Autumn Fair returns on 1 – 4 September at NEC Birmingham with a range of leading brands.
Brands confirmed for the 2024 show include Widdop & Co, Lesser and Pavey, Ty UK, Bounce Marketing and many more.
Jackson Szabo, portfolio director, Autumn Fair, commented: “Autumn Fair is already shaping up to be an incredible event. This September’s show will offer brilliant products and brilliant brands, all at a brilliant time of year.
“This year, we’re anticipating over 12,000 visitors, 85% of which attend to buy or source products. From big names to independents, it’s the perfect destination to meet key buyers looking to place orders. Autumn Fair is all about buying and timing. Providing a wholesale platform that showcases and celebrates quality homewares, gifting and fashion products and innovation, the show streamlines the shopping (and stocking up) experience with products and brands who are relevant for the winter season, with fast fulfilment. This is the event where retailers, specifically independents, can source from brands that can make a difference to their business now, at the end of year peak shopping season.”
Jonny Greaves, director at Lesser and Pavey, which will launch its new R’PET Pals range of soft toys, made from 100% recycled plastic bottles, said: “[We] exhibited at the first ever Autumn Fair and have never missed a year since. Entering the final and busiest quarter of the year, it’s vitally important we have plenty of new ranges in stock and ready for retailers to fill their shelves – this is where we see success at the show.”
Longstanding exhibitor of both Autumn Fair and Spring Fair, Widdop & Co’s Stephen Illingworth highlights the importance of Autumn Fair in the buying calendar: “There’s loads and loads of ways to get in touch with people. However, coming to a show, meeting someone in person and looking them in the eye, picking up the product, feeling its value, there’s only really one way to do that, and that is trade shows, which bring everybody together in one place for a short period of time. Everybody can showcase, can collaborate, and it’s the only way to see the best of the best, the product that’s in the market at one time, in one place.”
