Life Instyle Returns 21-24 February 2013, Royal Hall of Industries & Hodern Pavilion, Sydney

Life Instyle will be back in Sydney again in March 2013 . The show will be held at the Royal Hall of Industries & Hodern Pavilion. Life Instyle is the only boutique trade event dedicated to bringing you the coolest, most cutting edge brands and products. The show will feature the absolute best selection of designs, home, gift, kids, baby and lifestyle products in Australia and will bring them directly to you in one impressive hub of retail heaven.

Spread the word and REGISTER NOW  see you soon!

Exhibit

Life Instyle, Kids Instyle and First Instyle are curated trade events, and as such all applications are reviewed by a selection panel made up of industry professionals. Once your application has been reviewed you will be informed by e-mail of the outcome. Applications are welcome at any time for our Sydney trade show staged in February, or our Melbourne trade show staged in August.

APPLY TO EXHIBITIf you are interested in exhibiting at Life Instyle or Kids Instyle please complete the online Apply to Exhibit form. 

If you are interested in applying for First Instyle please first read the First Instyle Guidelines before completing theFirst Instyle Application Form. All applications must be accompanied by product images. Without accompanying product images your application will not be reviewed.  Please forward all clearly labeled images in a separate e-mail to exhibiting@lifeinstyle.com.au

PANEL DECISIONS
All applications are reviewed by an industry panel that adheres to the Life Instyle principles of design, individuality, style, presentation and applicants will be notified by email of the outcome of that review. Panel decisions are final, reasons for a decision will not be provided and no correspondence will be entered into. For an overview of stand costs and general event information please email exhibiting@lifeinstyle.com.au.

Register To Visit

LIFE INSTYLE & KIDS INSTYLE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM
TRADE ONLY EVENT

• I have never registered for a Life Instyle show before
  To register for Life Instyle Sydney 2013 please click here Once you've registered, you can revisit your account to update your details.
• I have registered for a Life Instyle show before
  If you have registered for a Life Instyle since 2010, please click here.
• I am already registered for Life Instyle 2013
  If you have already registered for Life Instyle Sydney 2013, please click here to update your details or re-send your barcode confirmation email

To find out more information about Life Instyle or Kids Instyle please visit our website:www.lifeinstyle.com.au

For further information please contact:

Life Instyle Sydney 2013 Registration Enquiries Tel: 02 9211 8894 Event Enquiries Tel: 02 9422 2552 Email: lifeinstyle@infosalons.com.au Website: www.lifeinstyle.com.au

Pulse Designers Trade Show 10-12 June 2012 Earls Court, London

What is Pulse?

Pulse 2012 is the summers largest design focused retail gift, homeware and lifestyle show. 

With over 10 years’ experience in the design market, Pulse attracts and serves the needs of thousands of retailers year on year. 

Pulse represent 480 of the very latest contemporary and innovative Gift, Home and Lifestyle brands, organised into five distinct show sectors: 

• Home
•  Gift
• Fashion Accessories
• Wellbeing 
• Launchpad (Emerging Designers)

The only design-led London show during the summer season

Pulse’s early summer timing helps you source summer stock and new ranges of products that are yet to high the high street. 

Noted UK at Pulse 2011

Start this summer with all the latests products and on trend.

The shops and the stores

A high quality audience of over 7000 serious buyers visit from independents, multiples, e-tailers and department stores to find the seasons must haves.

Edited for quality 

Pulse's uniqueness is the quality of exhibitors and Launchpad – its hotbed of commercial talents – who all lineup together only at Pulse. Pulse selection policy is approved by an independent committee to meet the high standards of its buyers; at Pulse only the most innovative get in, so you are guaranteed quality.

 Patterns Apart lampshades - by Rozynna Fielding

are coming to Lauchpad at Pulse London this weekend, cushions to match

Only at Pulse. Only in London.

When:

Opening Times
Sun 10 Jun 9:30 - 18:00
Mon 11 Jun 9:30 - 18:00
Tue 12 Jun 9:30 - 17:0

Where:

Earls Court London

 

 

Source & Images:

www.pulse-london.com

life instyle designer show event at Royal Hall of Industries & Hordern Pavilion Sydney, 23rd-26th February 2012

SELECTIVELY SHOWCASING THE BUSINESS OF DESIGN

"Life Instyle’s boutique trade event delivers a mix of beautiful designer brands sourced from a diverse range of companies featuring homeware, giftware, lifestyle and kids products. We offer a unique trade only event dedicated to showcasing a collection of products that demonstrate creative excellence and design within a beautiful shopping environment.

