The National Bed Federation has named seven businesses in the running for its two member awards at this month's Bed Show.

The British Furniture Association (BFA) has partnered with Didac and Rochdale Occupational Health (ROHS) to deliver a health and safety seminar tailored to the furniture industry.

The British Furniture Association (BFA) is bringing together experts from Google, Autonomate and other technology and industry organisations for a summit exploring the use of artificial intelligence across the furniture sector.

The flooring industry needs to begin preparing for Extended Producer Responsibility now as businesses face a changing regulatory landscape, delegates at a major sustainability conference were told.

INDX Furniture has unveiled a wave of first-time exhibitors for its August buying event, with Scandinavian, contemporary and upholstery suppliers among the businesses making their debut at the Solihull trade show.

Tickets are now on sale for this year's Bed Industry Awards gala dinner, which will take place during the opening evening of the 2026 Bed Show.

Award-winning broadcaster Clare Balding will host this year's NBF Bed Industry Awards 2026, the National Bed Federation has announced.

IDD Cologne (idd cologne) will partner with the newly launched Design Season Cologne festival this autumn as organisers seek to strengthen the German city’s position as an international design destination and broaden the reach of the interiors exhibition.

CBD Guangzhou will return next month with a greater emphasis on smart living technologies, whole-house customisation and advanced manufacturing as organisers seek to strengthen the event's position as a global sourcing and networking platform for the building decoration and home furnishing sectors.

Naturalmat is set to host an industry networking event focused on sustainability, sleep wellbeing and the use of natural materials, bringing together interior designers, architects and other design professionals at its Knutsford showroom later this week.

The Women In Furniture Network will host a brunch and panel discussion at next month's Manchester Furniture Show, bringing together executives from retail, manufacturing and product development to discuss career progression and opportunities for women in the sector.

A high-end interiors showcase launched last year by the organisers of imm cologne will return this October, a year after they originally indicated the event would run every other year.

The UK Sustainable Flooring Alliance said its 2026 conference and awards programme will focus on recycling, sustainability legislation and circular economy policy as the sector prepares for potential regulatory change across Europe.

IMM Cologne, historically one of the key European furniture trade shows, said booked exhibition space for its January 2027 event had reached almost 60 percent of the footprint occupied at the previous edition by the end of its early-bird registration period.

The International Contemporary Furniture Fair will move its annual event from spring to November from 2027, aligning the show with Boutique Design New York at the Javits Center in Manhattan.

The 57th China International Furniture Fair (CIFF Guangzhou 2026) recorded 353,106 professional visitors, including 64,291 from overseas, a 13.2 percent increase and a new high for international attendance, according to organisers.

The Furniture Makers’ Company hosted a sold-out seminar examining how sustainability can support commercial performance, drawing more than 70 industry executives, designers and manufacturers to its London headquarters earlier this month.

Visitor numbers at the Furniture Component Expo rose 11 percent year-on-year as more than 80 exhibitors gathered at the Telford International Centre for the March 11–12, 2026 edition.

The Sustainable Design Forum will return for its fourth edition on April 23, 2026 at Crypt on the Green in Clerkenwell, bringing together designers, manufacturers and suppliers from across the workplace and furniture sectors.

The 57th edition of the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) Guangzhou will open at the Canton Fair Complex in Pazhou, Guangzhou on March 18, 2026, bringing together more than 4,900 exhibitors across 9.15 million sqft of exhibition space.

The Ideal Home Show will donate furniture from this year’s exhibition and raise funds onsite as part of a new partnership with charity Furnishing Futures, which supports women and children escaping domestic abuse.

CIFM / Interzum Guangzhou will return to the Canton Fair Complex from March 28–31, 2026, during phase 2 of the 57th CIFF Guangzhou, positioning itself as a platform for furniture production technologies and upstream supply-chain development.

More than 70 companies have signed up to exhibit at the 2026 Furniture Component Expo, as organiser the British Furniture Association prepares to broaden the show’s remit to new sectors.

Inspiring Makers, a not-for-profit conference focused on furniture making, furnishings and interiors, will take place at Bath’s Guildhall on May 13, 2026, marking its fifth year.

Clarion Events recognised the winners of its inaugural Excellence in Furniture Awards at a gala dinner held at the NEC Birmingham alongside its January Furniture Show last week.

Amara Group and Koelnmesse will integrate four of Indonesia’s leading furniture and interiors trade fairs into a single, co-located platform from 2026, the exhibition organisers have announced.

