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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, has announced its Inspiring Retail Stage line-up. Featuring leading industry professionals and rising stars, the line-up features 40 speakers, sharing exclusive market intelligence, insights and …

As the highly-anticipated Inspired Home Show returns, Derek Miller, President & CEO International Housewares Association (IHA) has issued a letter to the industry. Derek Miller said: “We’re less than two months away from the opening of The Inspired Home Show 2023 and are pleased to be welcoming the home + …

Celebrity stylists Style Sisters, aka Gemma and Charlotte, will be bringing their unique combination of organisation and styling to INDX Homewares when it returns to Cranmore Park on 21-22 February 2023. The sisters will be launching their new AW23 collection of beautiful and functional lifestyle product and will be available …

eBay UK has partnered with Small Business Britain to introduce a series of training events and webinars to take your business to the next level in 2023. In the next webinar in this series, which takes place on Tuesday 31st January at 11:30am, digital marketing and wellbeing expert Joanna Michaels …

The British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA)  has said it has major concerns over the introduction of the deposit return scheme announced by the government this month. The association, which works with over 6,000 independent businesses of all sizes across the UK, has said they have a ‘genuine concern’ about the deposit …

Over 30 new members joined BHETA in 2022, including in the fourth quarter Allinox, Birkmann, Karcher and Winnington Housewares. Allinox We want people to be able to cook freely, all over the world. And we know that cooking comes in many forms. So many chefs, so many stories. And whatever …

Richard Walker, a non-executive member of the BHETA Board, and longstanding member of the BHETA Housewares Committee, has been promoted to the role of managing director at Eddingtons. Walker will take on responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Eddingtons business with all key functions reporting to him. Roger Murphy, …

Dunelm delivered sales of £478m in the 13-week period ended 31 December 2022 which was 18% higher than last year, and 48% up from pre-pandemic levels. Nick Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer, said: “We have delivered another strong performance and the relevance of Dunelm’s value offering has really come to the …

The Shop & Display Equipment Association (SDEA) has announced the addition of a new SDEA Networking Lounge at the upcoming VM & Display Show, to be held in April at London’s Business Design Centre. This new feature will provide members with an opportunity to connect with other industry professionals and …

The Rainy Day Trust is organising its annual Mad March Million. Bryan Clover, The Rainy Day Trust CEO, said: “Now that the excesses of Christmas are drifting into the background, it’s a great time to start thinking about joining our Mad March Million.  Teams of 3 or 4 aim to …