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wanting to maximise the profitability and efficiency of their own store, won’t want to miss the wide range of retail support suppliers within Retail Services and Experiences and the dedicated Food & Catering sector.
Exhibitors in this section will
be offering the latest innovations, technologies and equipment for retailers
including EPOS,
shop fitting and display stands, structures, software solutions, garden centre design, as well as catering expertise.
Special show features The New Product Display is the place to head to see the most innovative, unique and commercial products from the hundreds of suppliers at Glee.
The competition sees new designs and products perfectly displayed for your consideration, with the best of each category receiving the accolade of a ‘Glee Award.’ This year the awards roster will also include a Consumers’ choice and Best of British award. Show visitors can cast their vote for their favourite, awarding one lucky entrant with the title of ‘Retailers Choice Award’.
The company builds locally- sourced, globally-relevant content including daily trend intelligence, retail analytics, consumer insights and bespoke consultancy services, making them one of the world- leading trend forecasters and analytics companies.
Glee Innovators Zone
Launched in 2009, the Glee Innovators Zone has already helped more than 200 companies break into the garden retail market. This special area is designed to help nurture valuable grass-roots product development and one-off design ideas while bridging the gap between market-ready new product launches from established companies and pre-commercial product ideas.
This year Glee’s
Innovators Zone will be home to over 30 new companies including Screen with Envy, Coffee Logs, Jardinice and Lucien Fevriero. Innovation will be celebrated within GIMA’s Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund (GISCF). Since its launch in 2014, the GISCF has already witnessed great success. All previous winners have gone on to enjoy great commercial success; going from new brands to
“Visitors will find a bigger, fresher and bolder Glee, full of innovative content, tangible business advice and the strongest collection of brands ready and willing to forge relationships with retailers”
As always, Glee will offer visitors a
free, three-day seminar programme organised in conjunction with the Horticultural Trades
Association
(HTA). This year, the seminar theatre will make its home within the Retail Lab at the heart of Glee, providing a programme of expert business and garden retail advice to help grow your business through challenging trading conditions. This content will be derived from extensive industry research and is set to tackle key talking points, struggles and successes. Topics will include risk management, managing the growth of your business, market trends, cost management, supplier sourcing, multi-channel selling and staffing. The latest trends will be
addressed within a special session with WGSN’s Lisa White who will be looking at what will be ‘big’ in spring/summer 2018 including a focus on product, material and colour. WGSN aims to define what’s next so that businesses can make smarter decisions today.
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established and growing suppliers within the garden retail market. Vicky Nuttall, director of GIMA said: “The GISCF is designed to help start-up businesses take their product from concept to reality and with a £5,000 prize fund up for grabs it is always a hotly contested part of our annual programme of activities. The calibre of entries in recent years has been of the highest quality and this year is certainly no different. We look forward to announcing the 2017 winner at Glee in September.”
Buyers Power List
First launched to the market at Glee 2015 – and receiving a wholly positive response from the garden retail industry – the Buyers Power List is designed to provide suppliers and retailers with a platform to recognise the individual buyers and buying teams who have gone above and beyond to make a difference, and whose decisions are helping the garden retail industry to thrive.
This year there will be
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five individual categories: Best Independent Garden Centre, Best Multiple Garden Centre, Best DIY /Builder Merchant Buying Team, Best Online Buyer/Buying Team and Best ‘Other’ Garden Retail Buyer/Buying Team with votes invited from across the industry with everyone from heads of purchasing to suppliers eligible.
GIMA Business Village The GIMA Business Village is home to a great selection of up-and- coming companies exhibiting with the support of GIMA. Glee has created the GIMA Business Lounge as an ideal place to take a break, arrange meetings and catch up with key suppliers.
It is also home to the “Buyers Connect” speed networking sessions where selected exhibitors meet with show visitors for 10-minute power- networking sessions.
International Buyers Centre International visitors will find the International Buyers Centre (IBC) in partnership with Gardenex a
useful resource.
Located in Hall 18, the IBC will be led by the team at Gardenex who will be on hand to provide support and advice as well as translation services to international buyers and visitors.
The International Buyers Centre will be home to a two-hour session of “Meet the International Buyer”, enabling UK suppliers to have short introductory meetings with a few selected international buyers.
REGISTER TODAY Entry to Glee is free of charge to all pre-registered visitors. Simply register via
www.gleebirmingham. com/register. All pre-registered visitors will save £20 on the door, as well as receiving the Glee show preview if requested before the show to help plan their visit. Glee 2017 takes place at the NEC, Birmingham from Monday, September 11 to Wednesday, September 13 and is open 9am-6pm on Monday and Tuesday and 9am-4pm on Wednesday.
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