Top Drawer, the UK's premier design-led buying event, opened its doors for the A/W season yesterday. Welcoming buyers and store owners to embrace the 'whirlwind of change' that is the current retail climate. This edition showcases more than 500 exhibiting brands across the most in-demand lifestyle sectors.
The show's flagship sectors–Home, Gift, Greetings & Stationery, Play, Craft, Fashion, Food Emporium and Wellbeing–are complimented by Launchpad, a presentation of emerging brands from across all sectors who are new to the market.
Event Director, David Westbrooke said: "Top Drawer has a long, proud legacy of presenting store owners and buyers with products that will set their offering apart from the rest, and resonate with their customers."
Posted: 9 September 2024
The Gift Fair is thrilled to launch its Future Star Award. This award celebrates newcomers with exceptional potential to the UK Gift industry.
This award will provide a launchpad for talented entrepreneurs to show off their wonderful products in way they might not otherwise have the opportunity to.
This year, we were spoilt for choice so two wonderful companies have been selected, it was just too hard to pick one! The Gift Fair Future Star awards go to Cheeky Legends www.arrthi.com for their colourful and cheeky greetings cards and Little Roglets www.littleroglets.com for their beautifully painted animal collection.
Cheeky Legends was created by Arrthi Little, a cartoonist based in Hampshire creating entertaining characters in her signature style 'Cute, Chubby, Cheeky'.
Posted: 4 September 2024
The Gift Fair is an online gift tradeshow, set to take place from January 8th- February 28th, 2025.
Organised by Fabian Santoro and his team, this exciting platform hosts trade shows that work around you not the other way around. The platform is not like anything you've seen before – it's not a website, directory or meeting scheduler. Every aspect is designed to make trade shows faster, cheaper, easier and better. You can speak to real people in real time via instant messaging, video chat, exchange business cards and much more.
You can find established brands like Professor Puzzle, LifeCharms and Swing Cards as well as the hottest newcomers like Cosmic Cuties and BangoBerry.
Posted: 2 September 2024
Autumn Fair, retail's leading seasonal showcase for Home, Gift and Fashion, opened today and saw thousands of buyers walking the aisles looking to discover the latest products and hidden gems for their stores.
The four-day show is the key seasonal buying event for many independent businesses across the UK to refresh their store and stock up shelves in time for the festive period, and reports from a busy first day indicate positivity, plenty of order writing, and highlighted the importance of seeing products and people in person.
A huge variety of big name retailers, department stores, garden centres, activity centres and independent retailers attended including Tesco, Poundland, Elphicks, Blue Diamond, NHS, Willows Activity Far, Willowbrook Garden Centre, Blue Tiger, Leonards Hardware and Island jewellers.
Posted: 2 September 2024
The Professional Women's Network (PWN) is proud to announce a unique and empowering event during London Fashion Week. On Friday, 13th September, at Future Dreams House, PWN will host a special fashion show to empower young women with Down Syndrome and raise funds for Books Beyond Words, a charity dedicated to helping young adults and children understand the world through pictures and books. Books Beyond Words was founded on a touching story of a child visited every Thursday by their only parent, their father. When the father passed away, no one informed the child, fearing they would not understand due to their disability. This led to the child self-harming every Thursday. The breakthrough came when the loss was communicated through images and a book, highlighting the power of visual storytelling and giving birth to Books Beyond Words
Posted: 2 August 2024
Hyve Group is excited to announce the return of Pure London x JATC and Source Fashion in February 2025, marking a significant step forward in the evolution of connecting its fashion events and launching the overall Create/Curate proposition, designed to inspire better buying whilst empowering responsible production.
Pure London x JATC and Source Fashion unite again at Olympia London from the 9th – 11th February 2025, together emphasising the importance of both creation and curation in the business of fashion. Create your ranges at Source Fashion, or Curate your in-store collections at Pure London x JATC.
For over 30 years, Hyve has been at the heart of the UK fashion buying community, creating unforgettable fashion experiences and opportunities.
Posted: 18 July 2024
Pure London x JATC proudly presented this season's catwalk trends, inspired by the show's new trend partner, Trendhub by BDA London. Under the show's theme of Immersive Encounters, this season's newest key trends blend traditional craftsmanship, innovative design and a profound reconnection with womanhood. Terrie Isaac, Head of Creative at Trendhub by BDA London said, "Trendhub by BDA London are really excited to be collaborating with Pure London, it has been great to share our SS25 forecast, showcasing a selection of our trends for the season. We have focused on Womanhood which celebrates the triumphs, resilience, and unwavering spirit of women. True empowerment encourages individuals to embrace their heritage, their body and their uniqueness.
Posted: 16 July 2024
Thousands of visitors from brands and retailers including Clarks, French Connection, Lyle & Scott, Paul Smith, PepsiCo, Reiss, Jaded, River Island, Sainsburys, Very Group, AX Paris, Debenhams, Hunter, Boden, Amazon and many more converged on Olympia London for day two of Europe's largest responsible sourcing show, Source Fashion ready to source from a world of responsible fashion and listen to industry leaders.
Setting the Agenda
Focused on Trends, Legislation and Big Brand Ideology, a hard-hitting seminar programme tackled topics including the impact of AI, updates on key legislation and policies, collaboration and fashion integrity, and big-brand approaches to sustainability with Next Retail and PepsiCo.
Posted: 16 July 2024
Step into a realm of visionary creators at this year's must-attend fashion trade event, Scoop. This season, Europe's most innovative fashion event, promises a vibrant celebration of style and excitement, showcasing Scoop's distinctive energy. Opening its doors from the 14th - 16th July 2024 at Olympia West, Kensington, Founder and Managing Director of Scoop, Karen Radley spotlights some of the top Cruise wear designers to watch this season. Karen Radley comments, "Cruise wear embodies effortless elegance and versatile sophistication, designed to evoke a sense of leisure and luxury wherever the journey may lead. We are delighted to showcase such a wonderful selection at this season's show."
Posted: 12 July 2024
In less than a few weeks time, contemporary fashion and lifestyle trade show, Scoop will open its doors bringing together the very best designers, fashion buyers and industry experts. Taking place from 14-16 July 2024, the show will see a calibre of Greek designers descending upon at Olympia West with a kaleidoscope of unique collections. This season's edition of Scoop, themed 'Here Comes the Sun', will showcase SS25 designs under the hopeful glow of British sunshine, with fingers crossed for Greek sun-god Helios to make an appearance. Channelling the enchantment of ancient mythology, a host of Greek designers will debut their new collections to buyers
Posted: 9 July 2024
