Home & Gift Tuesday 19th 2016

Tuesday 19 July 2016

dailynews The official paper for Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival Harrogate

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MUST VISIT… Stoneglow Candles Using real botanical flowers, Stoneglow Candles are inviting the great outdoors into homes with the Nature’s Gift range. The collection of reed diffusers and 100 per cent natural wax candles started with four unique designs and fragrances, and this number has grown to now include eight. The range comes in premium gift packaging with a minimal, luxury finish that makes them perfect for all occasions. The products in the Nature’s Gift collection are just some of Stoneglow Candle’s many lovinglycrafted scented candles and reed diffusers. Head to A32 to see the full range.

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“It’s been a lush day...” So says TV chef Tom Kerridge, who was on The Great British Exchange stand (DP2-35) to launch his new cook and homeware range. Earlier in the day Tom led a discussion on Tom Kerridge with The Great the importance of “showcasing British Exchange’s Matt Hopkins and the manufacturers who fantastic British skills” and how collaborated with Tom on his range with this new range he, along with The Great British Exchange, were “trying to breathe new life into Great British traditions”. Tom is pictured here with Great British Exchange MD Matt Hopkins. See our interview with Tom on page 30.

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Business is bright and breezy as the sun shines on another vibrant and jam-packed Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival. After just a few short days, many exhibitors told the Daily News they were happy with the quality of this year’s visiting retailers. “What a remarkable few days it’s been already,” says show director Cleere Scamell. “We’ve had a great response to the new Gifts for All area (Hall D) and to the fresh brands in the ever popular Design Point 2 and newly-expanded Design Point 4. Here’s to a great final few days!” Andrew Nettleton, director of Ashleigh & Burwood says the team has been “busy and on our feet from open to close” throughout the show. “I think there was some initial uncertainty after the Brexit result, but in spite of that it’s not dampened the industry’s spirit,” he adds. “Compared to other shows, you always feel like you’re at the heart of it all here at Home & Gift.” And it’s a similar story on the Joe Davis stand in Hall Q, with commercial director Paul Hooker telling the Daily News: “It’s been as good as ever to see so many of our regular customers, and we’ve made lots of new ones, too. Our LED gifts have been phenomenally popular, and the Jingle Bell snoozies have been selling like hot cakes. We’ve even got the weather!”

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Blazing the trail British-made brands Celebrate and buy products made in Britain with our Best of British Trail curated by David Nicholls, features director for House & Garden magazine.

Love Your Nation DP3-13 “Retailers love our giftware products, which feature place names and their characteristics, because it gives people a sense of pride of where they live or are from. We cover the entire nation, though the northwest region is most popular. And you can personalise places, too.” Rebecca Jackson, co-owner

Bake at Home G172 “Baking is such a British pastime. Add to this the fact that all our high-quality ingredients are sourced from the UK, all handpacked and handmade here in the UK, and we are so very British. Our artisan baking kits are geared towards all ages, we have a dedicated kids’ section too, and we feature seasonal and themed kits too.” Vickie Krzyzanowski, founder

Melt DP1-40 “The market is coming around to buying British once more! Absolutely everything that we put into our candles is sourced in the UK and most of that in Lancashire. We also make everything ourselves. This is very important to us.” Trevor Hatch, co-owner

Come and see us in Hall Q , Stand 23

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Lots to celebrate at Xystos!

Stand Q13

On the recent distribution agreement with Xystos, managing director of Yardley of London, Quentin Higham (right) was keen to “work with experts in home fragrancing” who also offer great gift shop and garden centre channels. “We were really impressed with what they’ve done for WoodWick and Kringle. And we like them!” adds Quentin, who is pictured with Henri Davis, chairman of The GA.

Having signed an agreement to distribute two Woods of Windsor brands, Xystos’ director Tom Sykes (pictured left) sees the very English heritage of the products as “a natural fit as 65 per cent of our existing customer base sell a similar type of product”. And so far in the show, so good. “Woods of Windsor has been phenomenally well received, we think it will be a roaring success,” he adds. Tom is pictured with Home & Gift show director Cleere Scamell.

“Working with Xystos is great. I find they are really professional and helpful and we love stocking their beautiful products in our garden centres,” says Aoife McCarthy, junior buyer, Notcutts (right), pictured alongside Julia Simmons, national accounts manager, Xystos.

The aroma of new Aroma Home have launched not one, not two, but one hundred new products at Home & Gift. “Not only have we launched our new Snuggable Hotties with a display unit for both these products and our successful Cosy Hottie range, we’ve also unveiled new Fragranced Hot Water Bottles and Gift Sets to offer the widest range of heatable gifts in the marketplace. We’re also expanding our other gifting ranges to offer an all year round gifting solution for independent retailers,” says sales manager Jenny Stirling. Account manager Marie Curran is pictured with the Snuggable Hotties range on DP1-27.

With a successful two days under his belt, managing director of Xystos, David Lewis, says the show has gone really well, with Xystos “well up on last year”. David adds: “The cloud seems to be clearing over Brexit and now we’re looking forward to figures doubling each month up until Christmas”.

Cleaning up Ally Stevenson is a fighter — not only has she battled the dragons on Dragon’s Den and survived, she’s also battled cancer and survived! She’s at Home & Gift with her daughter Kerry and her company is Clean Heels Heel Stoppers. “Fearne Cotton and Martin Kemp mentioned us on BBC Radio 2 recently!,” Ally tells the Daily News. “You can use the heel stoppers to stop you from sinking into grass at weddings, the races — anywhere outdoors, and they protect wooden floors too.” You’ll catch Ally and Kerry on stand G142.

Appetite for puzzles Those hungry for some puzzling fun should pop by the Gibsons stand to see the brand-new Pringles and Vintage Kellogg’s jigsaws. “The Pringles puzzle is double sided with a devilish Pringle stack on the reverse,” says sales and marketing executive Samantha Goodburn, pictured with midlands sales agent Stu Nicholas. Visit the them on stand DP1-65.

