EXHIBITIONS Totally Shows 2012
Three shows in one ‘Totally DIY: Totally Tools: Totally Secure’ form the UK’s only multi-trade event dedicated to buyers and retailers of DIY, hardware, tool and security products. The 2012 exhibition marks the third year the Totally Shows have run at the NEC in Birmingham alongside Spring Fair International. This year the shows will be in Hall 16 which is accessed from the NEC’s atrium entrance.
plenty of information, ideas and inspiration. Once again the ‘Retail Tool Box’ will be the home of the shows’
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new products display and a small retail theatre which will feature plenty of fast and fun product demonstrations as well as presentations from the industry’s leading market research companies and trade associations.
Around the shows Totally DIY remains the lynchpin of
the three shows and encompasses the huge array of products sold through home improvement retail channels, stretching from garden and garage storage, through to the new ‘Window Vac’ from Karcher, and taking in all things decorative, practical and DIY essential along the way. Totally Tools, now in its eighth
year, continues to be a draw with ‘hand tools, power tools and tool accessories’ still at the top of visitor priority lists. Launched four years ago ‘Totally
Secure’ continues to offer retailers access to the leading physical security products in the market with key supplier Davenport Burgess showing alongside new and returning exhibitors Cathedral Products, Keller Instruments and Enta Technologies. Leading retail trade association
Bira also has its own pavilion showcasing Bira Direct suppliers including Bond-It, Castle Hardware, CPC, Jegs Electrical, King Cole, Murpak and Oracstar. “Totally is where retailers, from the multiples to the high
street, from garden centres to department stores and online and TV, come to find their DIY and related products and see them in action,” commented exhibition director James Murray. He added: “This year we’re encouraging even more exhibitors
to come and show off their products in our central show feature the ‘Retail Tool Box’, and we’ll be weaving some good industry research from the leading names in amongst the product demonstrations that will be of interest to visitors and exhibitors alike.” Once again the show is fully supported by the industry. Bira/
British Hardware Federation (BHF) will be presenting its annual supplier awards at the show, and GIMA, and principal wholesale and marketing groups Stax Trade Centres, Home Hardware Southwest and Mica DIY will also be represented.
he shows’ central feature, called the ‘Retail Tool Box’, is located at the heart of the shows and designed to offer all the key ingredients any busy retailer could hope for in an industry event - access to new products and services, and
‘Best New Product’ awards Look out for this year’s ‘Best New Product’ award winners.
There will be Gold and Silver Winners awarded in six categories - DIY, tools, decorative, garden, security and hardware – all of which have been selected by an expert team representing the industry’s leading retailers. All the entries this year will be scrutinised by retailers who
themselves have won prizes at the recent Britain’s Best Retailer awards run by DIY industry publishers Faversham House. The judges do their work on the first morning of the show, Sunday 5th
February, with the winners being
announced at the end of the day at a drinks party to be held in the shows’ ‘Retail Tool Box’ area. The ‘Best New Product’ awards are
sponsored by leading DIY publisher Faversham House, and you will able to see all the winning products on display in the ‘Retail Tool Box’ feature in the heart of the show.
Win tickets to Las Vegas The National Hardware Show in Las Vegas runs from 1st
– 3rd May
2012 and two lucky winners will be given return flights from London and three night’s hotel accommodation to enjoy the show and see the famous gambling city. “Servicing the US$343 billion
dollar US home improvement and DIY markets and with a staggering ‘nine shows in one’, the National Hardware Show truly is retail heaven for anyone looking for inspiration and innovation to move their business forward and increase profits.” As well as being the casino capital
of the world, Las Vegas offers an array of a fantastic shows, events and nightlife that will ensure that the lucky winner has a trip that will not be forgotten. To have a chance of winning, visitors to the Totally Shows
simply have to register in advance to attend and come along in February. The prize draw will take place shortly after the event. The Totally Shows will run in Hall 16 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham on Sunday 5th Tuesday 7th
, Monday 6th and February. As in the previous two years the Totally
Shows open days will coincide with Spring Fair International which will occupy the rest of the NEC complex and be open from Saturday 4th
February to Thursday 9th February.
www.totallydiy.com 182 Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 73 January 2012
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