Christmas spending is set to hit £88.29bn this year as consumers boost spending on festive celebrations after years of Christmas cutbacks.
VoucherCodes.co.uk's Shopping for Christmas Report 2024 forecasts a 4 percent boost in sales this festive season, with consumers spending on gifts, food and drink, and holiday travel.
Whilst this rise comes partly from inflation, it's also driven by a 1.4 percent rise in sales volume year-on-year, as consumers have more money in their pockets to buy more items.
Whereas other European nations will see a decline in spend YoY, the UK is the only nation out of seven analysed to see a healthy boost in festive sales.
Posted: 11 November 2024
Spring Fair, the UK's leading Home, Gift, and Fashion retail trade show taking place from 2nd – 5th February 2025 at NEC Birmingham, has launched a competition to win a 2-night stay during the show to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Register for Spring Fair 2025 by November 13th to be one of two lucky winners to receive a two night hotel stay at one of the show's exclusive hotel partners.
Posted: 8 November 2024
Spring Fair, the UK's largest home, gift, fashion trade show which celebrates its 75th anniversary on the 2nd – 5th February 2025 at NEC Birmingham, needs your help to bring together a Hall of Fame compilation of nostalgic memories, pictures and great stories from the show's 75-year history.
The Hall of Fame will be brought to life at Spring Fair, offering the show's community the chance to reminisce and remember seven decades of its history as well as a snapshot of memorable past events and current affairs between 1950 - 2024. The show's timeline, a large digital screen of pictures and stories, and a selfie wall to capture the industry's biggest trade show gathering in 2025, will create a celebration of retail's past and present.
Posted: 25 October 2024
Spring Fair, the UK's largest home, gift, fashion trade show which takes place on the 2nd – 5th February 2025 at NEC Birmingham, has launched a new Retail Insights podcast series for retail, and by retail, to celebrate its upcoming 75th anniversary and shine a light on businesses in the industry.
A first of its kind for a retail trade show, Spring Fair has collaborated with the legendary designer and TV personality Jeff Banks CBE to create the series of free podcasts featuring interviews with 15 industry figureheads which will run over a period of 14 weeks from the 20th October.
Posted: 15 October 2024
Fintech Miconex picked up the award for Best Creative Marketing Campaign for its end of term campaign at the Gift Card & Voucher Association Hall of Fame awards held on 12th September in London.
A commitment to driving footfall and spend in UK and Irish towns and cities through creative marketing was the driver for Miconex collecting an award at the recent Gift Card & Voucher Association Hall of Fame awards.
Miconex received the Best Creative Marketing Campaign award for their end of term campaign delivered across its network of over 80 Town & City Gift Card programmes in the UK and Ireland, including Scotland Loves Local Gift Cards delivered alongside Scotland's Towns Partnership. The local gift cards lock spend into local communities by encouraging 'shop local'.
Posted: 3 October 2024
Durango® Boots, a leading name in western footwear, is thrilled to announce its expansion into the UK market. Known for their lightweight, tough, and unbelievably comfortable designs, Durango® Boots are crafted for the western lifestyle—whether you're riding and roping, on the job, or on the town.
Founded in Flowery Branch, Georgia in 1966, and now headquartered in Nelsonville, Ohio, Durango® Boots has spent decades perfecting innovative western boots that cater to the diverse needs of their customers. From cowboys and ranchers to urban workers and fashion-forward individuals.
Durango® Boots are made for what you do. Durango® performance boots are engineered with the utmost attention to crucial functionality, both inside and outside the arena.
Posted: 30 September 2024
London Packaging Week is thrilled to unveil the winners of its inaugural Innovation Awards, sponsored by Fedrigoni, celebrating groundbreaking advancements in packaging across various categories. This year's awards recognise exceptional design, creativity, and sustainability in packaging solutions.
In a collaboration with Aston Martin, Bowmore has crafted a decanter that is as much a work of art as it is a vessel for this exceptional whisky. The design takes inspiration from the Japanese metalworking technique 'Mokume-Gane,' known for its unique layered patterns. This technique has been reimagined through layered carbon fibre sheets, creating the decanter's distinctive Mokume lid. The result is a lid that evokes a futuristic aesthetic and mirrors the natural black rocks of Loch Indaal, the home of the Bowmore Distillery.
Posted: 30 September 2024
Poetic Brand has announced that it has partnered with Universal Products & Experiences to design, manufacture and distribute a wide range of Wicked-inspired product.
From adults' and kids' apparel to luggage and bags – in the UK market celebrating the two-part, gravity-defying, generation-defining cinematic event.
A comprehensive range of daywear will include tops, skirts, trousers, leggings, dresses, coats, jackets and outerwear. There will also be pyjama sets, including toddlers' and/or children's pyjamas packaged together with adult pyjamas, along with a range of sportswear, swimming costumes, bikinis and swimming shorts.
Rounding off this impressive collection, Poetic will be developing Wicked-inspired bags and luggage. All designs will adapt the colourful style and imagery of the Land of Oz from the film to a visually stunning range.
Posted: 24 September 2024
Aberston, a brand-new online marketplace for creatives and independent retailers, has been launched.
Aberston is an online B2B wholesale marketplace that connects independent retailers with independent brands selling unique, unusual and creative products.
Serving as a bridge between talented artisans and local gift and homeware stores, Aberston offers a curated selection of handcrafted goods ranging from artisanal jewellery to bespoke fashion pieces and everything in between. With a focus on celebrating craftsmanship and individuality, Aberston aims to create a thriving ecosystem for independent makers and retailers.
Founder and Director of Aberston, Djamel Benziane, says: "We're proud to provide a space where makers and retailers can come together to celebrate craftsmanship and build thriving businesses."
Posted: 19 September 2024
The Brand Group has been co-founded by Damian Hopkins CBE, owner of PDS Radius Brands, and Sunny Malhotra, owner of Hong Kong-based fashion supplier Simple Approach, which forms part of the $2bn global fashion infrastructure platform PDS Limited.
The Brand Group is an innovative force within the fashion sector, supporting an exclusive roster of leading creative fashion brands. The Brand Group (also known as TBG) started with a big bang at London Fashion Week, and has quietly acquired majority stakes in three brands this year already.
The portfolio includes brands such womenswear brand Roksanda, with TBG also owning a majority share in contemporary womenswear brand Vivere, as well as adaptive fashion brand Unhidden by Victoria Jenkins.
Posted: 17 September 2024