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Inspired merchandising John Lewis’ Katherine Owen Fowler heads up the final day of seminars Merchandising and blogging are the two top seminars on the bill for the third and final day of the Great British Retail Forum at the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival. Show organisers Clarion Events and the Giftware Association prepared three days of talks and tips on how even the smallest changes can transform a business in the Forum that is running upstairs at the Harrogate International Centre. Today (Tuesday) sees Katherine Owen Fowler, DM Fashion & VM John Lewis Partnership York, talk about Merchandising That Inspires, while GA CEO Sarah Ward closes the forum with the 2.20pm Q&A session on Getting The Best Out Of Your Suppliers. The Forum opened on Sunday with Google retail industry manager David Green’s Win The Moments That Matter talk, followed by future design trends from forecaster Laura Perryman, consultant Jenny Spivey on delivering outstanding customer service, and social media strategist Warren Knight on keeping in touch online. Yesterday (Monday) celebrity chef Tom Kerridge topped the bill in conversation with Matt Hopkins, MD of The Great British Exchange, telling the story of their new UK-made range of cookware.

Pretty much everything that goes into our products is locally sourced and what we can’t get locally, like shea butter, we make sure we get fair trade. We even grow a lot of ingredients ourselves, such as lavender and St John’s Wort. And we then make everything ourselves. Our packaging is also reyclable or reusable. We’ve got these brand-new gift tins for hand and feet, which visitors are loving.

Georgina Chapman, an osteopath and owner of Bathing Beauty DP4-22

The list of seminars for Tuesday 19 July:

Fab feathers

Tuesday 19 July 11:00 Blogging To The Top Of Google For Retailers Jonny Ross FBDO, Jonny Ross Consultancy, Leeds 11:50 Newly Launched Creatives Leading The Way – Top Tips And Lessons Learnt From The Prince’s Trust Katie Craven, homewares illustrator & designer (In Collaboration With The Prince’s Trust & George At Asda) Fiona Fawcett, founder, Plewsy Sarah Rhodes, interiors designer, Upcycling And Upholstering 12:40 Common Mistakes Retailers Make On Their Website and How To Avoid Them Yeshen Venema, photographer, film-maker & web developer, Yesh & Tash One Day Websites 13:30 John Lewis: Merchandising That Inspires, Katherine Owen Fowler, DM Fashion & VM, John Lewis Partnership York 14:20 Q&A: Getting The Best Out Of Your Suppliers – 5 Questions You Should Never Be Afraid To Ask, Sarah Ward, chief executive, Giftware Association Gary Redman-Schaffer, MD, United Oddsocks

Feathers — that’s what Chloe Gardner is all about. Chloe uses feathers in her designs and you’ll find everything from cushions to mugs on her stand. Visit her at stand G83. Jonny Greves, buyer for Lesser & Pavey pictured in front of the Blossom range

In bloom Lesser & Pavey M14 There is a lot going on over at the Lesser & Pavey stand. With plenty of new ranges to show retailers, the stand has been buzzing for the duration of Home & Gift. Among the new products is a fine china range from The Leonardo Collection — pop by to check it all out.

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Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival Harrogate 2016

“A good time was had by all at the drinks event on the Majestic lawns after a glorious sunny opening day.” Lorraine Rush, Rush DP5-22 and sales agent Ian Bradley

Passion for fashion

Mmmm… Chocolate and pizza — what more could you ask for? Visit The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company on G160 to see their innovative and, no doubt delicious, range of you guess it, chocolate pizzas! Lawrence Evans, sales account manager, is pictured on the stand.

Did you know… The Richard Lang team first attended the Harrogate show back in 1962 at the Crown Hotel when the now managing director Rolf Lang was just seven!

Sluban DP2-55 Sluban are making their maiden voyage at Home & Gift with the launch of several new lines, including the 1012-piece Titanic that took owner René van de Geer (pictured) six hours to build. Now that’s play value! “We’re really looking to work with mixed gift retailers and museums,” says Réne.

After being made redundant, Tosin James re-discovered her passion for both home and fashion, deciding to set up her own home interiors company OT&T Home Interiors. Debuting this year at Home & Gift, Tosin says her brand is “all about bringing fashion into the home with a particular emphasis on African culture, so there’s a lot of head wraps and hats.” Designs of African women in

colourful headwraps feature on rugs and wall art, and statement rugs. “They are designed by myself but handmade in India, while the wall art and cushions are handmade in the UK,” says Tosin. “Being at Home & Gift has been such a big learning curve, everyone has been so lovely and given me so much advice.” Visit Tosin at OT&T Home Interiors on stand D5.

The company was started for conservation purposes mainly, to help the bees and butterflies. We scattered seeds but they don’t always grow so we thought ‘what can we do to help’ and came up with this ancient way to protect the seeds from the slugs and ants. The tins have seedballs which you just scatter on the earth, there are six different wildflower mixes and three edible — salad, herb and tea. We were started by two academics who decided to do something more practical. We’ve only been going for four years and are in Kew Gardens, and the National Trust has taken us on. These are super stocking fillers, it goes crazy at Christmas because everyone wants that ethical gift.

Emily Lambert & Mika Underwood, Seedball DPE4-31

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Melt away… Visit the Arora Design stand to check out their scentsational wax melter gift sets. These include a tea light and seasonal fragranced wax bar which are available for Christmas. Three new fragrances making their debut at Home & Gift are Apple, Clove & Cinnamon, Nordic Spice and Christmas Spice. The full collection of nineteen melter gift sets can be viewed on Stand B23.

I come every year, we like Artebene, and I’ve come especially to see The Hand Crafted Card Company as they were recommended to me, also we’re looking at jewellery, and more greetings from Janie Wilson, White Cotton Cards and Belly Button — we love their new Belly Button Bubble ranges. I love the stuff from Shruti and Really Good too. This is my favourite show, it’s lovely and I meet up with lots of old friends because I used to be a rep and an agent so lots of people are here exhibiting, and this might be the only chance I get to see them. Caroline Boydell, Hugs & Kisses Gifts, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, with Neil Matthews, Artebene DP1-45

Handcrafted corner

“I’m handing out wildflower sends to help people help the bees!” Brad the Bee, Root Candles DP4-24 with Simon Davies from Greetings Today

Who: Simon Willis at Global Luxury Brands Simon says: “I’ve been lucky to work with some great brands over my 30 years in the industry and hand skills have played a huge part in all of those. One of the most insightful comments made by a former colleague when asked about the difference between a massed produced hospitality product and a handcrafted range of fine bone china was emotion. I’m lucky enough to still be working with handcrafted ranges that have a soul and a quality rare these days and yes, emotion is a huge part of the buying decision… Come and see some of that quality on stand Q42a Global Luxury Brands.”

