WGSN presented four key conceptual trends as the guiding inspiration for home and gift retailing for the coming seasons at Spring Fair 2016. These key concepts of Artisan, Remaster, Elemental and Offbeat “cover a lot of consumer ground” in an atmosphere that ranges from bold and loud right through to calm silence. The Artisan
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We had a fabulous time visiting Top Drawer Spring which, taking place as it does in mid-January, really helps to kick-start the new year of trading following the hectic Christmas trading and subsequent stock-taking period. The London Olympia event offers a wealth of new product inspiration across the four major categories of Home,
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Key trends for spring/summer 2016 have been identified across Top Drawer’s four distinctive worlds of Home, Gift, Fashion and Craft. Lustrous Allure is a metallic trend that comes hot on the heels of the Dulux Colour of the Year for 2016, Cherished Gold. This beautiful warm colour sees an array of metallic tones that
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Show organiser i2i Events Group unveils raft of new developments for the UK’s leading retail trade exhibition as 3000 exhibitors get set to launch 300,000 new products Spring Fair, the UK’s leading gift and home exhibition, organised by i2i Events Group, will get 2016 trading off to a flying start with a raft
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Black and white are back as a touch of colour fatigue sets into the gift and home market and form comes to the fore. The bellwether style barometer WGSN forecast at the start of spring that a trend for monochrome lifestyle products was due to hit the market, and a stroll around design-led trade
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The founder and MD of licensed calendar specialist Danilo, Laurence Prince, won the prestigious Honorary Achievement accolade at The Licensing Awards 2015, which took place at Grosvenor House Hotel in London on September 15. Mattel’s instantly recognisable girls’ toy brand Barbie was named Best Classic Licensed Property for 2015 1,400 retailers, licensees, licensors and
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