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.

Connect: Statement from Hyve Group
Spring and Autumn Fair and Glee, owned by Hyve Group, the UK’s leading creator of global events and retail shows, has announced that its connections

showUP delivers the goods
Roving reporter, Denre Bruins writes: It won’t come as a surprise to our regular readers that once again I was dispatched to the Netherlands to

Rock-Inspired Rebellion & Retracing Roots: Trend Spotting at Autumn Fair
We are back from our annual pilgrimage to Autumn Fair, where hundreds of exhibitors pulled out the stops to create beautiful stands for their new

Autumn Fair gets off to a flying start
Drawing buyers from the UK, Ireland and across the globe, Autumn Fair got off to a flying start on Sunday 3rd September with thousands of

Anatomy of a Product: Ames’ extra-wide leaf rake
Brought to market based on more than 250 years of tool expertise, the all-new portfolio of garden and lawn tools from AMES Tools offers

Serenity Stones are Jewel in the Crown for Letterbox Love
A husband and wife team from Derbyshire, who recently provided ‘positivity’ bracelets to Team England and some cast members of Married at First Sight,

Lynsey Johnstone delights with new glasses for Lesser & Pavey
To drink and to enjoy is the mantra behind this beautiful offering of giftable glasses by Lynsey Johnstone, produced by the gift and homeware

GCA Column: September 2023
Garden Centre Association Chief Executive, Peter Burks, writes: Christmas has become the most celebrated holiday in our year. It’s a time that is so important

GCA Colomn: August 2023
Garden Centre Association Chief Executive, Peter Burks, writes: While the general population moves into summer holiday mode with a general feel of rest and relaxation

Glee’s £1,000 incentive winner to bring gardening to local schools
The second of Glee’s new-for-2023 registration incentives saw one lucky attendee win £1,000 to spend at the show. The lucky recipient was Sarah Daniel from

GCA’s South Thames 2023 area winners revealed
Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) in the South Thames region are celebrating after picking up awards during a presentation evening yesterday (Tuesday, July

Winners of Glee Talent Store announced
After weeks of planning, the winners of the Glee Talent Store were announced on the first day of the Glee 2023 (27th June, NEC Birmingham).

Glee Buyers Power List 2023: the winners!
Buyers and buying teams from across the garden retail sector were given reason to celebrate having been awarded one of the 2023 Buyers Power List
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
Sipping La Dolce Vita
On the rocks, a citrus twist, a splash of fizz, it cin cin to Italian cocktails living La Dolce Vita on greeting card designs this
Greetings Trend: Cocooning Waves
In the swim of the second greeting card trend spotted at the Top Drawer and Spring Fair shows earlier this year, Gale Astley, greetings industry

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

Sipping La Dolce Vita
On the rocks, a citrus twist, a splash of fizz, it cin cin to Italian cocktails living La Dolce Vita on greeting card designs this

The Business of Sustainability
As the UK’s leading exhibition for the garden centre trade, Glee is renowned for offering exceptional content alongside its fabulous showcase of home, garden and

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

British-made Gifts to Mark the Coronation
To celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III on 6th May, manufacturers across the UK were busy working on special gifts and keepsakes to mark
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.