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Dawn Stathers & Angela Turnbull, Sweetheart, Anlaby near Hull

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We’re looking for everything from cards and gifts to jewellery, Christmas, gardening, homeware, and even furniture. We need new stock for the whole shop. We come open minded and we’ve found so many new companies we’ve not worked with before, and new stock from people we haven’t dealt with for a while. Junction 18, who we haven’t worked with for about four years, and they’ve recently changed their style so we’ve ordered loads. We’re just really excited to find new things at the show. We tend to build collections, putting together a few items from one company and something from another so long as it all blends. We’ve just come to the greetings hall – we have 200ft of card racks so we need a lot of stock.

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Karen Mace, Behind The Red Door, Nottingham I’ve done a little buying already, I’m after stocking fillers and the little quirky bits for secret Santa. I still have the NEC and Top Drawer to look at but there’s more gifty things here. I’ve been to La De Da Living for my vintage and Fab Funky does crazy prints which are brilliant. I’m now going into the main gift halls for the homeware and glass. I’ve also been to Junction 18 and Shruti. In Nottingham we have loads of students so I need that low to mid price point as they all buy each other presents but their budget is limited so I like to cater to them — and we give them a 10 per cent discout because we’re nice like that.

Chris Fox & Julia Keeling, Wishes of Cudworth, near Barnsley

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We love the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere at Harrogate. It’s a must for buyers and a showcase for Yorkshire hospitality. We started the day off with a positive meeting with Creation Express. Dreamed up by the team at K2 Greetings, this personalised gift and card service is a new area for us at Wishes. We feel that our card ranges cover most requests but it’s impossible to have a design for every occasion — the captions we’re asked for still surprise us! Personalised gifts always perform well for us. We always enjoy the whole show experience, seeing new faces and meeting with some of our regular suppliers in person. Some highlights for us include Best Kept Secrets, WishStrings and Heart & Home where we’re getting our Christmas order in already.

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Retail speak Top off the tables

On Men’s Gifts

Where? Portmeirion Grroup M2

Not much of our shop space is taken up with gifts for men as I find that main men’s gifts are usually clothes, electrical gadgets or music. I look to fill in spaces with books, funny or sporty. We have a large range of wallets. Golonski supply me with good wallets for the younger male as they have fun pictures on, also a wide range of traditional leather wallets and cardholders. I have taken in large sailing boats, which attracts attention when l do a men’s window displays along with bronzes, usually stags, Highland cows and pheasants. It has always been difficult over the years finding gifts for men but we never stop looking... Harrogate, here we come! Janet Hartree, owner – You and Me

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What? Founded by legen ndary ceramic designer, Susan William-Ellis, in Stoke-onTrent in 1960 Portmeirio on has remained at the forefront of contemp porary homeware design ever since. In 20116 Portmeirion Group is celebrating two o milestones, the 200th anniversary of Spo ode’s Blue Italian design, and the 10th ann niversary of Sophie Conran for Portmeirion collection. New designs from Hannah Daale, the creative genius behind Wrendalee Designs (pictured), which draw inspiration from f the artist’s native Lincolnshire coun ntryside, are launching this Home & Gift. G

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From functional kitchenware to decorative pieces, discover the beauty of porcelain and fine bone china

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Chill it, don’t spill it Even if you’ve mastered the art of m of the balancing a drink on the arm sofa, spills are inevitable and d the worst way to interrupt Saturday afternoon ternoon ce and quiet. football or five minutes’ peace CouchCoaster is here to put an end ssly to red wine stains and endlessly reaching for the coffee table. CouchCoasters’ weighted, wrap-around body ensures ll it securely rests on sofas of all ers, sizes, and holds mugs, tumblers, bottles and cans. You can seee the urway brand-new Cool Cream colourway P4-20. here at the show on stand DP4-20.

Finest figurines Where? Luxury Global Brands Q42a.

No character on a Henry & Friends cushion has ever been finished with the team saying: “oh it’s ok!”. They tell the Daily News: “It’s not enough to be just ok, it has to be magnificent.” With every order over £300, they will give one cushion away free to the value of £20. Pop by stand M9a to find out more.

What? Nothing shows the skills of ceramic artists quite like the handmade, hand-decorated beauty of Herend porcelain, a Hungarian manufactory that is the largest hand painting studio in the world producing some of the finest work seen anywhere. And much of it more affordable than you might think.

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Come and see our full range at Stand Q13 & A15

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For more info, contact our Customer Service Team Email: sales@xystos.co.uk or Tel: +44(0)191 499 1570 www.xystostrade.co.uk

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Steepletone A31 If it’s retro-chic you’re after, you MUST visit the Steepletone stand. The team hav just introduced new colourways to their super-cool Brightons radio lines. This season they’ve welcomed Sage, Grey, Mocha and Duck Egg Blue to the collection. Pop by to see sales executive Kristian Tyler and the rest of the team.

The Milford Collection B7 Heart & Home A18 “Home & Gift is a buying show for retailers, which is great,” says Richard Marsden on the Heart & Home stand. The company’s Christmas range with gifts and fragrances is going really well as is their wax melts collection. Pop by stand A18 to meet the team including Karen Blake, Richard Marsden, Stuart Avery and Raymond Avery.

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“Star Wars and Harry Potter are the bestselling licences for us and this is an especially good year for both. With the new Harry Potter film out in November, we’ve launched a range of licensed products and had a fantastic response so far.” Ben Craddock, sales & marketing manager.

“Retailers have been saying room sprays are in-demand and are now part of the whole fragrancing package so we’ve launched our first range of room sprays. We’ve taken our six bestselling fragrances, and we’re delighted with the response so far.” Ian Greaves, MD.

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Dunoon B27 Here is a fact you may not know — all of Dunoon’s fine bone china ranges are named after famous Scottish landmarks. Products from the family-run business are made in Stoke-on-Trent with the Cairn Gorn and Nevis lines selling well at the moment. Visit stand B27 to meet sales rep Andrew Smith (pictured above) and the rest of the team.

