products in the textile sector".

