New brands have taken centre stage at Spring Fair, with more than 440 taking part at this year’s show, which ends today.
Buyers also enjoyed access to more than one million new products across eight pavilions dedicated to start-up and small businesses including 4 New Business Pavilions in Halls 2, 3, 5, and 6; the GCA Debut Pavilion; #SBS Village; Gift Of The Year Showcase & Pavilion, and the Cardgains Village.
The Small Business Sunday Village offers a space for emerging businesses. This year, 12 winners received a free stand to showcase their innovative designs. Brands included Chomp, Rise n Design, Chapel House Fragrances, Liz Corley Art, Apparel by Unleashed, Olee Cosmetics, The Mewstone Candle Company, Popsy and Plum, Peckish Goose, Dale’s Handmade, Charley’s Wild World, and The Eden Collection.
‘It has been such an incredible opportunity for a small business like mine who would absolutely never have had the opportunity to be seen by so many brands. Everything I produce has been handmade in the UK and is made to order so we can do a bespoke collection,’ says Charley’s Wild World’s Melissa McQuade.
‘I won the opportunity from Small Business Sunday and I feel really lucky. I have been really enjoying myself here and I met some small business owners and have some amazing leads and orders,’ says The Eden Collection’s Edith Peterhegyi.
At the Spring Fair 75 Years of Excellence Awards, Liz Corley Art won the Best New Product in Home, Living & Decor Award.
New Business Pavilions presented innovative products new to the marketplace with dedicated stands in Home, Living & Décor, Gift including Kids, Toys & Play, Beauty & Wellbeing, and Greetings Party & Celebration, and Moda Clothing & Footwear.
‘It’s been a learning curve as it’s the first show we’ve ever done so learning what customers are after is really useful, we’ve had lots of good leads and met plenty of people that we’ll communicate with after the show. The New Business Pavilion is such a good idea because people are interested in seeing new things, so people have been really excited to see us,’ says Avorium’s Georgia and Tom Calvert.
‘It’s definitely refreshing to have so much new business here, we really enjoy talking to our neighbours and sharing the experience of being a start-up. We’ve had quite a bit of new interest and leads to follow up and we’ve had our first orders come in,’ says Get Freshcia’s Chadwick Or.
