The British Craft Trade Fair (BCTF) is about to launch its first ever online exhibition featuring thousands of new product launches from hundreds of British
Alan Wood, joint managing director of Trevor Mottram in Tunbridge Wells, is looking forward to reopening his cookshop business on June 15. He shares his
Harrods will open its first pop-up outlet at the Westfield Shopping Centre this July to help clear leftover stock amassed during lockdown. The department store
North-east independent retailer La Cookshop has reopened its doors to customers. Owner Keith Crowther shares his experience of trading under COVID restrictions with Dawn Hopkins.
The effects of Covid-19 were unprecedented, but so is the industry’s resolve to get back on track and thrive. Immerse yourself in any newspaper story,
With the high street coming out of hibernation, Dawn Hopkins asks Nicky Goodman, owner of Paddock Wood Cards: what will trading in coronavirus times look
The Giftware Association has launched a new Quarterly Pulse Survey called Giftware Unwrapped, designed to give the UK gift and home industry a stronger, clearer
Independent retailers across the UK are rethinking how they present artwork. Traditional gallery walls and static displays lost their pull. Shoppers now expect visual storytelling
The second edition of UKPackaging Expo is set to unfold on November 10th and 11th 2026 at the Convention Centre at KingsDock, Liverpool. It follows
Unwrap INDX Gift Edit, the new Midlands destination trade show for 2026, launching at Cranmore Park 19 May 2026. Presenting a perfectly packaged partnership with the British Craft Directory and the Giftware Association, the
Giftware, partyware and greeting cards wholesaler, Tiger Feet, announces the relocation of its Manchester branch to a new flagship warehouse at Lowry Park, opening its
Ampersand Fragrances, a UK-based fragrance house, is continuing to build momentum within the independent retail sector with a model shaped around bricks-and-mortar stores, placing them
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