Clarion Events, organiser of the two largest trade shows for the UK residential furniture industry, disclosed lower revenue from Design & Home related activity in 2024/25.

Natasha Shillingford and Carey Pearson will be among the speakers at the next Women In Furniture Network event, slated to take place during the January Furniture Show.

Coach House will take a leading role in the launch of Design, a new sourcing and networking hub for interior designers, architects, and hospitality specifiers debuting at Spring Fair 2026 at the NEC Birmingham.

The British Furniture Association (BFA) is positioning its Furniture Component Expo (FCExpo) as a bridge for kitchen, bedroom and bathroom suppliers to expand directly into the broader furniture manufacturing market.

The 56th China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) drew 92,709 professional visitors last month, including a double-digit rise in international buyers.

The Stockholm Furniture Fair will not take place in 2026, with organisers instead preparing a relaunch in 2027 under a new biennial format designed in consultation with the Swedish furniture industry.

The Furniture Component Expo will expand next year to include suppliers of fixtures, fittings and components for the kitchens and bathrooms sector, its organiser said.

The organisers of The Flooring Show in Harrogate are said to be launching a spring 2026 exhibition based in southern England.

The British Furniture Association (BFA) has extended its commitment to host the Furniture Component Expo at Telford International Centre for another four years.

The annual Young Furniture Makers exhibition has been rebranded as the New Furniture Makers exhibition for 2025, widening its scope to include designers beyond the student and graduate community.

Koelnmesse is to launch imm india, a new B2B interiors trade fair taking place March 2026 at the Yashobhoomi convention centre in New Delhi and modelled on its flagship imm cologne furniture show.

Around 70 percent of the available exhibition space for the international furniture fair in Cologne (imm cologne 2026) has already been booked, according to organisers Koelnmesse.

Tickets are now on sale for the 15th Bed Show Gala Dinner, set to take place on September 23 at the International Centre in Telford.

The INDX National Flooring Show will open on a Sunday for the first time when it returns to Cranmore Park next May.

INDX Furniture will return to Cranmore Park at the end of August with the introduction of a home accessories category and the relaunch of the AIS-exclusive Dreamworld Collection.

More than half of the available space at next year’s Furniture Component Expo has already been secured, according to organisers, with suppliers aiming to reach key buyers across the UK furniture industry.

The Women In Furniture Network (WIFN) has announced the panellists for its next event, taking place during the Manchester Furniture Show in July.

UK Sustainable Flooring Alliance (UKSFA), the flooring trade body formerly known as Carpet Recycling UK, has launched a new and expanded programme of awards ahead of its annual conference this summer.

The Furniture Makers' Company has announced the speaker lineup and themes for Inspiring Makers, the fourth annual not-for-profit day previously called The New Makers' Conference.

Glee, the outdoor furniture exhibition, is to be co-located with Autumn Fair next year, across near-identical datelines at the NEC, Birmingham.

Visitor numbers rose 4 percent year-on-year at the January Furniture Show, whose four-day event closed on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Organisers of the international furniture fair in Cologne have outlined plans to bring back its mothballed imm trade fair in January 2026, but not before introducing an additional event for the 'brand and premium segment' next year.

Event organiser Kölnmesse has decided to "skip the IMM Cologne January 2025 edition" after talks with key stakeholders across the German furniture and kitchen sectors.

There will be no carpet and rugs exhibition in Hannover in January 2025 after Domotex organiser Deutsche Messe announced plans to create a more all-encompassing flooring and surfaces event the following year.

INDX Shows, the trade event series curated by Associated Independent Stores (A.I.S.), has unveiled its first half 2025 exhibition calendar as well as an updated brand identity, website and new modular stand system.

The Women In Furniture Network (WIFN) is to host its next event next month, at Olympia, London.

The sponsors of the inaugural Furniture Component Expo (FCE) will all renew their backing for the second edition, which takes place next spring.

Organisers of the returning Manchester Furniture Show have published the exhibitor roster with several major upholstery producers among the headline signups so far.

British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) says the inaugural Furniture Component Expo (FCE) held in April was a success, with the show to return again next year.

Mark Eastwood, Conservative MP for Dewsbury and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group (APPFIG), is to officially open the inaugural Furniture Component Expo in Telford this week.

The China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) attracted all-time high visitor and exhibitor numbers last month with organisers saying it had cemented its position as the world's largest furniture event.

Melinda Whittington, who runs the $2.35 billion turnover upholstery conglomerate La-Z-Boy, is to speak at the next Women In Furniture event, which takes place at the Manchester Furniture Show this summer.

