The premier UK sourcing event, Source Home & Gift, which will be held at the NEC Birmingham from February 2–5, 2025, has announced the debut of a new element called Ask the Experts, which will give attendees one-on-one access to top industry experts.
The new tool, which debuted at the February 2025 exhibition, allows visitors to schedule free 20-minute sessions that provide personalized guidance and insights. To assist you in enhancing your brand, the professionals will discuss a wide range of important subjects, including creating private label, sourcing tactics, elevating social media techniques, updating regulations, and sustainable storytelling.
“The new Ask the Experts feature gives our visitors a priceless opportunity to ask the questions that are most important to their business and receive practical guidance and individualized advice to set their brands apart,” says Suzanne Ellingham, Event Director of Source Home & Gift.
Anna Berry
Schedule a meeting with Anna Berry, Co-Founder and Director of Retail 100, from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on Sunday, February 2. She can discuss topics such as purchasing, merchandising, sourcing and regional variations, brand development, sustainable storytelling and creating your brand narrative, supply chain resilience, and retail insights such as consumer behavior, future trends, and in-store experiences.
Ami Rabheru
Ami Rabheru, Retail Huddle’s Retail Strategist, is available from 12.30 to 2 p.m. to talk about retail insights and trends, creating lucrative product strategies, driving sales and sustainable growth, the potential of pop-ups for pure play online merchants, and seasonal buying tactics.
Hayley Shore
Schedule a meeting with Hayley Shore, Senior Design Manager, Pepsi Co., on Monday, February 3rd, from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., to get knowledge about the principles of developing a sourcing strategy, comprehending Pepsi Co.’s approach to producing sustainable merchandise, and designing packaging and projects.
Andrew Goodacre
Following from 12.30 to 2 p.m. is Andrew Goodacre, CEO of the British Independent Retailers’ Association, who shares a wealth of information on how to maximize brand growth through creative strategies, align vision and strategy to create transformation, get results from working with other retailers, and navigate the current trading landscape.
Mike Coates
Sessions with Mike Coates, Assistant Director of the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA), begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays. Learn everything you need to know about impending laws and regulations, greenwashing guidelines and advice, how to use proper language to steer clear of potentially deceptive statements, and some sustainability guidance lessons from the fashion industry.
Sara Allbright
Additionally, guests can schedule meetings with Sara Allbright from Retail 100 on Wednesday and Kat Graham, Managing Director of IT Strategic Consultancy Scout & Swan.
To schedule your sessions and learn more, go to https://www.source-homeandgift.com/ask-experts
Source Home & Gift introduces the world to the UK as a simpler, less expensive, and more efficient way to find out what’s popular as well as to create and source new items and materials. Key buyers and sourcing directors from all over the world will be there; they are all actively seeking to build new connections and make sustainable purchases from new suppliers.
The team works with governments and agencies from around the world to bring top-tier manufacturers and artisan producers to the UK to share their capabilities, and all exhibitors at Source Home & Gift must have a recent audit from Sedex or a reputable audit institution, giving buyers the assurance that they will be dealing with suppliers who have ethical business practices.
