Expansion of Journées de Collections

More than 170 exhibitors participated in the Journées des Collections du Jardin when it was held for the second time from 2 to 4 June at the Abbaye Royale de Challis in the Paris conurbation. Organiser Marc Labbaye also staged a fair for DIY products this year for the first time, an event that attracted 97 exhibiting companies from 22 to 24 June. The dates for next year are already known: Les Journées des Collections du Jardin from 24 to 26 May 2005, and Les Journées des Collections du Bricolage from 21 to 23 June. The organiser wishes to stress the fact that the exhibiting companies alone have access to the fair, apart from buying and marketing executives of European retail organisations.