Heavyweight upholstery brands Lebus and La-Z-Boy are among the early confirmed signups to exhibit at The Manchester Furniture Show, scheduled to return this summer.

Profits declined at buying group Associated Independent Stores (A.I.S.) as events revenue growth was balanced by higher costs, a property write down, and a decline in the value of invoices processed via its Cenpac paying agent.

The Flooring Show, the dedicated trade show for the U.K. floorcoverings industry, is to be 30 percent bigger this year after organisers agreed to take on additional space.

Sofa suppliers including Buoyant Upholstery, Alpha Designs and Whitemeadow dominated the winners podium at The January Furniture Show's two award programmes earlier this week.

Organisers have opened pre-registration for Scottish Interiors Showcase, the long-running accessories, fabrics, finishings, flooring, furniture, lighting and wallpaper exhibition.

Global foam manufacturer Carpenter has become the latest headline sponsor of the Furniture Component Expo, the new event organised by the British Furniture Manufacturers' (BFM).

Clarion Events says exhibition space in Hall 1 of the January Furniture Show has now sold out, more than two and a half months before the doors to the event open.

Event organisers are rebranding the Buying Groups National Flooring Show (BGNFS) exhibition as the INDX National Flooring Show as part of an overhaul for 2024 that opens it up to more retailers.

The owner of the Stockholm Furniture Fair and dozens of other trade shows has hoisted the for sale flag above its events business, and plans to build homes and offices on the site of the current venue.

British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) will bring a new approach to connecting buyers and sellers at its inaugural Future Component Expo (FCExpo) next year by hosting an Innovation Trail.

British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) is moving its longstanding fabric show to a new dateline and venue and will run it alongside the inaugural Furniture Component Expo in 2024.

BeA Group U.K. has become the second headline sponsor of Furniture Component Expo, the new trade show taking place next spring.

New or smaller British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) members looking to exhibit at the January Furniture Show for the first time will be offered discounted rates as part of a tie-up between organiser Clarion Events and the trade association.

Upholstery and furnishings fabrics exhibition Proposte is returning to its historic late spring dateline for its 2024 edition.

The Manchester Furniture Show is to return in 2024, organiser Clarion Events has announced, alongside a roster of well-known industry suppliers that have already signposted their intention to exhibit.

The Northpoint Furniture Show will return to its historic January dateline in 2024 after several years that had been interrupted by Covid-19 and its associated lockdowns.

Registration is open ahead of the inaugural Women In Furniture Network event, which will take place next week at Furniture Makers' Hall in London.

The Vita Group, the diversified supplier of foam, underlay and maker of finished mattresses, is to be the headline sponsor of the inaugural Furniture Component Expo.

Halo and Michael Tyler Furniture will be among the debut upholstery exhibitors as the INDX Furniture Show returns at the West Midlands home of Associated Independent Stores (AIS) next week.

Registration is now open for the 2023 Bed Show, which takes place at the Telford International Centre from September 26–27, 2023.

W Exhibition, the U.K. trade show for the furniture manufacturing and joinery industries, has rebranded as Materials & Finishes Show ahead of its scheduled return in Birmingham next year.

Sleep Expo Europe, a new exhibition and conference for the European mattress, bedding and sleep tech industries, is to take place in the Netherlands in just over a year from now.

Visitor numbers soared to well north of pre-Covid levels at the Guangzhou-based China International Furniture Fair last month, organisers have reported.

20 U.K. exhibitors will show at Interzum next month as the manufacturers' event returns with sustainability high on its agenda after a four-year absence.

The Northpoint Furniture Show will open its doors to retail buyers later this spring with representatives of more than 30 household names from the U.K. and international furniture and bed sector having signed up to exhibit.

British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) is expanding its events portfolio with the launch of Furniture Component Expo, an event it hopes will connect manufacturers with companies from across the upstream supply chain.

The two-phase China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) returns next month after an enforced in-person hiatus caused by Covid-19 and local restrictions that prevented buyers from travelling.

Associated Independent Stores (A.I.S.) said last month's open-to-all INDX Furniture Show — the tenth anniversary edition of the show — was one of its best-ever attended events.

The organiser of a key trade show targeted at the furniture manufacturing and joinery industries has announced the scheduled return of the exhibition in the spring of next year, alongside the appointment of two senior hires to run it.

The organiser of the January Furniture Show says nearly three quarters of exhibitors have already rebooked for the 2024 edition, and name-checked two large upholstery brands among those that will return after missing this year's event.

