Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair Preview

Christmas is coming

– in January!

Planning for the 2022 festive season? Harrogate Christmas & Gift is a must in every retailer’s diary

The festive industry is gearing up for Harrogate Christmas & Gift, its most important trade event of the year, from 16-19 January 2022 at the Harrogate Convention Centre.

Seeing, feeling and often smelling gifttype products first-hand is imperative for gauging how consumers will react to stock on the shelves – and this is the first opportunity for many industry buyers to do this in over two years.

As well as numerous favourite festive brands attending, the 2022 show welcomes some new names to the table, including one of the UK’s leading textile suppliers, Portfolio Home. This company is ready to bring its range of festive throws, cushions, bed linen and more to Harrogate for the very first time in its 50-year history.

Paul Callan, managing director, says: “We’re really looking forward to Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair. We have a wide range of products to showcase retailers, which includes Christmas-specific products but also autumnal and year-round products for increased sales. It will be wonderful to be out and about again, mixing, networking and connecting with so many buyers.”

Portfolio Home will be showcasing a range of goods that add additional basket-value for retailers - all geared towards the ‘golden quarter’ of retail Christmas sales where traditionally, demand is high. The products on display feature familiar faces for Christmas such as Santa Claus, Rudolf, gingerbread men but also some new trends such as Gonks and Snowy Penguins.

Other new names for 2022 include Arora Design with distinctly different giftware designed and created in the UK by talented British artists; Gibson Plus with a range of signs, badges and decorations; Wikholmform – one of Scandinavia’s leading wholesalers to florist and interior design stores; and The English Soap Company with finely fragranced gift sets and gift boxes.

Visitors and buyers really will be spoiled for choice at the show, with many returning exhibitors launching interesting new product ranges designed to lure consumers in-store. One such company is importer of artificial flowers, potted arrangements, trees and Christmas decorations for over 30 years – Florelle. The company has worked hard to bring fresh ideas and value for money to the show, which the team believes is more important now than ever before. It will be showing its new range of flower bunches, focusing firmly on price points and a Christmas 2022 display of wreaths, garlands and Christmas flowers. In addition, its burgeoning autumn range for September has been extended.

If you haven’t already done so, don’t forget to register to attend (it’s free!) at www.harrogatefair.com. In doing so you will receive regular show newsletters with information about new products and special offers. Manufacturers and suppliers who would like to participate in this trade event, can book online or contact Simon Anslow at simon@harrogatefair.com.