High-street sales continued to grow strongly in the year to September, at the fastest pace since June 2012, and exceeded already solid expectations, according to the CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey of 111 firms. This was the third consecutive month of growth, which was broad-based across a number of sectors. Retail sales are expected
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The founder of Colorblind Cards, Jessica Huie, won the Entrepreneurial of Excellence Award for Race in the 2013 Diversity Awards, which were announced on Friday September 20 at Queen’s Hotel in Leeds. Jessica attended the ceremony with her 15 year old daughter Monet, her inspiration for founding the company. Color blind Cards is one of
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Autumn Fair International 2013, an i2i Events Group exhibition that took place on September 1 – 4 at The NEC Birmingham, welcomed over 1,500 exhibitors with 60,000 new launches and almost 30,000 retailers from 80 countries. Visitors praised the enormous variety of new products on offer at this essential show, which is the prime seasonal
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Our favourite giftwrap guru Jane Means has some handy hints for managing ribbons, the all-important finishing touch for any well-wrapped gift. For retailers who are selling ribbons by the metre you can first choose a box or basket to display the ribbons easily. For vintage-style (and very economical) wrapping you can easily decorate a simple
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Carte Blanche Group’s new Join In and Play Tatty Puppy has achieved a Bronze Award in The Independent Toy Awards App Toys category. The Independent Toy Awards, now in their 5th Year, are voted for solely by independent toy retailers, bringing great insight into what those at the sharpest end of the toy industry really
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Yellow House Art Licensing is delighted to announce an exciting new license for their inspirational artist Paul Thurlby in partnership with design-led gift and stationery company Wild & Wolf. Wild & Wolf have created an initial plethora of Paul Thurlby product ranging from ceramics and stationery to games and accessories for A/W 2013, launched at
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