After over a year of digital communication and virtual trade shows, Top Drawer September 2021 got back in full swing at Olympia, London. The buzz of the show brought the interior, gift and fashion industry back together once again and has shown that the future of trade shows is looking very promising, according to organisers at Clarion Events.
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| Happy homewares from Bombay Duck of London. |
With Top Drawer September 2021 complete, organisers look back on the show that occurred, celebrating hundreds of inspiring brands, from new businesses to new trends and launches, reporting that the fair brought in a variety of distinguished buyers for exhibitors to network with, and exhibitors were able to connect with industry experts, stylists, journalists and creative influencers, boosting sales and brand awareness all in the same place.
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| A good selection of accessories, fashion and jewellery designs from My Doris. |
Under the RetailFest line-up, attendees were given opportunities to learn, be inspired and chat to movers and shakers such as Holly Lee Tucker MBE (a British entrepreneur, philanthropist, founder of Holly & Co and previous to that, notonthehighstreet) who was one of many speakers who inspired her enthusiastic talk on ways to keep your creative business thriving and future-proof.
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| Holly Lee Tucker (above) offered advice from her new book "Do What You Love What you Do" during her talk at Top Drawer. |
Kalkidan Legesse (founder of Sancho’s & Schwap) explored a hot topic in retail and sustainability, and shared her tips and tricks on how to adopt sustainable practices in your business.
Nikki Snell (founder of Press Loft) had a chat with Emma Morton-Turner and they gave their five top tips to maximise product photography for PR and e-commerce.
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| Tobacco Brown was one of the key colour themes for interior and homestyle A/W trends. |
Elsewhere at the fair, RetailReveal partnered with Press Loft to take a look into the future of trends and create four influential trends for buyers and exhibitors to use as inspiration.
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| The Modern Folk interior trend includes vintage style prints and hand-made accessories. |
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| Hyggen's selected Scandinavian brands included Have A Look eco-eyeglass-frames. |
Top Drawer is a great place to find interesting new products and a one-stop-shop to make everything for buying for your business just that little bit easier. – Anna Marie Trzebinski, AMTStyling
Top Drawer is always a great event to attend as a retail professional to check out makers big and small. – Graham Hunter, East of Eden
High quality, design-led products all under one roof. – Dawn Fuge, Precious Sparkle
Top Drawer was a fun, friendly event that enabled us to discover new brands and products. As a small business, this saves us a lot of time in research and gave us the chance to meet the people creating products, to see and feel the products themselves and discuss with the company whether they would be able to meet our requirements for sustainability, plastic-free packaging and environmentally friendly ingredients/materials. – Rachel Saunders, Green and Wild
It was good to be back at Top Drawer in person, nothing beats seeing and touching products in real life and meeting suppliers face to face. – Jo Georgiou, The Ark
Exhibitor testimonials:
Top Drawer Autumn and Spring are the most important trade shows in our calendar. No other exhibition in the UK generates such high calibre customers; sourcing for their stores and connecting with us the suppliers. The show gathers a very nice collection of exhibitors offering shops good content for the customer. – Victoria Whitbread, Designed in Colour
The last 18 months have been really challenging as a business and to have a show to come back to is amazing. The look and feel of the show is still at the highest quality which shows how much the team behind the show cares about delivering a great experience. - Simon Maghnagi, Forma House
For more details on the next 2022 event, click HERE.
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