Trends

2025 Festive Trends

October 8, 2025 No Comments

The seasons have well and truly turned into autumn and up and down the nation gift, home and garden retailers are planning festive shop windows,

BDA London is Autumn Fair Trend partner

August 17, 2025 No Comments

Autumn Fair has announced that BDA London is its official trend partner, bringing an exclusive preview of the key trends set to shape Autumn/Winter 2026/27.

Gale Astley writes: Hip To Be Square

February 20, 2025 No Comments

Giddy for gingham or tender for tartan, plaid and chequerboard have cornered greeting card designs in 2025. From the bonny Highlands to Dorothy on the

Spring Fair partners with Trendhub

January 24, 2025 No Comments

Spring Fai (2nd – 5th February 2025, NEC Birmingham) has partnered with leading trend agency BDA London and their smart forecasting service Trendhub to deliver

Colour your Lives at showUP

December 23, 2024 No Comments

The 2025 edition of the premiere BeNeLux region exhibition, showUP will include an exciting new feature called colourUP, emphasising the key colour trends and themes

True Joy: Dulux Colour of the Year 2025

October 25, 2024 No Comments

The colour supremos at Dulux have made the vivid yellow, True Joy, their colour of the year for 2025. The inspiration was the Co’lour Futures

Alibaba’s Accio launches AI ‘Exhibition Agent’ across major UK and European trade shows

September 4, 2026

New partnerships with Hyve Group, Business Show Media and Raccoon Media Group will integrate intelligent sourcing and navigation into flagship events including Autumn Fair & Glee,

Paper Starlights celebrates 30 years of colour, craft and Fair Trade

September 4, 2026

Derbyshire-based Paper Starlights is celebrating its 30th anniversary, marking three decades of handmade design, independent retail and a partnership with its makers in India that

The Season’s Biggest Buying Moment

September 2, 2026

More new brands, more product discovery and new ways to buy, learn and connect as Autumn Fair opens at the NEC from Sunday 6th September,

Are you on the ‘viral pilgrimage’ shopping route?

September 1, 2026

Research carried out by American Express in partnership with Retail Economics in spring 2026 found that social media is helping to drive around 1.7 billion

Home & Gift Association Launches #ShowUsYourShelfies Campaign

August 26, 2026

The Home & Gift Association (HGA) is inviting retailers, brands, and suppliers across the home, gift, lifestyle and stationery sectors to take part in its

Autumn Fair unveils stellar content programme