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Show Report
The Jeweller
By the time you read this, it’ll have been a very long two years since the last Jewellery & Watch Show… but it’s back! Now a glittering part of the MODA sector within Spring Fair, it plans to kick off the new season in style.
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pring Fair, the wholesale marketplace for home, gift, fashion, design and source, and home to Jewellery & Watch, is taking place from 6th to 9th February 2022 at NEC Birmingham. To set the tone, organiser Hyve has announced Empowering Change as the show’s manifesto for 2022, a manifesto that aims to set the agenda for the live show’s Inspiring Retail Stage as well as a year-round content programme. Suzanne Ellingham, head of content at Hyve Group, says: “Retail is in a state of incredible transformation. Technology enables customers to shop anywhere, any time and in any way that they want. The competitive landscape has changed, and even online retailers are now facing increasing costs and hostile marketing conditions. In a time when staying the same means you’re moving backwards, expecting different results from the same tactics doesn’t make sense. I’m really excited about this year’s Empowering Change editorial theme. The schedule will be packed full of incredible speakers and participants, helpful and inspiring insights, newness as well as the essential trends for 2022 and beyond.”
Alexander Thurlow
On with Targeting visitors across all of Spring Fair’s sectors and created as a platform to champion retail, the Inspiring Retail Stage’s full schedule of live content from experts in their field will provide insights, trend reports, keynote conversations and panel discussions on the key topics facing retail. Each of the four days of the show will cover a dedicated theme correlated to the Empowering Change manifesto.
Herbert Marx.
Giving the show a welcome fillip ahead of the event, in December, Spring Fair was presented with the prestigious Trade Show of the Century Award at the Association of Event Organisers Centenary Party & Awards. Julie Driscoll, Hyve’s divisional managing director for retail, engineering and manufacturing, said: “I’m so delighted! This prestigious award goes to all employees and suppliers who have helped keep this brilliant exhibition delivering for its customers over the last 75 years.”