Organisers have launched the pre-registration process for this year's London Fabric Show, which takes place at the ILEC Conference Centre, Earls Court on February 28 and March 1.

Westbridge, GNG Group, Citibed, Wiemann and Sci-Net have been named winners of The Furniture Awards 2023 by an independent judging panel at the January Furniture Show.

Clarion Events says its January Furniture Show has attracted record Day 1 visitors as the trade exhibition opened its doors for the first day of its 2023 edition on Sunday.

IMM Cologne will return to its historic January dateline next year but plans for a late spring edition this year will still go ahead, organisers have reaffirmed.

Organisers of the January Furniture Show have released the 2023 event Preview Guide ahead of the exhibition opening its doors in just over two weeks time.

Organisers of the INDX series of furniture, homewares, beds and bedroom trade events have lined up a six-strong programme of exhibitions for 2023.

Hall 2 of the NEC will host the inaugural Home Interiors Show next month, organisers have announced. It will run alongside the January Furniture Show at the Birmingham venue.

International Market Centers (IMC), organiser of the biannual Las Vegas and High Point furniture markets, is to add nine new buying events to its 2023 calendar in a build out of its in-person activity.

The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, will next month host Routes to Greater Sustainability, a free-to-attend climate change and sustainability event.

The next edition of upholstery, mattress and furnishing fabrics exhibition The London Fabric Show will feature an expanded international footprint, organisers have announced.

Maison Shanghai 2022 and China International Furniture Expo, better known as Furniture China, have been postponed, a little over two weeks before they were scheduled to open.

IMM, the international furniture fair historically held annually in January, will return after a three-and-a-half year hiatus with a one-off dateline in June next year, organisers have decided.

Associated Independent Stores (AIS), the host of the open-to-all INDX Furniture exhibition taking place later this month, has announced the speakers for its Retail Insights: Furniture Focus programme.

Exhibitors and visitors struck an upbeat tone amid high temperatures at Home & Gift, the four-day fair which opened its doors at the Harrogate Convention Centre on Sunday.

The next edition of the London Fabric Show will take place at the ILEC Conference Centre in the capital from February 28–March 1, 2023 organisers have confirmed.

Trade show INDX Beds & Bedroom will return this autumn with visitor pre-registration now open.

Trade show INDX Furniture takes place at the Cranmore Park Conference & Exhibition Centre over three days later this summer with pre-registration now open, organisers have confirmed.

Show organisers have rescheduled the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF Guangzhou) and a sister event for next month after they were postponed because of Covid earlier this year.

The January Furniture Show will return to its usual dateline with show organisers on Monday confirming dates of January 22–25, 2023 for next year's exhibition.

Organisers of The Furniture Awards have revealed the shortlist of 16 potential winners across four categories ahead of The January Furniture Show, this year taking place April 24–27, 2022 at the NEC.

Organisers of two leading international furniture fairs in China have been forced to postpone their events just days before doors opened after the local Government banned exhibitions, citing a renewed Covid threat.

Flooring suppliers have rejected an early autumn Domotex exhibition in Germany in favour of the event returning next January in its traditional dateline.

The British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM) is to organise a series of regional industry events where it hopes the furniture community will be able to network and share best practice.

Proposte, the northern Italian textiles exhibition popular with sofa makers and other buyers of furnishings fabrics, has rescheduled its spring 2022 edition by a few weeks.

Invite-only trade exhibition BFM Fabric Show London 2022 will take place at a new venue, the ILEC Conference Centre near Earls Court, when it returns this spring.

The next edition of Salone del Mobile (The Furniture Show) in Milan will take place in the summer after organisers canned the traditional April show dates because of Covid.

Organisers of Heimtextil, the international trade fair for the textiles industry held annually in Frankfurt, have rescheduled the cancelled event for the summer of this year.

Organisers of the Scottish Interiors Showcase, an annual trade furnishings event dating back 14 years, says the 2022 edition will take place as scheduled next month.

Associated Independent Stores (AIS) says all of its planned winter show series, including its INDX Furniture event which starts in 10 days' time, will go ahead under current Government guidance for large indoor events and trade shows.

Preview22, the planned online bridge for retailers and suppliers ahead of the live trade show period, is to become The Online Furniture Show instead and will run later this month, organisers have announced.

More U.K. home and interiors exhibitions have been delayed as a result of either Government restrictions or the threat of them being introduced amid concerns over the spread of the Omicron Covid variant.

