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- Top Tips for a Successful Trade Show Visit
- An Unmissable Guide to Building a Relationship with Your Buyer
- Employee Training: The Key to Building a Talented Workforce
- AIS Partners with Leading Trend Forecasting Agency Scarlet Opus
- Welcoming New AIS Supplier – Nobody’s Child
- How to Create and Run Successful Social Media Competitions and Giveaways
- Trade Shows: An Invaluable Retail Resource
- AIS Welcomes New Member Lakeland Fashion Group
- AIS Announces its Association with Diversity in Retail (DiR)
- AIS Welcomes New Fashion Supplier – Peregrine
- How Do Buying Groups Work?
- The Ultimate Trade Show Check List For Attendees
- Supplier Benefits Of A Buying Group
- What Are The Benefits Of Trade Shows?
- 5 Reasons Trade Shows Are Important
- Sue Kemp talks shop with Furniture News
- Supporting Independent Retailers With Homeware Buying
- The Difference Between Fashion Buying & Fashion Merchandising
- Introducing Nudea, the Latest Sustainable Underwear Brand to Join AIS
- AIS Announces Mary Portas as the Keynote Speaker at its Annual Conference 2023
- Can You Buy Items At A Trade Show?
- Fashion Visual Merchandising Top Tips
- What is a Flooring Buying Group?
- A Bounty of Fashion Suppliers Join the AIS Portfolio
- Sustainability and Heritage at the Heart of What We Do
- Furniture Store Merchandising Tips
- AIS Annual Conference Welcomes Jeremy Schwartz as Speaker
- Speaker Bio's | AIS Conference
- The Engine Room | AIS Conference
- Buying Group vs Group Purchasing Organisation
- What is Retail Buying?
- AIS industry experts talk all things Barbie
- AIS Win Industry Voted Award
- AIS Win Readers Choice Award – Best Buying Group
- Hints & Tips: Product Merchandising Guide
- The Purchasing Power of a Buying Group
- Trade Show Networking Tips
- NEW for 2024 - Introducing INDX National Flooring Show
- AIS Collaboration Day 2023 - Round Up
- Elevating Womenswear: Unveiling four exceptional suppliers for every occasion
- Buying Furniture for Independent Retailers
- AIS Leadership Unveiled: Meet the faces striving for success
- Understanding Retail Merchandising
- The 5 R’s Of Retail Merchandising
- AIS Welcomes New Member Heima
- Behind The Scenes With Head of Sports & Leisure, Alan Galloway
- First Avenue Team - A Day In The Life
- Hot Off The Press: INDX Fashion Shows Hit The Limelight
- New Interim Director of Fashion, Toys, and Sport
- AIS announces new Head of Events
- The power of foresight and trend intelligence to drive commercial success
- AIS on a winning streak
- AIS present Lifetime Achievement Award to Philip Horner
- AIS Add Another Award to Their Trophy Cabinet
- AIS win Best Buying Group 2024
- AIS Hosts Body Positivity Panel at INDX Intimate Apparel
- AIS is ahead of the game in this month's Toy World magazine
- Damart and AIS | A Powerful Partnership
- INDX Shows powerhouse goes national. Revealing exciting plans for 2025.
- Awards season has begun and we are celebrating
- Rosie Marshall of AIS joins the Toy Retailers Association board
- Connecting with our Members is our strength
- AIS pays tribute to outgoing Chair, Neville Moore and announces new Chair, Darryl Simpson
- Welcome to Liz Mouat, Home Category Manager | Helping to drive Member success in 2025
- Morleys Stores | Driving Success with the Toy Import Programme
- AIS Announces partnership with Omni Capital Retail Finance
- Discovering new product opportunities at exclusive Member Showroom Preview
- AIS Launches the Dreamworld Collection | A Streamlined Range of Quality Sleep Products
- Dream Team Set to Unveil "Dreamworld Collection" Promising a Winning Range for Our Independent Retailers
- AIS celebrates Hatchers 250th Anniversary
- Reinvigorated own label Dreamworld Collection creates a buzz at INDX Beds
- AIS ups the ante on trend forecasting service for Members
- Elevating our SS26 Fashion brand portfolio with Katag
- Partnering with British Heart Foundation to Turn Surplus Stock into Life-Saving Research
- Our INDX fashion shows are tailored to help Members thrive
- Empowering Garden Centres to thrive
- First Avenue Shines with Launch of SS26 Collection
- AIS Announces New and Exclusive Member Event for Toy Buyers and Suppliers in 2026
- Proud to Support our Members and Suppliers as Drapers Awards 2025 Finalists
- Celebrating Another Fabulous Year of Member Achievements
- Strengthening Our Structure for 2026
- AIS Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence by Sponsoring ‘Independent Retailer of the Year’ Award at Excellence in Furniture Awards
- Maximising Membership with Exclusivity
- Our INDX Fashion Shows Offer Members Exclusivity and Style
- Celebrating Exclusivity at INDX Furniture and INDX Home
- Remembering former AIS Managing Director Sheila Cooper
- Inside The First AIS Exclusive Toy Supplier Meet and Greet Event
- 'Lifelong Friends in Business' | AIS kicks off Golden Regional Meetings with standout North West event
- AIS | INDX Shows 2027 dates revealed
- Celebrating One Year of the Dreamworld Collection
- Celebrating Excellence: AIS Proudly Sponsors Three Major Industry Awards
- From Day One Golden Anniversary Supplier Spotlight | Bedeck
- The Sporting Advantage – Celebrating Five Years of Sports and Leisure
- AIS Announces Upcoming Departure of Managing Director Sue Kemp
- AIS | INDX National Flooring Show Announces 2027 Dates
- AIS Meet and Greet Event | Sports and Leisure
- Freemans Grattan Holdings create a new exclusive buying opportunity for AIS Members
- Members Reclaim their Buying Control with Katag Member Exclusive Menswear Brands at INDX
- First Avenue | Refined Edit for SS27
- AIS Celebrates its 50th Anniversary with Members at INDX National Intimate Apparel
- 50 Years of AIS: Celebrating Our Members at the Excellence in Housewares Awards 2026