Retail and brand expert “Mary Queen of Shops” has long been a champion for SMEs
Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) has revealed one of Britain’s biggest names in retail, Mary Portas, will be headlining at the sign and display show taking place on 24-26 April, at the NEC in Birmingham.
In keeping with SDUK’s theme for 2018 – Creativity Brought to Life – Mary Portas will deliver an inspirational keynote followed by a Q&A session during the show’s opening day.
Crowned “Mary Queen of Shops” by the UK media, retail and brand expert Mary Portas has long been a champion for SMEs. She will use the Q&A session to share her expertise and industry knowledge with the show’s visitors, and will also take a tour of the show floor to meet many of the leading suppliers exhibiting at the show.
Rudi Blackett, event director at SDUK, said, ‘Mary Portas’s continued advocacy for independent retailers and the manufacturing industry makes her a truly inspiring guest speaker for our show visitors and exhibitors alike. We’re greatly looking forward to welcoming Mary and hope visitors and exhibitors will benefit from Mary’s expert retail knowledge.’
Ms Portas commented, ‘I’m always excited to discover new emerging techniques from retail, sign and display industries. The merging of digital and traditional manufacturing techniques is now more important than ever before, and I hope to open a discussion about how these trends will impact SMEs in the modern retail landscape at April’s event.’
