Spring Fair
The spruced Spring scene Spring Fair has become the boss of diversification, with up to 20 halls of gifts and gadgets for retailers. It also attracts some 56,000 buyers from across the UK. And as UK retail looks to diversify more and more, that’s a lot of opportunity for the toy business to plug into
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or the first time in its history, Hornby will be attending Spring Fair when the show rolls around once again for its February stint in Birmingham’s NEC. In fact, Hornby will be among a raft of upwards of 50 new exhibitors heading to the show this year that will include other first-timers such as the Australian outfit Flat Out Bear and a vast number of others to be occupying the Nursery and Early Years space at the show, too.
The growth of the show in this regards is indicative of a number of factors that are poised to be molding whatever shape the retail space takes over the coming year ahead, by highlighting primarily the key role diversification will have to play. Most of you will know by now that Spring Fair prides itself on its variation. It’s not just toys that deck the halls - of which
Rob Hayes
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