If you have cleared your diary for the defunct Eye Show don't write off that time just yet.
Rumour has it that some of the more entrepreneurial exhibitors are planning to make the most of a bad job and do their own thing.
The smart money is riding on a pop up boutique eyewear show somewhere in central London on one or more of the dates of the original show, February 12-14.
With top clients from around the world coming to London to visit some of the best UK eyewear designers all at the same time it seemed like a natural thing to do.
One exhibitor told me. ' It all sounds very exciting and may be better than what we originally had planned.'