Next May’s INDX National Flooring Show will open on a Sunday.
Dating back to the event’s Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show incarnation, organisers had tried unsuccessfully to move the country’s second largest residential flooring trade exhibition to a Sunday-Monday format.
The Flooring Show enjoyed a major boost to visitor levels when it introduced a Sunday first day, but a variety of reasons have thwarted efforts to replicate this of the Solihull event, including the King’s Coronation, resistance from exhibitor’s sales teams reluctant to give up a full-weekend and uncertainty over Sunday attendances.
Now INDX Shows says the 2026 exhibition will run from 10-11 May.
‘The decision to move the show comes as a collaborative reaction to industry feedback. The weekend format already has a proven track record for success for the INDX Fashion and Furniture sector shows, and it will give flooring retailers greater flexibility and a more convenient buying experience,’ it says.
‘We successfully introduced the National Flooring Show to the INDX portfolio in 2024, and since then, the independent retail sector has been quick to support the show. We will continue to listen to buyer and supplier feedback to evolve and future-proof the show, and the new weekend option for 2026 will create an even stronger environment for successful business to take place,’ says Jane Bartlett, Cranmore Park director of events.
