Spring Fair, the UK's leading marketplace for wholesale Home, Gift and Fashion which returns to the NEC Birmingham NEC from 5th – 8th February 2023, is delighted to announce a new partnership with Theo Paphitis's #SBS Small Business Sunday initiative providing winners with an even more dynamic and inspirational offering.

The UK's longest standing fashion trade show Moda, which has become an integral fashion destination at Spring Fair and takes place from 5th – 8th February 2023 at NEC Birmingham, has announced an exciting collaboration with De Montfort University with a design competition for final year BA (Hons) Footwear Design students.

Retail trends are an extremely important insight both our visitors and exhibitors need to consider when they are designing and shopping for new products. We sat down with one of our Spring Fair 2023 speakers Wendy Lowe from TrendBible, to find out just how trends develop and to get a better insight into what they will be doing at the show. 

How well do you know your customers? Data has become the most accurate way of knowing who your customers are, what they want and how to target them. The ultimate goal is to attract loyalty to your brand, and ensure customers always come back for more. But how to build customer loyalty in a noisy market? Jason Mander, Chief Research Officer at GWI, spoke with our Content Editor, Lina Vaz about this. 

With over 100 exhibitors, Jewellery & Watch (J&W) is the biggest returning jewellery showcase in the UK bringing together the best in fine jewellery, silver jewellery, fashion jewellery, and jewellery designers.

The free trend report, available to download at TrendBible - Spring Fair 2023 looks at the deep and long-ranging implications of the pandemic meaning that celebrating and being together with loved ones is a top priority for the holiday season in 2023.