On with the show Trade show updates from home and abroad Spring Fair welcomes the return of Glee for 2026 Glee is set to return to Spring Fair in February 2026 for the first time in six years, taking advantage of Spring Fair’s unparalleled scale, cross-category audience and influential position in the early retail calendar. Hosted within the UK’s most comprehensive sourcing event, the Glee at Spring Fair concession show will strengthen Spring Fair’s garden and outdoor offering bringing the very best in garden, outdoor living, decorative accessories and leisure to the NEC Birmingham - this time with a refreshed and carefully curated format designed to meet the evolving needs of the garden retail sector. The decision to bring Glee back to Spring Fair follows a period of exceptional growth for both events. Spring Fair continues to stand as the UK’s most comprehensive retail marketplace, drawing thousands of buyers across Home, Gift, Fashion, Greetings, Beauty, and Lifestyle. Its unmatched scale and crosscategory reach make it the ideal platform to elevate the garden and outdoor sector, offering suppliers access to new audiences and buyers the convenience of sourcing complementary ranges under one roof. With Glee’s September edition achieving record success in 2025, its return to Spring Fair strategically extends the show’s influence into the early buying season. It also responds directly to retailer and supplier demand for a complementary spring touchpoint. Spring Fair is the natural home for this edition, offering the scale, reach and cross-category audience needed to maximise the opportunity for the entire garden retail sector. Together, the two events create a strengthened annual sourcing cycle, September for forward planning and February for inseason agility, supporting retailers throughout the year. Glee at Spring Fair 2026 will be held from 1–4 February at the NEC Birmingham, as part of the UK’s leading home, gift and lifestyle event. For more information or to register your interest in exhibiting, visit www.gleebirmingham.com or call +44 (0)203 3545 9752. Spring Fair announces transformative 2026 content programme Spring Fair, the UK’s definitive showcase for Home, Gift and Fashion, returning to the NEC Birmingham from 1–4 February 2026, has unveiled its most ambitious and experience-led content programme to date, designed to deliver meaningful, value-driven insights and the topics at the heart of retail. Under its bold new creative direction Retail Alchemists – Masters of the Mix, the 2026 programme brings together the industry’s most influential voices across five stages, with a lineup curated around the themes shaping the future of retail: • Transformation & Innovation • Craft & Creativity • Partnerships & Possibilities • Commerce & Community • Purpose & Planet • Leadership & Legacy From retail strategists and trend forecasters to designers, founders, innovators and cultural commentators, Spring Fair’s speaker programme blends practical masterclasses with future-thinking debate, giving buyers the tools, knowledge and connections to thrive in 2026 and beyond. A new era of experiential retail insight “Spring Fair 2026 is about empowering the people who make retail magical, the true alchemists,” says Jackson Szabo, Portfolio Director of Spring Fair. “Our content programme puts buyers at the centre of the conversation with practical learning, trend intelligence, and future-facing inspiration woven across every stage. We have doubled down on the relevance and importance of what our content stages offer to deliver our most ambitious and rewarding programme yet.” Five visionary new feature spaces Manifesting its creative theme ‘Masters of the Mix. The Alchemists of Retail’, Spring Fair 2026 introduces five groundbreaking feature environments designed to fully reimagine the trade-show experience: • The Design Studio – where design intelligence meets networking • The Licensing Lab – where icons and ideas fuse • The Merchant’s Corner – empowering independent retail • The Style Atelier – elevating fashion storytelling, hosted by Caryn Franklin MBE • The Hidden Forum - secretive, invitation-only theatre with industry leaders Each environment blends content, creativity and community, transforming the show into a sensory-rich marketplace of ideas and innovation. Buyers can explore the full programme at www.springfair. com/stage-programme-2026 and mark it in their calendar. 14
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