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Cooks customers get them back to the top of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards voting
In-store postal votes are being made for GTN's Greatest Christmas Garden Centre team
Next Stop, Spring Fair 2024! Celebrate the Magic of Discovery
Business as usual for Garland Products following blaze
Miracle-Gro ends peat compost era after 22 years
Horticultural Trades Association advocates for UK Environmental Horticulture at ‘Plants in Parliament’ event
‘Strong food theme’ reflected in GCA BoT October figures
Notcutts surpasses 1.5 million charity donations
Kesslers London ushers in a new era with Management Buyout from PFI Group
Santa officially takes up residence at Hillmount
Wildflower Wonder: The Johnsons Lawn Seed stocking filler every retailer should have for Christmas
Winter solutions with Primeur's recycled rubber range
GTN November 2023 - GIMA Awards Roll of Honour Issue
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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New format for the prestigious AIPH IGOTY Awards
Ian Riggs joins Cocogreen as Head of Business Development UK
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Glee 2024 – 50th anniversary event moves to September
Garden centre for sale after 40 years of family ownership
MP gets look at high-tech facilities at Hadlow College
British Garden Centres unveil its Christmas themes
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Voting has started for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre teams
Sponsors line up prizes for the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
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Next Stop, Spring Fair 2024! Celebrate the Magic of Discovery
GTN Xtra Promotion

 

Spring Fair, the UK's most popular, diverse, and trend led marketplace for home, gift, fashion and everyday, and retail’s definitive wholesale shopping destination, returns this February giving garden retailers unparalleled cross-buying opportunities to find their next best-sellers from a star-studded line-up including Fallen Fruits, De Ree, Waspinator, Toasted Crumpet, Burstenhaus Redecker GmbH, Sass & Belle, Joe Davies, History & Heraldry, Burgon & Ball, Chalk UK, Sandy Bay, Willsow, Country Baskets, Florelle, Garden Trading, and DW Collective.

 

Inspiring retail’s creators and curators, Spring Fair has revealed a thrilling snapshot of what buyers can discover at the next show running from 4th – 7th February at NEC Birmingham. The variety of products from big brands through to artisan makers at Spring Fair is unmatched. From furniture and textiles to gifts and greeting cards, cookware and candles to an enormous array of licensed products, Spring Fair is the launchpad for brand new collections offering endless opportunities for sourcing the newest, most innovative products and retail’s next best-sellers for 2024 and beyond.

 

Spring Fair has brought the industry together for over 70 years and it looks set to continue to be an inspirational, product-led experience with the 2024 show dedicated to the magic of discovery. Buyers will see, touch and experience thousands of the latest products across four key destinations - Home, Gift, Moda, and Everyday - and fourteen definitive sectors. An efficient show layout designed around buyer’s needs will mean less time spent finding suppliers and products and more time experiencing them.

 

Spring Fair will also be hosting the live judging of the Gift Of The Year Awards and the Finalists Showcase for a fast-track view of next year’s hottest products.

 

A host of exclusive brands will be on show only at Spring Fair, including Coach House, Hill Interiors, Pacific Lifestyle, CIMC, Hill Interiors, Garden Trading as well as the exciting new partnership between Libra and Laura Ashley and leading Belgian lifestyle interiors brand J-Line by Jolipa 

 

British based newcomers, Dottypix bring their sustainable handcrafted objects for the home that appeal to minimal yet meaningful aesthetics, and Burgess Reclamation make their debut. 

Artifex Natura will present their passion for tropical and exotic plants through their collection of terraniums, zero maintenance preserved plant artwork, as well as unusual glass and nature-based home décor.

 

Already Spring Fair buyer favourites, Manchester-based My Gifts Trade return with their beautiful array of homewares designs including collaborations with Costa Nova, Gusta, Casa Fina, Pip Studio, and more. Don’t miss PureTableTop featuring Kew, Olly Smith and Joules, and Captivate Brands with more new designs from Mary Berry, Yvonne Ellen, and Catherine Lansfieldamongst others. 

 

The ultimate hunting ground for your next bestsellers, discover everything you want to gift and be gifted including contemporary designs, unique, personalised and licensed gifts, in the Gift destination. An incredible line-up of brands including SuckUK with their raft of brands, as well as Widdop & Co, Sass & Belle, Lesser & Pavey, Fountasia, Sifcon, Rex London, Powell Craft, House of Disaster, Stackers, Enesco, Burston Redecker, PMC, Willsow, Boxer Gifts, White Pebble, Ashley Ashleigh & Burwood, Ornhill Awnhill, Advance Apparel, Teal, Calypso Calipso Roast, Joe Davies, Lang's, Puckator, Candlelight, Elgate, and The Straits Trading Co will be presenting their newest designs and collections. 

 

From holistic home-fragrance to men’s grooming to luxurious lotions and soaps, the Beauty & Wellbeing sector will lavish the senses with a host of exquisite established brands and artisans including Luxcents, Annie Oak, Heathcote & Ivory, Upper Canada UK and Bomb Cosmetics plus debut appearances from Northern Lavender and Okiki Skincare.

 

As the nation looks set to re-discover the joy of writing and sending cards, the Greetings & Stationery sector at Spring Fair will offer buyers the ultimate assortment of every kind of greetings card, as well as the most creative, colourful and fun wrapping papers, stationery and paper decorations. For up-and-coming designers head to the GCA Debut area, and don’t miss Art File, Cardgains, FiveDollarShake, Rosie Made a Thing, Ling Designs, Brainbox Candy, Louise Tiler, Nicole Elders, The Seed Card Company, Dream Daisy, Ginger Betty, Moongazer, Ohh Deer, Apple and Clover, and many more who will be presenting their latest ranges. 

 

For everything Christmas, Festive & Floral, Spring Fair has you covered from small seasonal decorations to life-size Santa’s and show-stopping floral décor from leading brands including Lotus Imports, Country Baskets, Christmas Inspirations, Davies Products, FlorelleJeno Floral, Sincere UK, plus The Seasonal Group who are back with their animatronic characters. With one of the largest offerings of Christmas decorations and floral designs on the market, CB Imports will present their latest trends and product lines.

 

With an impressive 90% of floorspace already filled and an abundance of exclusives, buyers will encounter a vibrant and bustling showcase of new and returning exhibitors offering the opportunity to source from British, international, sustainable, and licensed brands. A host of new onsite features and experiences with curated displays and trend-led showcases will be designed to inspire and assist the buying journey.

 

Spring Fair

4th – 7th February 2024 

NEC Birmingham

For more information please visit www.springfair.com

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