The return of the January Furniture Show will be delayed by a further three months after organisers rescheduled the dates amid concerns over the Omicron Covid-19 variant.

Furniture fair IMM Cologne has become the latest big international German trade show to cancel plans to return in January, with the event now pushed out to 2023.

Heimtextil, the international trade fair for the textiles industry held annually in Frankfurt, has been cancelled, with organisers citing the worsening pandemic situation in Germany.

More than 400 U.K. and international brands have signed to exhibit at the January Furniture Show, which returns to the NEC in Birmingham next month after the pandemic prevented the 2021 edition from taking place.

Montgomery Group, organiser of joinery and furniture manufacturing trade show W Exhibition, has cancelled the planned February 2022 edition, citing Covid, Government restrictions, and an ever-shifting calendar of European exhibitions.

The 48th edition of the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) is to take place online next month rather than as a live event in Shanghai, because of the pandemic.

The return of Domotex, the Hannover based trade show for carpets and other floorcoverings, will be further delayed after organisers cancelled the January 2022 edition.

The U.K. and Ireland were responsible for the largest decline in attendees at the Brussels Furniture Fair, held earlier this month at Brussels Expo in the Belgian capital.

Organisers of INDX Furniture, formerly the AIS Furniture Show, say they they are looking forward to resuming a more usual format as the exhibition returns in Solihull early next year.

The company behind The Online Furniture Show is launching a new digital event called Preview22, which it hopes will act as a bridge for retailers and suppliers going into the live trade show period.

Exhibition organiser Clarion Events has launched the pre-registration process ahead of the return of the January Furniture Show at the NEC, Birmingham next year.

Clerkenwell Open, a showroom trail event that featured 62 companies across the furniture and furnishings sector, is to take place again in 2022 after the success of the inaugural edition this year.

Vaccinated U.K. furniture buyers will now be able to visit next week's Milan furniture show after the Italian Government this weekend ended a longstanding requirement for arrivals from here to quarantine.

The China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) in Shanghai has postponed its early autumn exhibition by several weeks to new dates in late September.

Exhibitors have already pledged their support to the Autumn Furniture Show after its sister Summer Furniture Show successfully heralded the return of trade events earlier this month.

The Manchester Furniture Show, this year to be held in Harrogate alongside the Home & Gift Buyers' Festival, has been selected to be part of a limited number of pilot events in the third phase of the Government's Events Research Programme (ERP).

Organisers of the Manchester Furniture have reaffirmed that the event, this year co-located with the Home & Gift Buyers' Festival in Harrogate, will be going ahead as planned.

The long-awaited return of trade events ends Monday with the spring edition of the Long Point exhibition seeing showrooms open their doors across the East Midlands.

Associated Independent Stores (AIS) is to extend its INDX trade show branding to include furniture, housewares, linens and gift food under the banner of INDX Home. The first dedicated furniture event is scheduled for early autumn.

Organisers of the Manchester Furniture Show have fixed the details for this year's edition. It will take place alongside the Home & Gift Buyers' Festival, in Harrogate, from July 18–21, 2021.

The BFM Fabric Show, which had been due to take place at Twickenham in June, has been postponed and will now take place in February/March of next year.

The South West Furniture and Bed Show has announced late May dates for its spring exhibition following the planned easing of restrictions surrounding indoor events.

The 15th Scottish Interiors Showcase will rebrand for its first-ever digital event, which has been designed to be the first of many that will run alongside future in-person editions of the exhibition.

The Proposte fabrics show will take place at the same time as Salone del Mobile (Milan furniture show) with organisers hoping visitors will be able to visit both fairs in a single trip to northern Italy.

More than 1,200 people from across the industry had visited the inaugural Online Furniture Show by the halfway stage, organisers said today (Wednesday).

The already-revised international home and contract textiles show Heimtextil has been cancelled until 2022, with organisers saying there is nothing to be gained by a further delay to later this year.

W Exhibition & Elements, the trade show for the furniture manufacturing and joinery industries, has been postponed until February 6–9, 2022, organisers have announced.

Furniture Show Birmingham at the NEC will return in a year's time after organisers rescheduled the April event to January 23–26, 2022 as a result of the current restrictions designed to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Organisers of the Online Furniture Show have issued another call to potential exhibitors ahead of the launch of the inaugural event.

There will be no physical Domotex exhibition in Germany this year after organisers postponed the rescheduled floorcoverings event.

Clarion Events has expanded and reorganised the management of its Retail portfolio, which includes its furniture shows at both the NEC, Birmingham and Manchester Central.



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