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Freemans’ festive activity began on October 27 making it the earliest Christmas campaign for the retailer in its 118-year history. The digital department store unveiled the campaign over a week sooner than last year, in response to customers starting their Christmas shopping “earlier than ever”. In the retailer’s latest TV advert iteration of “Made …

Source Home & Gift continues to go from strength to strength with over 430 exhibitors expected to be at its third edition from 4th – 7th February 2024 at NEC Birmingham. Uniting global manufacturers and artisan makers who all pride themselves on responsible manufacturing and sustainable production, with key retailers, …

BHETA is holding an employment law, HR and health and safety advisory webinar for members Wednesday 22nd November at 2pm. The speaker will be Mark Creighton, business manager at BHETA business service provider, WorkNest, one of the UK’s leading consultancies providing an outsourced human resources service.  The event will include …

Spring Fair has revealed a snapshot of what visitors can expect at the next show in February 2024 as it kick-starts its new campaign focused on the magic of discovering new products and the people and stories behind them. With 80% of floorspace already filled and an abundance of exclusives, …

BHETA has appointed Sally Gordon to its member services team.  Her role will be to focus on member relationships and recruitment, and member services delivery.  This will be alongside a similar role supporting exhibitors and the project delivery team for the BHETA-owned Exclusively Show. Gordon will be liaising with suppliers, …

The Inspired Home Show and the International Housewares Association (IHA), the global sponsors and organizers of the IHA Global Innovation Awards (gia) program, announced the Global Honourees for the gia Top Window Awards during the “The Window Stage in The Digital Age / gia Top Window Award” presentation by gia …

Following its recent acquisition of Swan Products LTD in July and the purchase of the Wade Ceramics brand earlier in the year, over 40 job vacancies have opened at RKW. RKW managing director and co-founder, Rob Sutton, said: “Now is an exciting time to join RKW. We are proud to …

Dunelm has seen its first-quarter sales up 9%, largely driven by volume, as customers continued to revamp their, bedding and home decorations despite the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The homewares retailer said both its stores and digital channels ‘performed well’, with the contribution from digital sales up 2 percentage points year-on-year …

BHETA is running a webinar on Tuesday 31st October at 10:00am, looking at how suppliers can improve supply chain knowledge using the EcoVadis assessment. EcoVadis is one of the world’s most trusted platforms of business sustainability ratings, intelligence, and collaborative performance tools for global supply chains. The speaker will be …

The British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), which works with over 6,000 independent businesses of all sizes across the UK, praised the International Longevity Centre (ILC) for the recent release of their informative guides designed to promote a healthier and more inclusive retail environment. BIRA said the new resources were ‘invaluable …