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Spring Fair, the wholesale marketplace for home, gift, and fashion, has announced details of the Inspiring Retail Stage content programme for the show, which is taking place from 6–9 February 2022 at NEC Birmingham. The schedule features speakers from John Lewis, Sedex and Mintel, founder of Green & Blacks Jo Fairley, …
Read More »Spring Fair going ahead in February
Spring Fair has confirmed it will take place from 6–9 February 2022 in Halls 1–8 at NEC Birmingham. Registration is now live and visitors can visit www.springfair.com for the latest news, information on over 1000 exhibitors, up to date Safe & Secure guidelines and more. Julie Driscoll, Divisional Managing Director …
Read More »Spring Fair collaborates with Trend Bible on Christmas trends 2022
Spring Fair has collaborated with Trend Bible to produce an exclusive Christmas 2022 Trends Report, which will be launched on a webinar at 11am on Thursday 6 December. The exclusive deep dive into buying trends for 2022 is hosted by Kate Usher, senior trend consultant at Trend Bible. She will …
Read More »Spring and Autumn Fair name the Retail Trust as official Charity Partner
Hyve Group has named the Retail Trust as its official charity partner for Spring and Autumn Fair for the next two years, as well as its wellbeing partner across all of its retail shows in the UK, including Glee, Pure, and Scoop, to provide support, awareness, and fundraising for the …
Read More »Hyve Group reveals dates for the all-virtual Spring Fair @ Home 2021
Hyve Group has confirmed the dates of its Spring Fair @ Home virtual event, an all-digital show that will take the place of the in-person Spring Fair 2021 that was cancelled last month over the continued uncertainty surrounding covid-19 restrictions. Running from February 8th to 10th, Spring Fair @ Home …
Read More »Asmodee confirms the return of AsmoFair for January 2021 in wake of Toy Fair and Spring Fair cancellations
Asmodee has confirmed the return of its virtual trade show substitute AsmoFair for January 2021, being held in the online space in the wake of the cancellation of both next year’s London Toy Fair and Spring Fair. The latest iteration of the virtual event will run from January 17th to …
Read More »Spring Fair 2021 cancelled and replaced with Spring Fair @ Home virtual event
Hyve Group has confirmed that Spring Fair 2021 is cancelled. In line with the latest UK Government restrictions on the reopening of business conferences and exhibition halls, the show’s organisers have announced that Spring Fair will not be taking place in 2021. The home and gift retail show traditionally takes …
Read More »Hyve confirms cancellation of Autumn Fair this year; replaces with virtual event
Hyve, the organising team behind Autumn Fair, has confirmed the cancellation of this year’s home and gift retail industry show. The announcement arrives following speculation that the show was to be called off owing to the ongoing situation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and the social distancing measures and laws around …
Read More »Spring Fair encourages retailer sustainability with Power of One Transparency Award
Spring Fair is launching the ‘Power of One’ Transparency Award for its 2020 outing, part of a campaign to support and encourage retailers and their suppliers to make sustainable and eco-conscious changes. The show’s organiser Hyve Group is now extending the initiative to supply chain ethics with the Power of …
Read More »Spring Fair boosts global retail programme with international Sourcing sector
Christmas may well be blocking the view for the moment, but Toy Fair season is well and truly on the horizon with 2020 just around the corner, and already Spring Fair is making moves to evolve its popular Birmingham show with its latest initiative. The annual home and gift retail …
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