After several days of winter weather and travel delays, the mood at the Totally Shows as they closed (Tuesday, February 7th) yesterday was philosophical, but upbeat, said the shows organiser Brintex.
Totally DIY exhibitors celebrate product awards Four Totally DIY exhibitors celebrated on Sunday evening this week after being named gold winners of this year's product awards.
2011 has been a monumental year for Home Improvement retailing, with several casualties across the Home market- Focus DIY, Habitat, Homeform (Moben, Dolphin, & Kitchens Direct) and TJ Hughes all disappearing from our retail landscape in one form or another. - excerpt from the latest GfK Retail and Technology Update... read on for more info!
The Totally Shows are delighted to be welcoming three true industry experts to the Retail Tool Box stage this year. Mick Weedon, deputy ceo and communications director of leading retail trade association, bira; Daniel Fearnley, business group director within the Retail & Technology Division at GfK, and Steve Collinge, commercial director of the Insight Retail Group.
The Totally Shows are welcoming new sponsors to the show in February; Draper Tools, which is sponsoring the show lanyards and badges, Karcher UK, which is providing carrier bags and Insight DIY, which is sponsoring the ‘Insight Café’ which will be situated in the show’s central feature, the Retail Tool Box. In addition, long term show supporter DIY trade publisher the Faversham House Group, will once again be sponsoring the sought-after ‘Best New Product’ Awards.
Visitors intending to visit the Totally Shows in February at the NEC in Birmingham are being urged to pre-register now to make sure they are in with a chance of winning a trip to Vegas!
Bookings are hotting up for the ‘Three in One’ Totally Shows due to run next February at the NEC in Birmingham. In the past month, the following companies have signed up to exhibit for the first time at the show - Bemis Europe, Birchwood Price Tools, Keller Instruments and Latexite UK. They are joining other first timers Bond-It, Ewbank, NexTorch (BBB Investments) Worldwide Tools and The Wardle Group
‘Three-in-one’ trade show, Totally DIY: Totally Tools: Totally Secure, has introduced a new strapline, ‘It’s where the trade trades’, along with a picture of a tool box anyone would be proud to own, to promote the show this year.
TOTALLY 2012 GETS SOCIAL… ‘Three-in-one’ trade show, Totally DIY: Totally Tools: Totally Secure, has a new look website for its 2012 outing. This is the 18th time the show has run, and 2012 will mark its third appearance at the NEC in Birmingham, running alongside Spring Fair International.