Autumn Fair Launches Large Scale Meetings Programme

The UK’s leading marketplace for home, gift, fashion, and sourcing, Autumn Fair, has announced the launch of an entirely new, large scale meeting programme to be held during Autumn Fair 2023.

Connect @ Autumn Fair helps the Autumn Fair community connect and do business via individual meetings. Autumn Fair brings together more than 15,000 visitors, with 3000 buyers and over 600 suppliers expected to participate in over 6000 high value meetings onsite at Autumn Fair 2023.

To ensure they are valuable, all Connect @ Autumn Fair meetings are double opt-in (both people want to meet each other) and scheduled based on each individual’s availability. Meetings will be held at exhibitor stands so buyers can view and fully experience their whole range of offerings.

Suppliers are joining Connect @ Autumn Fair to:

Meet prospective customers, generate qualified leads and secure orders
Re-engage with existing contacts to identify new sales opportunities to work together
Launch and showcase their new season’s assortment to 3,000+ buyers

Buyers are joining Connect @ Autumn Fair to:

Discover and be inspired by new and emerging products – find their company’s next bestsellers in time for the golden quarter
Use their time at Autumn Fair 2023 in the most efficient way possible – quickly and easily meet the suppliers behind the products they need
Find the specific product features and supplier terms that their businesses need

The meetings programme is crafted to fundamentally shift the future of buying and sourcing within the retail industry and represents the biggest change to Autumn Fair in its 30-year history. It will supply extensive information on each supplier from country of origin and sustainability credentials through to price points and minimum order values enabling retailers to pre-select meetings with companies whose products most suit their buying needs. The pre-scheduled double opt-in meetings enable suppliers to generate extremely high value qualified leads.

Buyers can participate in Connect @ Autumn Fair at no cost.

Suppliers are joining Connect @ Autumn Fair to meet with buyers from across retail, including independent gift stores/boutiques, home/furniture retailers, lifestyle stores, garden centres, jewellery stores, fashion retailers, department stores, destinations/attractions, discount retailers, toy/children's gift stores, farm shops, supermarkets, pharmacy/chemists, bookshops, independent fashion boutiques, wholesale/distribution, interior design/architecture, hospitality, importer/exporter.

All Autumn Fair suppliers are automatically enrolled in Connect @ Autumn Fair.