All Life Instyle exhibitors are selected by jury for their high calibre product and demonstrated commitment to good design. 

Visitors, such as local and international buyers, interior designers, stylists and the media, looking for the most exclusive brands in the country, enjoy the relaxing ambience and open floor plans that have become the trade mark of Life Instyle.

Some of the key features that set Life Instyle apart include;

• Offering buyers a stylish alternative to the main stream gift fair

• Showcasing up to 300 selected exhibitors and 500+ brands under one roof

• Featuring Kids Instyle, the best in kids fashion and designer accessories

Register to Visit | View Exhibitors | FAQ| Handbook

GETTING TO THE SHOW
VENUE
Royal Hall of Industries & Hordern Pavilion
Entertainment Quarter
Errol Flynn Boulevard (access via Lang Road)
Moore Park, Sydney.

Opening Hours

Thursday	11am -9pm
Friday Images & Source: http://www.lifeinstyle.com.au	9am - 6pm

Decoration + Design Sydney Exhibition Centre 1-3 February

Decoration + Design Sydney and the co-located Australian International Furniture Fair will be held

1 - 3 February 2012 at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.

"Decoration + Design is Australia's leading soft furnishings & interior products Trade Fair showcasing the latest designs from leading Australian manufacturers and importers. This Fair gives interior designers, decorators, architects, furniture and furnishing buying groups and retailers the opportunity to see and buy the latest products, learn the latest industry developments and network with their peers both at the Trade Fair and in a full program of concurrent functions.

At Decoration + Design you will discover industry leaders and exciting new players, all presenting their very latest and best products including fabrics, soft furnishings, wall decorations, lights & lamps, outdoor decorations & furnishings, furniture, objets D’art, artwork and so much more.

Decoration + Design is a trade only event and entry is restricted to qualified trade visitors.

 

HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO VISIT?

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Images & Source:

http://decorationdesign.com.au/

What is Wholesaling?

 

Wholesaling is distributing the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers for resale purpose. Wholesaler buys goods in bulk quantities from either manufacturers or importers, and then sells in smaller quantities to retail stores.

As an Artist or a Designer you can also choose to be a wholesaler where you can sell to retailers in a large quantity. 

For an artist you could print your artwork and sell them as prints or use your artwork to create greeting cards, stationary etc. and then wholesale your products.

For a fashion designer you can too sell your label wholesale  to retailer boutiques or department  stores. 

One of the keys to successful wholesaling is to attract your ideal retailers to buy your products. The best and the quickest way to connect with your retailers is to participate in trade shows.

A trade show is a meeting place for retailers & wholesalers  in one location, generally held over the course of a few days, where wholesalers of a certain industry can exhibit their product or service. Trade shows allow exhibitors to reach a large number of customers in a short period of time, where they can promote their brand face-to-face, leading to sales, established relationships, and industry contacts.

Trade shows are usually held in convention centers that can accommodate numerous exhibitors. They generally occur once or twice a year that not only encompasses exhibiting on the trade show floor, but attending industry related workshops, conferences, and meetings. The purpose of a trade show is for wholesalers to connect or re-connect  with existing or new retailers also to meet competitors, establish business contacts, and to establish potential sales.

Here are some of the popular trade shows that an artist or a designer could participate if you decide to be a wholesaler.

LifeinStyle (Australia)
Reed Gift fairs (Australia)
Agha Gift Fair (Australia)
Designex (Australia)
Maison & Object (Paris)
New York International Gift Fair

 What does this mean to you?

·         You have a product that you decide to mass produce and sell through retail stores

·         You have decided to wholesale your products instead of retailing yourself

·         You have the capacity to produce bulk quantity of your designs

Market Stall Evaluation- Market Series -Part 5

 
Welcome to Part 5 of Market Stall Series.

Part 1 to part 3 of the Market series we talked about how to prepare a market stall. Part 4 we talked about   the steps you need to do to follow up leads that you have generated during the market or a trade show events.

This week part 5 we are discussing about the post market event activities and the steps you need to take in order to evaluate your market event or a tradeshow. 

One of the most important post Market event activities is to conduct a post market analysis. By answering some basic questions you will identify things that will help you when planning future events. Some of the key questions to ask are:

• What went well?
• What did not work?
• Was the stall functional?
• Was the stall in the right location?
• Was this the right market event for my business?
• Did I meet the right people?
• What did I learn from others?
• What did I learn about the competition?
• What did wins from the show?
• What did you gain from the show?

