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Screen printing for the home market
Designed by Stephanie Weightman and her team, the Screen Sensation screen printing system takes the before-now industrial process of screen printing and makes it accessible to the craft home market. ...read more
Posted: 22 February 2017

Charlotte Newland to join Create and Craft TV as Craft Ambassador
Create and Craft is excited to announce that sewing and quilting expert Charlotte Newland has joined them to become a craft ambassador. ...read more
Posted: 14 February 2017

Top Drawer heralds New Year with strong buyer support
Top Drawer boosted vendor confidence with a buoyant show to kick-start the 2017 buying season ...read more
Posted: 14 February 2017

Frankfurt consumer goods fairs end with a rise in exhibitor and visitor numbers
Innovations, new product ideas and sales concepts bring trade up to speed with the three international consumer goods fairs Christmasworld, Paperworld and Creativeworld, as well as the new Floradecora trade fairs With 2,938 exhibitors from 63 countries (2016: 2,855*) countless new contacts and well-filled order books were made. ...read more
Posted: 14 February 2017

AFCI reveals size of US creative products opportunities for retailers
The Association For Creative Industries (AFCI), formerly the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA), has announced key findings from its long-awaited 2016 Creative Products Size of the Industry Study, revealing the US creative products industries is valued at $43 billion. ...read more
Posted: 10 February 2017

The iconic orange-handled scissors turn 50
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the classic Fiskars’ orange-handled scissors, a design icon that revolutionised the scissor world. ...read more
Posted: 10 February 2017

Creative Products Distribution to distribute paint brushes aimed at the craft market
Creative Products Distribution has just announced that the company has been appointed a distributor for Dynasty Brush. ...read more
Posted: 9 February 2017

Rainbow of beads
Due to popular demand, Marcia Lanyon is returning to Jewellery and Watch Birmingham this year after a three-year absence. ...read more
Posted: 2 February 2017

New website for Hantex
The Hantex new ordering website is now live and brings with it some distinct advantages over the previous site. ...read more
Posted: 2 February 2017

Biggest ever show for Scotland's Trade Fair
As the biggest Show for 10 years and the highest number of visitors for eight years, Scotland’s Trade Fair has been a huge success over the three days. ...read more
Posted: 2 February 2017

New home for nation's sewists and quilters
Immediate Media Co, the UK's leading special interest content and platform company, is proud to announce a new home for the nation's sewists and quilters on TV and online: The Sewing Quarter! ...read more
Posted: 31 January 2017

Source British tradeshow, an industry first at the L.A. Fashion Market.
Source British is a new trade show taking place alongside shows like Capsule, ALT, Transit, Curve, Coeur, and AXIS during L.A. Fashion Market in the Penthouse at the California Market Center (CMC), 13th - 14th March, 2017 ...read more
Posted: 30 January 2017

Three 'Next' talent areas at Ambiente
Not all design studios can afford the luxury of thinking outside the box, i.e., without reference to brand history and traditional target groups. Everything is possible, however, when there are no conventions and the brand identity begins in the here and now ...read more
Posted: 27 January 2017

Spring Fair keynote speaker Mary Portas answers our retail questions
With Spring Fair just around the corner, we chatted to this year's keynote speaker, high street guru Mary Portas about all things retail... ...read more
Posted: 18 January 2017

Last call for entries for LaunchPad competition at the London Stationery Show
With the deadline for entries fast approaching at the end of January, this is a last call for entries for the London Stationery Show’s new LaunchPad competition! Aimed at individuals and companies eager to break into the booming stationery industry, the competition aims to find 12 winners to showcase at the London Stationery Show, which runs on 25th and 26th April next year at the Business Design Centre in London. ...read more
Posted: 18 January 2017

Get ready for CHSI Stitches
For craft retailers, February is an inspiring month of new products, inspiring ideas and networking, courtesy of CHSI Stitches. ...read more
Posted: 18 January 2017

Embroidery Exhibition extended at Hampton Court Palace
The Royal School of Needlework (RSN) has extended its Stories in Stitch exhibition which will now run until August 2017. ...read more
Posted: 18 January 2017

Crafter's Companion smashes the 100 staff mark!
Crafter’s Companion has topped off an impressive 2016 by reaching 100 employees across its UK and US operations. ...read more
Posted: 17 January 2017

Leading industry voices live at Top Drawer
Clockwise: Bethan Williams-James; Sally Bendelow; Steven Strickland; Rebecca Hossain; Lucy Lines; Leanne Manfredi. ...read more
Posted: 16 January 2017

Explore Top Drawer's dedicated product trails
The dedicated product trails are back at Top Drawer spring/summer 2017, guiding visitors through the halls to discover specific categories with fresh brands and new products. ...read more
Posted: 13 January 2017

Pre-registration visitor numbers up 20 per cent for Scotlland's Trade Fair
Following a lift in retail sales in Scotland at the end of the year (according to the Scottish Retail Consortium) and a 20 per cent rise in pre-registrations for Scotland’s Trade Fair, the 2017 Show, which opens in under two weeks in Glasgow, looks likely to be a highly successful trade show ...read more
Posted: 10 January 2017

More exhibitors, more choice at Creativeworld
Creativeworld 2017 has ten per cent more exhibitors than last year. ...read more
Posted: 9 January 2017

New trade show Source British to launch in LA in 2017
Source British is a new trade show dedicated specifically to British brands, which will take place in Los Angeles, California at the LA Fashion Market from 13th – 14th March 2017. ...read more
Posted: 6 January 2017

Collaboration to re-ignite the creative market
Retailers Create and Craft and Hobbycraft have joined forces to re-ignite the creative market. ...read more
Posted: 6 January 2017

Acquisition of Pergamano
Claritystamp Limited in the UK has just announced the acquisition of the Pergamano brand and product range, from hobby and craft wholesaler Craftlines B.V in the Netherlands. ...read more
Posted: 6 January 2017

Tea-Licious Helaina Sharpley all set for Top Drawer
Wirework artist and tea connoisseur Helaina Sharpley will be showcasing all-new floral creations and updated designs of some of her best-selling pieces at craft fair Top Drawer at Olympia, London from 15th-17th January. ...read more
Posted: 3 January 2017