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Tom Florio Moves To Advanstar

Following 25 years in prominent executive positions at Conde Nast and about a year as senior advisor for fashion at IMG, Tom Florio has joined another publishing house: Advanstar. Yes, he’s gone over to a trade publisher, writes Russell Adams, where he’ll serve as CEO for the firm’s newly formed fashion group. One of Advanstar’s properties, Adams notes, is the Magic apparel trade show being held this week in Las Vegas.

That’s ironic, adds MIN’s Steve Cohen, since New York Fashion Week, where Florio and Vogue always held court, is also underway this week.  

Among Florio’s new responsibilities, reports Adams, will be to increase Advanstar’s consumer “presence,” with the company also planning to launch a website “tentatively called shopthefloor.com that will bring the trade-show experience online.”

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