At some point you will be able to call the effect of the market complete and measure your results against your initial objectives. This is when you have completely followed up all leads and closed all the business that has resulted directly from the market. If you kept good records of this activity, you should now be able to evaluate the effects of this particular market. After all, if you are going to put this much work and money into anything, don't you want to make sure that it's worth it?
 

Market ROI (Return on Investment)

Your follow-up process should be planned just as well as your pre-market planning. Consider that each market lead has a cost, a cost you have already spent. For example; If you spent $5000 on your market event and came away with 500 leads, then every lead cost you $10. If on average you convert 25% of those leads, then each new customer cost you $50. On the other hand, if you don't manage your trade show leads and 75% of them aren't followed up on quickly, your conversion can cost you four times as much $200? That's pricy!

Although ROI is one of the ways to measure your success, you should always consider the other benefits as well. These benefits can include establishing your brand, community awareness, educating the public and building new relationships, form alliances with other companies or joint venture with compliment businesses. You will have to do your own analysis on these non-monetary benefits.

How Much Business Did You Close?

 

What is the monetary benefit of the closed from your market event? You should measure in 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month increments when looking at the value of this business. If you have made your investment back in new business in the first month, you've done reasonably well. At the very least, you should have made your money back plus 50% by the end of three months. The six and twelve month measurements are to determine the long range profitability of any given market event. At some point, you have to determine that you cannot participate in every trade show that comes along. Therefore, it is imperative that you determine over the long run.

The above evaluation working extremely well if you are think of expand and growth your business to the next level. Particularly if you are planning to wholesale your products, this evaluation is a good habit to follow and get any market event like a trade show. Any customer who comes to your stall could be a retailer who is seeking new designer and something different to have in their stores. So give every customer full attention and listen to their needs and ask lots of open ended & probe questions to get they engaged in a conversation

Previous Posts on Market Series:

• How to prepare for a market stall- Market Stall Series Part 1
• How to prepare for a market stall -Marrket Stall Series Part 2
• How to prepare for a market stall -Marrket Stall Series Part 3

• Tips for Successful Trade Show/ Market Event Follow Up- Market Stall Series- Part 4

What is MoOD? 13-15 September 2011 Brussels Belgium

MoOD 2011 will be held in Brussels Exhibition Centre, Brussels Belgium from 13-15 September. A professional trade show event to showcase the latest products, service, trends in FABRICS & TEXTILES industry.

MoOD is indisputably the leading trade show for furnishing fabrics. It is, therefore, considered as the best place in the world for producers and buyers to connect in one space, covering the most extensive range of selected furnishing fabrics. The main topics of the trade fair MoOD Brussels are the following:

• Fabrics for hangings,
• Fabrics for decoration,
• Curtains for windows, wall curtains.

What is MoOD?

MoOD is short for Meet only Original Designs - is the first and most authentic international trade fair for upholstery, window- and wall coverings. It is the only online market place in the world to feature producers who fully own their collections.

You will find at MoOD's website featuring 'hot' news and relevant market information. It is the place to learn and get update about design and textile, furnishing, interior and wholesaling.

MoOD puts Producers in the forefront of the show. They come up with the Original Designs, they have the know-how and they are the best guarantee for ensuring straightforward negotiations with no middleman. T

• 80% of MoOD’s exhibitors come from outside Belgium in 30 different countries.
• 85% of the visitors come from more than 100 different countries
• 87% of the visitors say they very satisfied with the high quality of the products show

Exhibitors include manufacturers from all sectors of the textile machinery industry, including spinning, nonwovens, weaving, knitting, dyeing and finishing, garment making, testing, software as well as dyestuffs and chemicals.

MOOD Dates

Start Date:	13 Sep 2011 [ Trade Shows in Sep 2011 ]
End Date:	15 Sep 2011 [ Trade Shows in Sep 2011 ]

MOOD Location & Venue:

Venue:	Brussels Exhibition Centre [ Trade Shows in Brussels Exhibition Centre ]
City:	Brussels [ Trade Shows in Brussels ]
Country:	Belgium [ Trade Shows in Belgium ]

Extended Information for MOOD:

Related:

MoOD - Meet only Original Designs - International Trade Fair for Fabrics and Furnishings 2011Mood Form 2010Mood Form 2012

Images Sources:

MoOD

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