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.
Tiger agrees partnership with British Garden Centres Group
Specialist garden building retailer Tiger, a part of Woodlands Home & Garden Group, has just agreed a landmark deal with the British Garden Centres group
Glee to return in September 2024
Glee takes ultimate pride in bringing together the entire garden retail ecosystem each year. Now, following market-wide feedback and insight, it has been confirmed that
Spring Fair announces details of 2024 Content Programme
Spring Fair, the UK’s most popular, diverse, and trend led marketplace for home, gift, fashion and everyday, and retail’s definitive wholesale shopping destination, has announced
Anthony Marks Triumphs at The Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
Anthony Marks, founder of Fanattik has been awarded Creative Entrepreneur of the Year for the North West at The Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
Scandi Chic homeware by NINA D
Nina D launched her independent business in 2020 with a range of high quality tableware, showcasing hand illustrated designs inspired by her Swedish upbringing
Garden Border 2024 Calendar
Yorkshire eco greetings card and prints brand Umbellifer has created a beautiful and richly produced hanging calendar using twelve of its Garden Border card
Popcorn Kitchen gets into gifting
Popcorn Kitchen has enjoyed significant growth over the last 3 years, the fruits of a root & branch review of its brand 18 months
Glee to return in September 2024
Glee takes ultimate pride in bringing together the entire garden retail ecosystem each year. Now, following market-wide feedback and insight, it has been confirmed that
British Garden Centres unveil its Christmas themes for 2023
It’s that time of year once again and British Garden Centres, the largest UK family-run garden centre group has revealed its festive decorating inspiration to
October sees modest growth in garden centre sales
The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA’s) newly released November Market Update shows, despite Storm Babet and the wettest October since 1998, that UK garden centre retail
GIMA donates over £20,000 to Greenfingers Charity
After another year as GIMA’s chosen charity, Greenfingers – the charity behind almost 70 therapeutic garden spaces at children’s hospices across the country – has
GCA Column by Peter Burks
The first year in my new job is rapidly drawing to a close, and rapid is just the right word to describe how the year
Boyd Douglas-Davies named Greenfingers Trustee & Chairman-Elect
At the Greenfingers Charity AGM held last week, it was confirmed that Boyd Douglas-Davies, industry stalwart, Greenfingers Honorary member and founder of Garden Re-Leaf Day,
Garden Border 2024 Calendar
Yorkshire eco greetings card and prints brand Umbellifer has created a beautiful and richly produced hanging calendar using twelve of its Garden Border card range
Celebrate The Little Joys
You’ve Got This, Be Kind, Go Your Own Way, Don’t Let Anyone Dull Your Rainbow – there’s a magnificent mountain of greeting card captions supporting
New Charity Christmas Card packs from Umbellifer
Yorkshire greetings card brand Umbellifer has five new charity Christmas card collections available to the trade for the first time. As attractively named as they
The Eco-friendly Card Co. marks 30th anniversary at the Autumn Fair
The Eco-friendly Card Co. marks its 30th anniversary this September with celebrations due to kick off at the NEC Autumn Fair (6C02) The publisher has
Dulux Colour of the Year 2024: Sweet Embrace
Paint manufacturer, Dulux, has announced that its colour of the year for 2024 is Sweet Embrace, a soft, delicate tone that provides a perfect wall
Mystic Vibes for Future Festive Trends
Shop window and store decorations at the point of sale bear a decisive role in times of an uncertain consumer climate – quality and the
Stars for Europe shines a light onto poinsettias
Stars for Europe (SfE) is once again supporting retailers and florists to drive increased poinsettia sales during the festive season. SfE is the European-wide marketing
Apricot Crush: Colour of the Year 2024
Global design trend forecasting agency, WGSN, has partnered with the international colour experts at Coloro to pinpoint Apricot Crush (Coloro 024-65-27) as their Colour of
SfE explains why caring for your plants means caring for your profits
Everyone wants a reputation as a seller of quality plants, because if plants prove difficult for consumers to keep alive, they might avoid buying them
Work the Pelargonsjuka trend in retail merchandise and hospitality settings
The joys of flowering houseplants are enthusiastically appreciated in homes across Europe and the same aesthetic and mood-enhancing benefits can be employed to similar great
Cost-Effective Homemade Gift Ideas
You love giving gifts, but it’s an expensive habit to get into. Especially when you enter one of those periods where it seems like your
Show Reel
Home & Giftware Magazine is once again hugely looking forward to the main event in the UK exhibition calendar: Spring Fair and sister event, Autumn Fair. See our showreel for more details.