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It’s all fairy lights and floating candles on The Milford Collection stand. Why? Because the team is showing off their stunning mouth-blown recycled handkerchief vase to full effect by filling it with gorgeous twinkling lights. They also have the new Light Glass collection and new designs for Christmas. Pictured are David Blower MD, with sales agents Pip Brown, Lynda Wilby and Michael Hollings.

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The number of years Dora Designs has been in business. Paying tribute to the Dora heritage, “we’ve revisited our original traditional range,” says managing director Mark Stevens. “We’ve taken the best parts of this range and the bestselling animals, owl, hedgehog, Highland cow, and poshed them up with faux fur. It’s called the Posh Traditional range. The cat is completely new, though, and everyone is loving the cat.” DP2-18

Gifts that say it all View NEW additions to our fantastically successful “Sentiment� ranges across a number of the individual collections. Perfect gifts for friends and loved ones.

Inspirational wall art that can free stand or be hung on the wall in a group to create a family collection.

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HALL B, STAND 23 Arora Design Limited T: +44 (0)1386 861666 E: sales@arora-design.co.uk W: www.arora-design.co.uk

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Don’t miss Jonny Javelin Card Company DP5-13 What? Family-run company where they pride themselves on offering an imaginative and diverse range of greeting cards, manufactured to the very highest quality in the UK – with poems by Jonny a speciality.

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I love to use heritage brands such as Harris Tweed and fabrics from British producers when I can. All my products have a British style and often an element of humour, combining style with practicality and functionality. Helen Rhodes, HWR Designs (DP2-35) on her range of products inspired by her love of the countryside, nature, and her very traditional British upbringing.

What’s new? For the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival Jonny Javelin are concentrating on a new batch for their Velvet collection – they added about 40 new designs in January and have been working hard to keep things moving. MD Jonny Spears says: “Over the next three months we’ll be looking to put out around 100 new designs in Velvet and Velvet Moments. “We’re now being asked more and more to produce the second tier of titles – cards that customers are looking for, which are a little bit more specific, and also titles that might have slipped through the net somewhat. “Relation ages will be our big code 75 release in late summer, but the initial release will be a mixture of 12 Velvet Moments (our slim Velvet card), and 44 Velvet code 60 titles. These include both male and female open and age cards, their first graduation designs and a new batch of baby cards.

www.jonnyjavelin.co.uk

Look out for… Puckator’s Flamingo Toilet Brush on Stand DP1-23. It’s a keeper!

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The number of designled products, including ceramics, homewares and gifts, available from ECP Design, a leading homewares and ceramics company based in Gloucestershire. The product range includes their own designs as well as those from other renowned UK designers. ECP Design DP1-41

3 things about Baa Stools M9 1. Baa Stools were invented in a ‘Baa’rn by Michelle ‘Baa’rtleet. 2. They have two workshop Labradoodles called Cagney and Lacey who steal sheepskin for their beds. 3. They stop production every day for Ken Bruce’s Pop Master. Workshop supervisor Llinos answers the most questions.

DID YOU KNOW…? Founded in 2014 by Anglo-Scandinavian husband and wife team, Corpo Sancto Candles uses rapeseed wax exclusively for all of its candles, one of the only UK manufacturers to do this. Rapeseed wax is biodegradable, carbon neutral and is also produced in the UK and EU from non-GM crops, something which cannot be guaranteed with soya, castor or palm waxes. All candles are hand mixed and poured in small batches using the best ingredients to assure high quality. Scented candles are then left to cure for at least a week to ensure good scent throw. All materials and packaging are sourced in the UK, made from recycled materials or recyclable. DP2-35

It’s that time of year and excitement is brewing at Lang’s! Our new autumn and winter collections are ready to be unveiled, designed to inspire our customers for the upcoming festive season. We are ready to turn on the lights and sparkle with over 500 new products to launch, not forgetting our existing successful ranges.

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Our personal favourites from the new range include a collaboration with watercolour artist Kathryn Coyle featuring woodland inspired animals and garden birds, ‘It’s All About The Fizz,’ a fun, on-trend collection - perfect for all those prosecco princesses and ‘I Love You To The Moon And Back,’ which is a mix of textile, ceramic and wooden gifts based on this very well-known phrase, we hope you love it too! We will also have our Halloween and Christmas ranges on show for those last minute orders. We look forward to welcoming customers, old and new, to our stand Richard Lang B18.

Make us your first stop! Richard Lang & Son Ltd 1 Little Chester Park Alfreton Road Derby DE21 4AA T: 01332 340927 E: sales@richardlang.co.uk W: www.richardlang.co.uk

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Spotlight on… scarves As scarves continue to sell well in the gifting segment especially towards Christmas, we highlight where to go to get them

Luxury lambswool Where? Gabrielle Vary – The Great British Exchange, DP2-35 What? Gabrielle Vary draws on themes such as nature and landscapes to inspire her creative designs, which feature on a range of beautiful, unique, handmade items, including scarves, wraps and ponchos. Each piece is lovingly designed, knitted and finished by hand, making each one unique, and using British spun lambswool for a luxury look and feel.

Abstract prints Where? Miss Milly, DP3-8 What? They offer a large range of scarves in various fabrics and feature on-trend colours and motifs. Their scarves co-ordinate with their jewellery collections for maximum display impact and upselling benefits. They also aim to find abstract and geometric patterns that are a little more unusual. “Scarves have been a consistently good seller over the past few years,” say the brand.

Beautifully boxed Where? Joe Davies, Q50 What? The Equilibrium fashion accessories from Joe Davies features stylish gloves, pompom hats and exquisite boxed scarves. The ladies scarves have undergone a unique packaging re-vamp and all this at affordable prices.

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Fancy First Bite of the Cherry? 5 Juicy Reasons to visit us! Then come and see us!

New fragrance: BLACK CHERRY & ALMOND NEW PRODUCTS across all four Di Palomo ranges Packaging upgrades First chance to see and pre-order our 2016 CHRISTMAS COLLECTION Order at the show to receive DISCOUNT UNTIL JANUARY 2017

DPI: Stand 105

T: 01803 612772 E: robt@dipalomo.com W: www.dipalomo.com

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Yesterday (Sunday) we had a lot of leads by the end of the day, and there were lots of people browsing too.

