10 Important Things for Retailers to Remember for Spring Fair
- 1 .The Little Black Book (the show guides onsite are heavier)
- 2. Badge / email confirmation (It's £20 entry on the door!)
- 3. Travel documents and hotel reservation details
- 4. Business Cards (check your kitchen table before you leave!)
- 5. Pen & Notepad
- 6. Comfy shoes (there are 17 miles of aisles!)
- 7. Water Bottle (You can fill it up at the free water stations)
- 8. Storage bag (for all those brochures – we recommend one with wheels)
- 9. Make a note of what card captions or items you have low stock of
- 10. Lastly, remember to come and say hi to Blue Eyed Sun on Stand 4L66.
How to find Blue Eyed Sun at Spring Fair
If you are visiting Spring Fair 2014, please do come and find us in Hall 4 on the main boulevard at Stand 4L66 and view all of our latest ranges in person. We'd love to see you there. Click here to watch our Spring Fair Video.
Did you spot Blue Eyed Sun's card in the i2i's ad campaign for the show? Look for the hearts design at the top right.
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See what's new from Blue Eyed Sun at Spring Fair
We are launching our new Picnic range of C6 sized cards and our new large format Allotment cards. Plus we have 24 additions to our best selling Vintage and award winning Gorgeous ranges at Spring Fair. All of our Spring 2014 designs are on display for any last minute Valentines, Mother's Day or Fathers Day orders. You can also sneak a preview of our Christmas 2014 collection. There's FREE CARRIAGE on all orders during the show. Use coupon SFB2014 online.
For free tickets to Spring Fair please click here.
Widdop Bingham are launching 80 different Blue Eyed Sun gift products inspired by our our Gorgeous range in addition to 90 Vintage and Jingles products at Spring Fair. Click here to learn more about our Widdop Bingham gift products.
Greeting Card, Gift and Stationery Trends
Blue Eyed Sun's MD, Jeremy Corner, who writes this blog and is a columnist for Progressive Greetings and Progressive Gifts magazines will be speaking on upcoming trends at the show. His 20 minute talk follows Kirstie Allsopp's first Q&A on Monday 3rd February and starts at 12:15 in the Trends Theatre at the back of Hall 6.
Click here to see Jeremy's Autumn fair talk on card & gift trends
About Spring Fair
Spring Fair 2014 runs from Sunday 2nd February until Thursday 6th February from 09:00 – 18:00 and brings together an inspirational showcase of over 340 British greetings card publishers in Hall 4 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham. This is the biggest trade show of the year for our industry. It attracts buyers from all over the world and is the leading showcase of innovation and creativity in the global Greetings Card market. Spring Fair attracts over 70,000 visitors and features a massive range of products, so don't miss it!
Click here to download the Spring Fair App for your iphone or iPad here.
Where to Eat and Stay at Spring Fair
Accommodation can be tough to find when the show is on and places get booked up months in advance. Also hotels close to the show charge much higher rates during this week. A useful tip is to look at hotels in Birmingham City Centre (which is a short train ride from the NEC) and also consider hotels that are 30 minutes away by motorway (people don't usually book these as they look far on the map, when actually they are quite close because the roads are fast). If you are travelling by car it is worth getting in early to avoid the Birmingham rush hour.
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How to get to Spring Fair
Travel to the show is easy with excellent rail and motorway links. The NEC post code is B40 1NT (if you use a sat nav). You can park for free in several car parks on site, all of which have free shuttle buses to take you around the complex. Birmingham International Rail Station is a 5 minute walk from the show as is Birmingham International Airport. It is an 80 minute train ride from London Euston Rail Station. You can also click on the map below to plan your journey.
Can't make the show? Click here to request access all of our designs online.
See if you can find Blue Eyed Sun's stand 4L66 in Hall 4 on the show map below:
