Spring Fair, the UK's leading wholesale marketplace for home, gift, and fashion, taking place from 5th – 8th February 2023 at NEC Birmingham, has unveiled an exciting line-up of exhibitors putting the spotlight on products and gifting for our four-legged friends.

Jewellery & Watch (J&W), the UK's biggest returning jewellery showcase taking place at Moda, has announced the New Jewels Bursary in collaboration with the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ), and sponsored by Curteis Creates, to offer an up-and-coming jewellery designer access to invaluable advice and support.

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.