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Mark Roberts & James Doherty, Clare Maddicott DP5-25b pictured with Giftware Association chairman Henri Davis

done a good job “andThey’ve the organisation and signage has been really good. It’s good that they’ve made it a dedicated greetings card tent — and so far so good for us with the show. We’ve taken orders, people like the new stuff and we’ve seen new customers as well.

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Berni & John Parker, Berni Parker Designs DP5-27 with show director Cleere Scamell

Greetings @ Home and Gift “

It’s my first trade show, I’ve been in business for about six months. It’s been really positive and enjoyable, a good experience and I got a lot of positive feedback to my designs which is nice as it’s the first time they’ve been seen. It’s nice to be with creative people — all the stands look different, it’s really interesting.

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Laura Malyan, Laura May Design DP5-40c

The show has been good, “even better than last year already. I prefer the hall like this, it’s bigger and the signs are better. Our new car range is going down well — the sound in the card is the sound of the actual vehicle pictured on the front, and the stories on the back are great.

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John Wignall, Really Wild Cards DP5-34

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Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival Harrogate 2016

Ply me with champers! Learning on the job is the best way to hit the ground running as a buyer in the greetings and gifts industry. Chris Rushby, the new greetings, stationery and book buyer for Norfolk department store Jarrold, is looking forward to his first time at the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival. As a first-time visitor to Home & Gift, what have you heard about the show? That first-time visitors are plied with champagne and caviar on every stand! And that the show’s both inspirational and friendly. How do you tackle a trade show, do you plan in advance or take it as it comes? A bit of both. Inevitably there’s a list of stands and suppliers one wants to visit but, equally inevitably, the eye gets caught by something you had no idea would be interesting. Which stands are you really looking forward to checking out? I’m still pretty new to buying these categories, so any company I haven’t so far made contact with is going to be particularly useful. What’s your top tip for attending trade shows? Wear comfortable shoes, sit down once in a while, drink plenty of water. How long have you been with Jarrold and how did you arrive there? About three and a half years, most of that time as book buyer – I’ve worked in the book industry in that kind of role for 30 years. The additional card and stationerybuying responsibilities were added six months ago. What’s the most exciting part of your job? Seeing a new product for the first time and knowing – or at least having a strong hunch — it’s going to be a winner. How important is the cards and stationery side to Jarrold and what percentage of your turnover does it contribute? About four per cent of the main store’s turnover, but we also sell stationery in some of the other Jarrold branches — and there’s even a specialist Jarrold stationery shop. What brands of cards and stationery does Jarrold sell and which sell well? Woodmansterne manages a significant chunk of the day-to-day card range for us and that relationship is a positive and successful one. Beyond that, we deal with a whole range of suppliers. How many people are on the buying team, do you have separate teams or buyers for different products, such as stationery and gifts? I buy stationery, cards and pens, as well as books, for the main store. Another buyer has responsibility for gifts. A couple of colleagues buy for one or other of Jarrold’s specialist shops locally and there’s some overlap of the ranges we all select.

What makes a good buyer for Jarrold, and do you work on your own initiative or are you briefed? The whole team of buyers meets fairly regularly to compare notes, talk about trends, opportunities and mutually significant issues. It’s surprising how much commonality of opportunity and issue there can be between the buyers of, say, furniture, beauty, fashion and stationery. If someone has a product, card or gift, they want to pitch to you, how should they go about that? Email crushby@jarrold.co.uk What do you look for in a new product? Something that complements the existing range, while at the same time having something innovative, new, different about it. Something that comes from a supplier who will probably produce other, equally good products over time. In a department store such as Jarrold, is there ever any conflict on whether a product should go in stationery, gifts or another section? Just occasionally — usually a sign a product’s got potential. It’s when everyone says “after you…” that you need to worry! What are customers buying at the moment – is there anything that stands out as a bestseller? The Showtime range of light-up letter greetings cards from Really Good has been a particular success recently. Pressing the little button to make the lights light up is addictive! What are the emerging trends, and how have trends changed over the past year as well as in the time you’ve been with Jarrold? Last autumn Jarrolds took on the Kate Spade stationery range for the first time, very successfully. It may not be a trend, but it’s certainly given us permission to look at more upmarket ranges than we’d perhaps have considered before. What’s the item that you think people would consider the most surprising product Jarrold stock in the stationery department? People are often surprised that two of the greetings card ranges we stock – Maurice & Maude and The Animals Of – have both been created by people who work in the Jarrold store.

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Mouth-watering show success for Xystos Evocative fragrances, Innovative technology and exciting new partnerships meant that Xystos is riding the crest of a business wave – all the way to Harrogate From tantalising summer scents that transport you to a tropical beach to mouth-watering sweet fragrances that promise to tickle your taste buds Xystos, dubbed “the home of flame and fragrance”, has spent years building a reputation on the quality and range of its products, and, as ever, a vast offering will be on display to visitors to stand Q13 at the Harrogate Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival. But Xystos is also carving out an enviable path as a brand stacking up soughtafter partnerships, which has resulted in several new collections to the market, and as a company that is at the front of the queue when it comes to fragrance technology and clever, innovative design. Xystos is set to launch five new WoodWick collections at Home & Gift this year, including a delightful range for

Valentine’s Day featuring a medium Sweetheart hourglass and Sweetheart ellipse and ceramic vessels, plus a Citronella Collection available in cored medium and large and ellipse vessels. And as for tempting scents, they don’t come much more mouth-watering than the WoodWick Greenhouse Collection. Dreamed up by Virginia Gift Brands, this range harnesses the appeal of food fragrances, with Cucumber Melon, Radish & Rhubarb and Windowsill Herbs to choose from. Completing the scent smorgasbord is a trio of fragrances making up the Summer Sweets Collection – Raspberry Yuzu, Sparkling Orange and Sweet Lime Gelato. All are available from Xystos in core medium and large and ellipse vessels. Turning to the science behind the ever-growing home fragrance industry, Xystos has recently

announced new partnerships with fragrance technology pioneers, Enviroscent and Candle Warmers Etc, and will be distributing two new ranges across the UK and Ireland. Enviroscent’s Captain Fragrance Co is one of these brand-new collections, and is designed to provide fragrance the way nature intended, through a simple but hi-tech, patented format of sustainable paper sticks. These are infused with pure essential oils and other safe ingredients designed to give consumers the most authentic fragrance experience available, but mean no flame and no mess. Instead pure, clean, green scent is released at a constant rate over 30 days.

