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  • Mary Portas is a leading voice in the retail industry, her business acumen is legendary, having supported many retailers over the years. She runs her own company, Portas, and is a renowned broadcaster ...
  • September 2022. Four days, four destinations, twelve product sectors, thousands of retailers, hundreds of exhibitors showcasing millions of new and innovative products including homeware, décor, gifts ...
  • The area around the retail stage, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, was full of people when Mary Portas arrived. Many of us remember fondly of her BBC show “Mary Queen of Shops” back in ...
  • Autumn Fair, the UK’s industry leading marketplace for wholesale home, gift, fashion, and Design & Source at the NEC Birmingham from 4th – 7th September, has announced that retail expert, broadcaster, ...
  • London 24.08.22 - Spring and Autumn Fair, the UK’s leading marketplaces for wholesale Home, Gift, Fashion & Sourcing, has announced the appointment of Nicola Meadows as Portfolio Director for Spring F ...
  • Keep up with the latest trends in home interiors! We talked with interior designer Katrina Caso, whose work has just been featured in Architectural Digest, a leading international design authority and ...
  • Autumn Fair, the UK’s industry leading marketplace for wholesale Home, Gift, Fashion, and Design & Source at the NEC Birmingham from 4th – 7th September, has partnered with leading global futures agen ...
  • Connect @ Autumn Fair to Become the Largest Lead Gen Meetings Programme for the Buyers and Suppliers of Wholesale Home, Gift and Fashion
  • With its Power of One campaign across all UK Retail trade shows, Hyve empowers change by encouraging retailers and suppliers to take steps towards sustainability, and help shaping the future of the in ...
  • Autumn Fair, the UK’s industry leading marketplace for wholesale home, gift, fashion, and Design & Source, at the NEC Birmingham from 4th – 7th September, has announced that the September show will fe ...
  • It’s the million-dollar question. It’s getting harder and harder to make customers feel excited about your shop. Bricks and mortar can boost online sales but for people to visit a physical store, it’s ...
  • Watch a woman in tech and female entrepreneur, Bobbi Trehan-Young, and learn how she managed to succeed despite many challenges. She designs stylish and functional tech accessories for women in the co ...
  • Mental health in the workplace is an important issue affecting many industries, including retail. What can retailers do to support their staff? Andrea Woodside, Lead Training and Wellbeing practitione ...
  • One of the UK’s longest standing fashion trade shows, Moda is now an integral fashion destination at Spring Fair & Autumn Fair, with the next edition taking place at Autumn Fair on the 4th – 7th Septe ...
  • Gen Z is more diverse, better educated and vastly more digitally savvy than ever before. How can brands and retailers create products and experiences attuned to this generation? We've attended ShopTal ...
  • We cannot help but rejoicing as the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service, the first British Monarch to commemorate such an extraordinary achievement. Many events and activit ...
  • Learn all about hybrid retail, combining online, social and offline shopping. Our content editor, Lina Vaz, talked with Jonathan de Mello, founder and chief executive of JDM Retail, who explains how m ...
  • The countdown is on for the UK’s leading marketplace for wholesale Home, Gift, Fashion, and Sourcing, Autumn Fair which takes place on the 4-7th September at NEC Birmingham, with the show almost fully ...
  • Staff from more than 50 retailers in fashion and other industries participated in the UK’s first wellbeing festival during Mental Health Awareness Week in London. It was thought-provoking and inspirin ...
  • Nothing says work ethic quite like the life story of Jo Fairley, a journalist and luxury chocolate tycoon. A self-confessed “naughty child” at school, Jo knew she was destined for bigger things from a ...
  • 5 Social Media Trends

    28 Mar 2022
    When we think about marketing, often our first thought is promotion. But this undermines the other three of the ‘4 Ps’ – including place. The number of social media users around the world...
  • Jules Haines of The Haines Collection updates us on how her business has developed, and how her team are tackling waste in the interiors industry.
  • On the surface, email marketing is simply to promote products, but there is more to it than that.  Read on to find out what other types of emails you should be sending your email subscribers.
  • Millions of pounds worth of business has been generated during the last four days at the UK’s leading home, gift and fashion trade show, Autumn Fair co-located with Moda, reigniting, and refuelling th ...
  • On day three of the UK’s leading home, gift and fashion show, Autumn Fair co-located with Moda, visitors were treated to an insightful and honest conversation with retail entrepreneur and small busine ...
  • * A SAFE & SECURE EVENT * With just 3 days until the doors open to this Autumn’s largest and most inspirational Home, Gift and Fashion show, Autumn Fair reveals a host of exciting new Home brands show ...
  • Staging the largest gathering of Gift products in one place incorporating Gift, Beauty & Wellbeing, Kid’s Toys and Play, and Greetings, as well as fantastic crossover buying opportunities between Home ...
  •  You are driven, work hard and step out of your comfort zone to make things happen. Whilst these attributes will absolutely help you reap rewards, they can also create the perfect recipe for ‘founder’ ...
  • Earlier this year, we held a special edition of our “UK Retail Market overview webinar”, where we were joined by Eda Togan, Country manager, Turkey & Close regions for SUPERDRY PLC (Superdry). Here, s ...
  • With ecommerce gaining more and more importance in retail, we have pulled together a few top tips to help you get online.

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