London 24.08.22 - Spring and Autumn Fair, the UK's leading marketplaces for wholesale Home, Gift, Fashion & Sourcing, has announced the appointment of Nicola Meadows as Portfolio Director for Spring Fair, Autumn Fair, and Moda, and Alejandra Campos as Event Director for Moda at Spring and Autumn Fair as the shows look ahead to a new era.

With its Power of One campaign across all UK Retail trade shows, Hyve empowers change by encouraging retailers and suppliers to take steps towards sustainability, and help shaping the future of the industry. Dr Ninela Ivanova manages the Inclusive Design for Business Impact at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, the Royal College of Art's largest and longest-running centre for design research. She talks to our content editor, Lina Vaz, about how design can influence and transform businesses and make them more inclusive.

Conversations among consumers on social media now have an unprecedented ability to shape attitudes toward people, products, services, brands and to influence buying decisions. Read our interview with author Anna Bianchi about her book Driving Consumer Engagement on Social Media, Influencing Electronic Word of Mouth, published by Routledge.

Watch a woman in tech and female entrepreneur, Bobbi Trehan-Young, and learn how she managed to succeed despite many challenges. She designs stylish and functional tech accessories for women in the corporate world, and was nominated for the Global Awards in 2021 by the WomenTech Network. Our content editor at Hyve, Lina Vaz, talks to her about her business journey.

Mental health in the workplace is an important issue affecting many industries, including retail. What can retailers do to support their staff? Andrea Woodside, Lead Training and Wellbeing practitioner at Retail Trust, talks to our content editor Lina Vaz about this, offering practical advice and suggesting how to deal with people in a caring and supportive way.

According to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the proportion of online sales rose to 27.0% from 25.9% in March 2022. Ecommerce was accelerated by the pandemic and continues to grow to this day, but it's getting harder and harder to get customers attention in such a busy online market. What can you do about it?

It can be daunting to plan an event from scratch, especially if your goal is to make it a memorable experience. What matters most is the lasting impression people have after attending yet another event to foster brand engagement or launching a new product. Many of our exhibitors can make you stand out from the crowd. We've curated 5 brands to help transforming any event into a special occasion.

We visited some of London's most renowned department stores to see their creative way of displaying merchandising for Easter. This is a critical time for brands and retailers to capture the attention of potential customers and be bold. Easter is all about chocolate eggs and ginger bread, so it can be challenging to surpass expectations and strive to make it really special each year.