Pure, clean, green scent is released at a constant rate over 30 days Fragrances in the range include Amber Dahlia, Provence Lavender, White Orchid and Champagne Rose. Xystos will also distribute Candle Warmers Etc Lanterns, designed to quickly warm the wax of

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We are thrilled to be partnering with h innovative companies favourite scented jar candles without the use of an open flame, and which double the burn time of a jar candle, giving the customer more fragrance for their money. Xystos director Tom Sykes says: “We are thrilled to be partnering with innovative companies which are helping to lead the way in fragrance technology. We look forward to working with them to deliver great results. “Having already signed an agreement to distribute two Woods of Windsor ranges, it looks like being a great Harrogate for Xystos and its customers.” Yardley of London Ltd has hand-picked Xystos to distribute the new English Heritage Home Fragrance Collection and the new-look Woods of Windsor Floral Fragrances Collection. Both ranges are made by its iconic English lifestyle and gift brand Woods of Windsor, which originated from an 18th century apothecary situated

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beside the Queen’s home at Windsor Castle. ith the English “We are thrilled to be associated with nds and look Heritage and Woods of Windsor brands forward to working with them,” Tom says. “Our aim is to maximise sales for these ranges through the channels we have successfully opened for the other top-selling products in our portfolio. We will be launching these ranges on our stand at Home & Gift in Harrogate.” Quentin Higham, managing director of Yardley of London Ltd, adds: “The qualitative consumer research we undertook to help us formulate our launch plans for the English Heritage Home Fragrance Collection, made by Woods of Windsor, and the relaunch of Woods of Windsor, highlighted the need to work with a UK sales distribution company that specialised in servicing garden centres, department stores and gift stores. “Both brands have been created to capitalise on their unique heritage and storytelling ability and

our research showed that consumers believed that these types of stores were better placed to sell this type of product. “H i critiqued ii d a number b off specialist i li “Having distributors we were delighted to be able to announce a partnership with Xystos, who not only have a great understanding of the channel and category, but have been very successful in building WoodWick, as well as a number of other brands. “Their enthusiasm and belief in English Heritage and Woods of Windsor, as well as their inclusive corporate culture, meant that Xystos was a perfect fit for us, and I’m sure they will be very successful in building both brands in these channels.” Inspired by three of English Heritage’s historic English landmarks, the Home Fragrance Collection includes luxury scented candles, room fragrances, diffusers, drawer liners and wardrobe sachets. Each range is available in three fragrances – Tudor Rose, inspired by Kenilworth Castle and its Elizabethan Garden, Citrus & Basil, inspired by Eltham Palace (pictured), and Sea Spray & Freesia inspired by Osborne House. All are beautifully decorated with designs reminiscent of these monumental sites. For the Floral Fragrances Collection, Woods of Windsor has taken inspiration from modern and vintage flower illustrations, the beauty of the Great Park and the romance of Windsor Castle, as well as the delicate flora and fauna of the fragranced English garden, to develop a fresh new take on its heritage for autumn 2016. The collection features a luxury Eau de Toilette spray; a super-hydrating Moisturising Hand Wash; Moisturising Bath & Shower Gel; Nourishing Hand Cream; Luxury Soap; Dusting Powder, and Drawer Liners.

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Don’t miss… Metallic scarves from POM Known for delivering great designs of scarves that are soft, feminine, relaxed and at good prices, Peace of Mind will showcase its range of subtle metallic scarves like this one featuring gold cats. www.pom925.com DP1-103

Joe Davies Q50 The rich metallic shades of these brandnew Aurora Purple vases are created by applying real gold and silver leaf to the vases, which are then painted, lacquered and polished to achieve a beautiful show-stopping lustre. www.joedavies.co.uk

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Katie Leamon DP2-24a Katie Leamon puts gold foil at the centre of its summer 2016 collection, which features a range of greetings cards, wrapping papers, gift tags and a new luxury pencil sets. The Petite Card Collection is a new range of miniature cards, available in 16 brand new designs either hand-printed or gold foiled and accompanied by a bespoke monochrome marbled envelope. The Gold Foiled Gift Wrap delivers two new designs of wrapping paper, gold foiled onto luxury ivory paper. Finally, the Luxury Pencil Sets are a brand new range of pencils available in six stylish monochrome designs. www.katieleamon.com ww.katieleamon.com

Ashleigh & Burwood B4 Suitably seasonal, Ashleigh & Burwood’s new preciously gilded Golden Sunset & Moroccan Spice Fragrance Lamp Gift Set is made from all shades of glittering gold mosaic pieces. A sophisticated statement piece, the lamp sparkles so splendidly it’s as if the sun is always shining. Teamed with a Moroccan Spice fragrance, it comes in a decorated festive gift box and makes the ideal go-to gift year after year. www.ashleigh-burwood.co.uk

Rose gold takes centrestage at Coulson Macleod with the launch of three new luxury rose gold foil concertina cards at Home & Gift. There’s New Baby, Birthday and a Mr & Mrs wedding design in the small cards with a big message that’s are printed in rose gold metallic foil on a heavyweight textured light cream card. Blank on the reverse, these unique eight-page concertina designs fold out from 148x87mm to a massive 700mm long to reveal the message in a huge banner card that takes pride of place on the mantelpiece. www.trade.coulsonmacleod.com

“With the trend of metallics, especially gold, so popular we introduced gold into a selection of our ranges early last year. We’ve seen such a great success in our gold foiled card ranges Hey You, Ohh La La and our heart gifts. Due to the continuing success of these ranges we’ve n not ot only extended the gold detailing dettai into more gifts and cards carrds but also to our gift bags and everyday ev gift wrap, giving th he a truly luxurious feel, them and an nd making them stand out and feel extra special!” Caroline Gardner DP1-113

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Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival Harrogate 2016

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21 years of new and exciting ideas There are many reasons that Music Gifts and Elements gift brands will be celebrating at this year’s Harrogate Buyers’ Festival… Harrogate Home & Gift is always an annual retail highlight, but the 2016 Buyers’ Festival is shaping up to be extra special for The Music Gifts Company. This year the brand, known for producing stylish and unusual gifts, is celebrating its 21st birthday, while Element — its much lauded line of men’s gifts — will celebrate its first birthday. And not only that but co-founder of both brands David Gee is looking forward to this year’s show being a real family affair, with his 19-year-old son James on hand to help out. To give each brand the best exposure possible at the Harrogate International Centre, separate exhibition stands for Element and Music Gifts will stand at either side of the entrance into Design Point 4. “In order to show the individuality of each brand, we have actively decided to display them separately for the first time,” David explains. “The last twelve months have proved very exciting for us with the launch of our men’s range Element, and we are thrilled to have reached our 21st birthday. To celebrate we are launching a number of new products across both ranges for the show, including English-made washbags with pewter zip-pulls, elegant ballpoint pens, novel bottle openers, pewter jewellery and mugs.” “Plus on a personal note, my son James is helping me at the show for the first time. He wasn’t born when we first exhibited and now he’s 19!” They might have been in business for more than two decades, but Music Gifts still loves to create new and exciting ideas for music lovers, building of course on the huge success of their innovative number one bestseller, The Chopin Liszt. Plus with a great summer of sport firmly underway, there’s also something for everyone in the Element range — covering cycling, golf, cricket,

“In order to show the individuality of each brand, we have decided to display them separately for the first time” tennis, fishing, football, rugby, running and so much more! At this year’s Home & Gift the companies will be showcasing a range designed by awardwinning illustrator Vikki Gibson which is themed around pop, blues and jazz. It covers mugs, coasters, birthday cards and wall clocks. David reveals: “We worked with Vikki for Element and are so thrilled with her innovative designs that we commissioned her again to produce a range we’ve had in mind for some time. The results are brilliant, she is such a talent and we are lucky to work with her. “For both Music Gifts and Element we have been working on gifts which span both ranges. At this year’s Home & Gift, there is a new collection of very smart English-made washbags using a 3D pewter image for the zip-pull. The pewter perfectly complements the bag and makes the item unique. “As well as the washbags, there are 3D bottle openers which come individually gift boxed and upmarket ballpoint pens, again individually gift boxed.” The novel bottle openers including stunning bicycle and golfing designs and are ideal for sports-lovers, simply to be used at home, with friends or on the move. They have an RRP of around £8.99.

Beautifully-designed socks are another huge seller for Music Gifts and there is a new pair of brass instrument socks being launched at Harrogate. Other new items include both silver-plated and pewter jewellery. All the gifts and more will be available to view at the Harrogate Buyers’ Festival as well as on the company’s new trade websites - www. musicgifts.co.uk and www.elementgifts.com And, as David says: “Harrogate is our favourite show and it’s always great to see so many happy familiar and not-so-familiar faces there.”

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Looking for… homewares? “Each of our fabric designs evoke a feeling of quirky nostalgia, from old bus tickets and faded postcards, to intricate patterns inspired by vintage playing cards. Our latest collection, Gilda, takes inspiration from Moorish tiling patterns and combines geometric and hand-drawn elements to create a strong, yet calming look for the home. With a palette of soft grey and blue with pink highlights, it’s a perfect look for next Spring/Summer. ” Rachael Rowe, owner of Grace & Favour Home, a textiles and homeware company based in Devon. Stand DP4-44

Lobster Homeware G4 Who are they? Natalie has been teaching dressmaking by day and sewing for customers by night, including for luxury fashion brands Victoria Beckham, Amanda Wakely and Ghost, since leaving school and has recently set up new company Lobster Homeware.

What do they offer? Natalie came up with the inspiration for the garment that would be The Lobster Apron in 2001; while buzzing around the kitchen trying to get something out of the oven she couldn’t find her oven gloves or tea towels, so “I sat down at the kitchen table and drew a design on the back of an envelope”. Lobster recently launched with four aprons, in gorgeous prints and highly customisable, with detachable oven gloves and adjustable belt. www.lobsterhomeware.com

Garden Trading M3 “It is our passion to support British manufacturing and allow people the opportunity to buy British wherever possible and to enable people to buy bespoke beautiful lighting at reasonable prices. We love sleek simple lines, elegant looks and a splash of colour.” Emily Butterill, owner of Glow Lighting, which manufactures pendant and wall lights produced by craftsmen in North Yorkshire. Find them on stand DP2-35.

Ulster Weavers DP2-9 Who are they? A home textiles company based in Northern Ireland with a history dating back to the 19th century, they’ve held the royal warrant as suppliers of kitchen textiles to Queen Elizabeth II since 1995.

What do they offer? A unique range of quality textiles, kitchen co-ordinates and thoughtful gifts in quirky and fashionable designs.

What’s new? Mini Moderns, the home decor brand known for their distinctive wallpaper designs, has launched a new kitchen linen collection in collaboration with Ulster Weavers. The Modern Kitchen Collection is based on some of their bestselling prints, including Paisley Crescent, Pavilion, Backgammon and Darjeeling, and includes tea towels, oven gloves and aprons, with mix-and-match patterns ranged in three signature colour stories. www.ulsterweavers.com

Who? Founded in 1994, Garden Trading now have an ever-growing range of homeware, extending from garden essentials to lighting to kitchen accessories and more.

What? Their ideal is clutter-free, not clinical. As a result, they’ve created a range that emphasises clean lines, tasteful styles and, above all, practicality.

What’s new? This Autumn Garden Trading is expanding its kitchenware to include enamelware in the warm neutral shade of Charcoal and shiny offerings in metalware like stainless steel tins. Alongside this are the new ranges of Hoxton, Greenwich and Putney lighting, this will add elegant options to any lighting range with its satin nickel finish. www.ga www.gardentrading.co.uk g rden entr trad din ing. g.co co.uk

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Ty DP4-45 The fabulously-collectable iwako Puzzle Erasers from Ty are becoming a musthave for every school kid’s pencil case. “One teacher who has been round the show said they are becoming playground currency,” says national account manager Steve Lane, pictured taking a slurp from the funky shakeshaped eraser.

Le Toy Van DP1-3 Le Toy Van’s Petilou range has already performed “extremely well” says national account manager Christine Mausolle, pictured with the team. “The quirky, colourful styling makes them ideal for gift retailers.”

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Home and Gift Hippychick DP2-24 There’s an exclusive 20 per cent off discount on Hippychick’s entire BoiKido range here at Home & Gift. “They’re all wooden, eco-friendly and very colourful, which gives them great appeal,” says Kelly Linthorne, marketing executive.

