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May Design Series Holds a Retailer Round Table

For this year’s May Design Series, Britain’s well-known retailers will come together for a retail forum. It will be held at 12pm on May 18th Sunday at the London ExCel. The event is organized in association with The Furnishing Report.

The panel of the forum will come from leading furniture brands Archer's Sleepcentre, Dwell, Furniture Village and Occa Home. Ian Archibald will be representing Archer's Sleepcenter. Malcom Walker will be talking for Furniture Village. Walker is the trading and buying director for the multiple retailer Brand. Aamir Ahmad, the co-founder of Dwell is also a part of the panel. And Kate Mooney will be talking about their success for the online retail store Occa Home.

It will be participated by 50 other retailers who will be sharing their expertise and knowledge regarding the retail trade including product selection, managing rapid growth, business strategy, sustainability and e-commerce.

Interested participants can sign up for the Retail Roundtable Forum online.

May Design Series will be held at London ExCel and will run from May 18 to May 20, 2014. For this year, the annual exhibit is expected to showcase the products of an estimated 400 exhibitors coming from five different sectors- Decor, Furniture, Lighting, Kitchens & Bathrooms and DX.

Aside from exhibiting the latest trends for this year, the May Design Series Furniture Show will also give a peek on what will be the latest trends in furniture and interior design for 2015.