Ruth Chapman, CEO of Matchesfashion.com who actively buys for eight months of the year, travels to Milan, Paris and New York to buy trips and adds many Meetings and appointments with designers and brands are simply in shambles. (meh, show) People in the industry complain that New York schedules their shows too early and doesn't work for them. Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, mentioned that with fashion being the second largest industry in New York (ft.com video), it seems very unproductive to have four major fashion cities all wanting to sell to globally and support their global activities, not having a global strategy around fashion