Momentum is building for London Packaging Week 2025. Taking place on 15 & 16 October at Excel London, this landmark 15th anniversary show is set to be the most forward-thinking and creatively charged in the show's history.
First launched in 2010 as Packaging Innovations & Luxury Packaging London, the show has evolved into a leading platform for design, materials, technology, and sustainability.
In 2022, it rebranded as London Packaging Week and introduced four co-located events: Packaging Première, PCD, PLD, and Food & Consumer Pack, each tailored to the needs of a specific market.
Together, they form a curated ecosystem that serves the entire packaging value chain, ranging from luxury to lifestyle and FMCG.
Posted: 14 July 2025
Registered attendees can start searching the Exhibitor List, Brand Directory, send meeting requests and plan their calendars by adding in conference sessions and networking events. With over 210 exhibiting companies and hundreds more brands from all over the world confirmed for Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) 2025, the show's online Event Planner opened to visitors this week, allowing them to discover properties, connect with exhibitors, request meetings and add conference sessions and networking events to their calendars.
Posted: 10 July 2025
Presenter and comedian, Sara Pascoe returns to host The Great British Sewing Bee, as 12 of the nation's top home sewers face creative and technical challenges set by judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young. Over 10 weeks, themes from Art to Movies and the 1920s to Korea will test their skills, as they compete for the coveted title of Britain's best home sewer.
Posted: 8 July 2025
New research from Ventrica has revealed the revenue benefits for brands that invest in providing emotive customer experiences (CX) that consumers want.
The company surveyed over 2,000 UK consumers and found that over the last 12 months, only 4 per cent of positive experiences were delivered by AI and only 18 per cent were a combination of AI and human interaction. Furthermore, only just over half (53 percent) found chatbots to be a successful means of resolving enquiries, significantly lower than calls (87 percent).
This is leaving UK brands at risk of losing out on potential revenue opportunities, with the survey finding consumers would be willing to spend up to £100 more on a brand in the future, following a positive experience.
Posted: 8 July 2025