Trade Fairs

Trade Fairs

Well a lot has happened since my last post. The kids have been knuckling down and creating their products and marketing materials in preparation for their very first foray into selling to the public. 

Darwin Center - Shrewsbury

On Saturday the 10th of February they will be attending the Young Enterprise national Trade Fair which is being held at the Darwin Center, Shrewsbury.

Team A have evolved into Wishful Thinking who are selling personalised wish bottles. 

Team B have evolved into 21Severn and are selling personalised jute bags, (design to be confirmed.)

The Day

Unfortunately only Wishful Thinking made it to the fair. However, the kids were very keen and arrived very early and were in fact the first school out of 29 to arrive!

They enjoyed the day and learned a lot about running a public facing enterprise which they took through into the second fair. They made multiple sales and confidence was high.

Telford Shopping Center

The second fair took place at Telford in the busy shopping center. The kids were very much more organised, their stand looked amazing, as did they.

Judging

Telford was the scene of their judging by Young Enterprise. They felt it went very well, they got some very positive feedback as well as some good advice.

Once again they made several sales and were extremely excited to do so.



Location: Shrewsbury, uk

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