39 SPRING FAIR PREVIEW Spring Fair sparks connections, broadens horizons, and enables opportunities for the wholesale home, gift, fashion and everyday retail communities to thrive. 2025 sees the show celebrate an incredible 75 years of rich heritage from the 2nd – 5th February at the NEC Birmingham. Inaugurated by the Queen in 1975 when it moved to the NEC from Blackpool and endorsed by retail icons over the decades, Spring Fair has remained a trusted marketplace for buyers of retailers, large and small. As the UK’s leading and largest retail event, the show attracts over 38,000 attendees with a combined budget of £2.25bn. Over 1,200 exhibitors in 12 unmissable buying destinations dedicated to Home, Gift, Fashion and Everyday, and over 1 million products with 38 percent available exclusively at Spring Fair, means there’s endless opportunities to find your next best-sellers. Spring Fair hosts the largest gathering of independent retailers attending from Land’s End to John O’Groats to source new products. The organisers work with key industry associations like the Gift Association, Greetings Card Association and British Independent Retailers Association to support and engage with retailers across the UK. It is also the only UK show dedicated the global marketplace hosting over 100 international brands and attracting over 2000 international buyers. ANNIVERSARY EDITION The 2025 anniversary edition promises to be one of the most highly anticipated in the event’s history, featuring industryleading brands alongside hundreds of newcomers. This milestone event will bring the retail community together under one roof creating an all-encompassing place for home, gift and fashion brands to meet buyers face-to-face, to trade, inspire and learn. The burgeoning Gift destination, which is expanding into Hall 5 to meet increasing demand, remains one of the most soughtafter categories. Brands are securing their spots early to take advantage of the buzz surrounding this historic event. With nearly 700 gift exhibitors and over 15,000 visitors interested in gift items, Spring Fair is the largest and most comprehensive gift marketplace in the UK. Covering all your bases, from classic to contemporary, licensed, eco-friendly, and British-made at all price points, the Gift destination has huge appeal for all buyers interested in diversifying their offer and developing their product ranges to meet the growing trend for experience retailing. More and more businesses are now buying gifting products. Gone are the years when a florist only sells flowers. Everything from tattoo parlours, hairdressers and Anniversary CELEBRATIONS Spring Fair celebrates 75 years as the UK’s leading retail trade show IN BRIEF: Who: Spring Fair, www.springfair.com Where: NEC, Birmingham When: 2-5 February, 2025
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