With wedding season approaching many people are starting to think about what gifts to buy newlywed couples on the big day. According to a survey from occasions experts Clintons, many guests are swapping financial donations and money for an increasingly wide range of gifts – from the unusual to the bizarre. Particularly noteworthy gifts have […]
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The Managing Director of Enesco, Ken Johnson, has made the decision to retire at the end of May this year and he will be hugely missed by the rest of the team at the giftware giant. Ken has enjoyed a career in the ceramic and gift industry spanning five decades, starting off with Anthony Wood
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The managing director of Spring & Autumn Fair, Louise Young, shares her insights into the changing consumer landscape and how to best meet the challenges of adaption faced by our industry. We are in a period of great flux, politically and economically, with an accelerated pace of change. What do you see as the main
Expert insight: Louise Young reflects on the home and gift economy Read More »
Diversification has never been more important in today’s garden retail environment. With the UK weather remaining unpredictable garden centres have had to find a way to generate revenue outside of peak season. There are approximately 2,300 garden centres in the UK with industry sales worth some £5billion a year (HTA 2016). With garden retailing changing
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Upcycling and recycling are terms that we are all familiar with and they feature more and more in the media and for good reason, after all every one of us has a responsibility for the future of our beautiful planet. The British Craft Trade Fair has always supported upcycling and it is now very
Upcycling highlights of the British Craft Trade Fair Read More »
Rounding off our intensive pilgrimage around various spring trade show was the most excellent Ambiente (February 9 – 13), where trade visitors from 168 countries spent their time networking and ordering new products across the various sectors of Living, Giving and Fashion Accessories. 4,441 exhibitors from 89 countries occupying 308,000 (gross) square metres of
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