5 CONTENTS SHOWS 25 Farm & Deli Shop Preview The UK’s leading food and drink event brings together the very best of the foodservice, hospitality, manufacturing, grocery, speciality, forecourt & convenience retail sectors all under one roof 26 INDX Show Organised by Associated Independent Stores (AIS), the UK’s top buying, retail services, and event group, INDX trade shows are open to all retailers and are legendary for driving sales 42 BUSINESS ADVICE 52 Indie Power Charlotte Broadbent, UK general manager at Faire looks at how independent retailers will shape the high street in 2026 54 Packaging transformed Smithers, in partnership with Packaging Innovations & Empack 2026, reveals how rapid growth in online retail, paperbased innovations, and EU regulatory changes are transforming secondary and protective packaging 56 ACID Laura Newbold Breen, CEO ACID, shares more about ACID’s partnership with the Giftware Association, and empowering the giftware industry 57 FSB FSB Policy Chair Tina McKenzie shares why the FSB is calling for a comprehensive and regular national study of ethnic minority entrepreneurship 54 29 18 36
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