Home & Giftware Magazine – Retail News, Home & Gift Trends
Home & Giftware Magazine is published by Gifts & Greetings Review Ltd. and produced by industry trade journalist, Charlotte Cowell and account director, Denre Bruins. We have over 20 years’ experience in trade publishing, covering exhibitions at home and overseas, industry news and trends and always keeping our eyes peeled for the beautiful new products that will fly off the shelves of retail businesses large and small. From exquisite handmade crafts and original art, through to design-led home interiors, perfect gifts and greetings cards for all ages, we hunt out the hero products across sectors. Our circulation includes some of the best galleries, independent retailers, museums, zoos and heritage centres from around the UK and beyond, plus garden centres, department stores and interior designers.
If you have news or new products to share, email Charlotte. For advertising, contact Denre.
Ulster Weavers relaunches as Contemporary Homeware Brand
Ulster Weavers, the 140-year-old textile manufacturer from Northern Ireland, is going through its biggest change in generations as it repositions its business as a contemporary
Christmas 2022 Trends
Spring Fair has collaborated with Trend Bible to produce an exclusive Christmas 2022 Trends Report which will be launched on a free webinar at 11am
Curated Meetings launch at Spring Fair
Following its hugely successful trial at Autumn Fair 2021, Curated Meetings is supercharging new business and scaling up for its official launch at Spring Fair
Scoop x Pure will return to The Old Truman Brewery
Following the success of the last show, Scoop and Pure London will once again collaborate and unite to showcase the most exciting Autumn/Winter 2022 collections
GIMA raises over £19,000 for the Greenfingers charity in 2021
Following the recently sold-out 40th GIMA Awards, where guests helped to raise over £3,900 for GIMA’s 2021 nominated charity –
All the Fun of the Fair!
GIMA Director, Vicky Nutall writes: I am writing this as GIMA returns from another excellent showcase at Glee, the first
Glee New Product Showcase 2021 winners
Nineteen fantastic new garden and pet product innovations have been confirmed as this year’s winners of the coveted Glee New
Glee 2021: Refueling Garden Retail
The UK’s key trade event for garden and outdoor living helped set the trends and fill up the order books
Glee Buyers Power List 2021: the winners!
The winners of the prestigious Glee Buyers Power List for 2021 were announced during the show on Wednesday September 15th
Pot-mate™ scoops the 2021 GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund
Now in its seventh year, the GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund has helped to bring to market a series of
Willie’s Cacao helps make Christmas special
Willie Harcourt-Cooze has launched a new Signature Collection of artisan chocolate truffles in beautiful customisable gift boxes. All the chocolates are hand crafted in Willie’s
Go Nuts this Christmas with Cambrook Foods
We reviewed these luxurious cocktail nuts from Cambrook Foods just as Advent started, which was perfect timing for such a treat and they did not
Cream Cornwall: Proudly Made in Britain
Rebecca Heane and Alison Hughes founded Cream Cornwall in 2012 after discovering a shared passion for creating homeware products evocative of Cornwall that were tasteful,
Artisan Home Fragrances from Covered Creations
Covered Creations makes luxury home fragrance and body products including candles, diffusers, hand & body wash, and hand & body lotion. The company is run
Give the Gift of Warm Feet this Christmas!
It’s now the time of year when we have to start getting serious about gift buying – and most of us have a fair-sized list
Habulous Handmade Decorations!
British designer-maker, Nicky Edmunds, creates beautiful ceramics for her Habulous brand, specialising in unique, handmade quirky gifts. These ceramic jellyfish accompanied with an air plant
Sundae Girl
Taking a Sunday trip to last month’s Top Drawer Autumn at London’s Olympia, long-time greetings industry stalwart and promo filmmaker Gale Astley spotted a trio
Tatty Teddy is Thinking of You!
After the isolation of lockdown, Me to You, the much-loved brand featuring Tatty Teddy, the cute grey bear with a blue nose and patches, is
Festive Dreams Of Togetherness
Autumnal leaves blaze bright in flame colours as nature flares its last hurrah for the year, and thoughts of Christmas tint our thoughts, especially for
The Seed Card Company is growing!
Following a successful direct-to-consumer online launch in February 2021, ethical greetings card business The Seed Card Company is developing its wholesale business and will launch
2022 Colour Trends for Home Interiors
As we head into the dark days of winter there is always something bright on the horizon to look forward to, be it Advent and
2022 Home Interior Trends
From nature-inspired trends to fresh colour schemes, 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for interior design. Rebecca Snowden, Interior Style Advisor at
Social Media influencers make plants their priority
A combination of growing urbanisation over the past few years, followed by an extended lockdown which resulted in huge numbers of people working from home,
Dulux Colour of the Year 2022: Bright Skies
Every year, Dulux colour experts translate global design trends into the new Colour of the Year. The shade for 2022 is Bright Skies™. It’s an
Luxe Gifts for Him this Christmas
Shopping for the men in your life can be extremely tricky no matter whether it’s your partner, father or beloved brother. However, one strategy that
Gifts for people who need to unwind
If you know someone that is overly stressed and generally overwhelmed in your life, you might want to think about purchasing them a gift that
Gifts for Her
Men have been ditching the tired old tradition of giving their wives one big gift for their birthday or holiday and are instead opting for
Show Reel
Following its hugely successful trial at Autumn Fair 2021, Curated Meetings is supercharging new business and scaling up for its official launch at Spring Fair on the 7th – 8th February 2022 at NEC Birmingham offering more space, more meetings, and more sectors.
Curated Meetings are short, pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings between vetted buyers and relevant brands based on mutual interest to drive new business opportunities together. Designed to offer a platform for bespoke, highly pertinent and time efficient business meetings between buyers and brands, Curated Meetings delivered over 300, 15-minute face-to-face meetings at Autumn Fair, generating thousands of pounds of business and an incredible return on time for participants.
For Spring Fair, the Curated Meetings team has doubled and the programme now includes brands across all sectors including home, gift, lifestyle, fashion, accessories and jewellery
