A happy New Year to all our GiftsandHome.net readers, and welcome to the first issue of the year, Progressive Gifts & Home January 2019!
With trade shows in mind, this month’s fabulous issue contains everything you need to know about exhibitions in both the UK and internationally, across the gift, home, greeting card, housewares, licensing, nursery, children’s, toy and fashion industries. Click through to pages 85-102 and enjoy ‘browsing’ the pages.
And talking of shows, read our fascinating interview with designer Tom Dixon OBE, an exhibitor at Ambiente in February, who recently opened a gift shop in London’s trendy Coal Drop Yard. Click through to pages 33-35 to find out more about Tom and his new venture.
Elsewhere, we turn the spotlight on the next big gift giving occasion, Mother’s Day, (click through to pages 55-59) and take a look at what’s new in licensed giftware for Spring/Summer (click through to pages 63-65). We also discover what’s trending in reed diffusers (click through to pages 47-49) and which collectables are thriving (click through to page 53).
Plus, we talk to two Cornish gift retailers who achieved success in the Independent Gift Retailer of the Year South West category at The Greats in 2018 to find out the secret of their success. (Click through to pages 37-41), and, regardless of the season, discover why Thomas O’Brien of Boxer Gifts is urging businesses not to be ‘snowflakes’. (Click through to page 71).
We also find out more about Stoneglow’s move this summer, which will see the company re-locate into premises that are three times the size of their current home.(Click through to pages 43-45).
On the celebrity front, read our Last Word, exclusive, heart-to-heart with the King of Retail, Theo Paphitis, (click through to page 84), and go Behind The Counter with Ella Bradbury, shop manager at Forget Me Not in Stubbington (click through to page 84).
Other regular features include Best Sellers (click through to pages 80-81), Gift of the Gab (click through to page 25), and Sounding Off (click through to page 79).
Plus, as we wave goodbye to 2018, take a look at A Year In Gifts to recap on the highs and lows of the past 12 months. (Click through to pages 27-29).
From the team at GiftsandHome.net, we wish all our readers a sparkling, happy, healthy and successful New Year!
To read the PG&H January issue in full, click here.