The Green Board Games Company A6 The Green Board Games Company are soaring at their first-ever Home & Gift show, launching their new gift brand Flights of Fancy. “Retailers are loving both of our ranges, and it’s really exciting to have something brand new to showcase on our first time here,” says sales manager Kay Harris, pictured with sales manager Ash Raja and the Flights of Fancy range.

Professor Puzzle DP2-34 Professor Puzzle have plenty of new lines to excite retailers looking to add some fun to their offering. The team are also proudly displaying four lines nominated for a GA Gift of the Year 2017 award: Houdini Lock, Batman Bat Signal, Six in One Compendium, and Mini Golf. Yasmin Musk, international sales executive and Abigail Musk, UK sales manager showcase some of the highlights.

Tobar A17 Making their Home & Gift debut, the Tobar team are also launching Blew at the show, after recently taking over the IP and tooling rights. “We have a selection of the bestselling Blew ranges, including the Silly Socks, and the reception has been incredible,” says sales manager David Airey, pictured with Karen Parkinson, business development manager.

Bertoy DP2-42 “Everything on our stand including both Crocodile Creek and Kroom are new lines, and we’re making our debut here in Harrogate,” says Bertoy CEO, Bert Vekemans. “We have opened new accounts already, so it’s been a great introduction.” Bert poses with the Princess Palace, one of the most popular lines from Crocodile Creek with an ingenious twist on packaging — be sure to see it for yourself.

Cheatwell Games DP1-89 Cheatwell Games’ newly-appointed North West and Midlands area rep, Chris Smith, showcases the Tell-a-Tale Pirates game, which recently won Gold in Best Literacy Product in the Imagination Gaming Awards 2016. “We’ve had a great show so far,” he says, “and we’re well up on both business and orders.”

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“It’s all about showcasing fantastic British skills” Unveiling his new cook and homeware range, professional and celebrity chef Tom Kerridge sat down with the Daily News yesterday Stand DP2-35 Known for his warm West Country accent, friendly down-to-earth manner and championing of all things British, including the traditional English Pub, professional and TV chef Tom Kerridge has made his Home & Gift debut. The inspirational chef, who owns the only pub in the UK to be awarded two Michelin stars, The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, is at Home & Gift to unveil his British-made cook and homeware range in collaboration with The Great British Exchange.

Welcome to Home & Gift Tom, you’re here to launch your first range. Why now? We’ve been planning on doing something like this for a long time, but it never felt like the right time. I never wanted to just put my name to something that didn’t have the same values and ethos I have with my own business. It was kind of a marriage that we met in the middle; we were looking at the same time Matt Hopkins of The Great British Exchange was looking.

Why The Great British Exchange? We have the same belief in and reasoning for our businesses, it’s about showcasing fantastic British skills that have been lost. Being involved with them has opened so many doors and avenues to meeting people with outstanding characters.

What does each party bring to the table? I was hugely involved across the board in bringing everything to life. It’s very important to me that this range is a reflection of the hard work we have put into The Hand and Flowers for the last 11 years. Everything must stand the test of time.

And is this what the range is all about? Yes, it communicates an honesty, and hopefully a trustworthy solid brand that will stand the test of time for years to come.

What’s the inspiration behind the range? All the products in the range needed to be products I would use myself, things that work on an everyday basis. The range is aimed at people who want to use professional, high-quality, Britishmade products in their homes that will last a lifetime; people who enjoy cooking and sharing food in their homes and want products that will be practically useful and a pleasure to use.

In the range you use materials and expertise from across UK, how important was this? For me it was the most important thing. I consider what I do as chef as a trade so to find other tradesmen working with the heart, soul and love of their product, no matter what it is, is equally important. It creates a great synergy so that between us we can help showcase British produce to its best, irrespective as to whether it’s food or manufacturing. A huge amount of effort has gone into finding these fantastic manufacturers. We’re trying to breathe new life into Great British traditions, standing firm and not compromising on quality, while showcasing the best Britain has to offer. Take the knives, all made in Sheffield. The knife market is a hard one to break into and is full of Japanese, French and German quality products, but British knife craftsmanship is some of the best in the world and should be celebrated.

The material for the textile products has come from two companies in Lancashire – Lantex and John Spencer. Paul, who runs Lantex, wanted to recreate the butcher’s apron worn by the character Lance Corporal Jones from Dady’s Army and so he and the team at John Spencer put their heads together and created the material that we’ve now used in our range.

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THE RANGE The premium range, which includes knives, textiles, ceramics, wood, enamelware and pans, brings together skills and crafts from around the UK: knives are made in Sheffield, textiles and enamelware from Lancashire, wood from London, ceramics from Shrewsbury and pans from Birmingham.

So it’s a range with provenance, is this what consumers want today? I think more and more people are taking an interest in what they put into their bodies, what they eat and the affect it has. Also, the interest in small-scale producers, artisan products, especially ones with history, community and personality.

What’s your favourite product in the range? I’m a big fan of all of them but as a chef we’re always fans of knives and pans, and the pans themselves are used here at The Hand and Flowers.

Finally, it’s your debut at Home & Gift, what are you most looking forward to? Very much looking forward to being here, it will be great to see lots of other products, different producers and different things to do with manufacturing and the industry, maybe pick up a few gift ideas for family and friends too.

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Looking for... stationery? Colcards DP5-48b What? Designing and manufacturing their own cards and stationery in a very large range of designs on their own original 1967 Heidelberg Windmill Press in Malvern, Worcestershire. What’s new? Colcards have created Geometrics, a very bright, glitzy range of cards and notepads which will add colour and impact to any display with the inspiration for the designs coming from the art deco period. There are six designs that have been intricately foiled on white board in four different foils – gold, silver, copper and turquoise – giving 24 combinations for both cards and notepads. The 75x175mm greetings cards are blank, while the 70x140mm notepads have a greybeard back sheet. www.colcards.co.uk

The Art File DP1-32 What? Family-run The Art File are well-known for their design-led greetings cards and, more recently, stationery ranges. Retailers are sure to find something dfferent. What’s new? Launching at Home & Gift is the Wild Berry social stationery range. Adorned with birds, berries and bracken in pastel colours, it’s perfect for summer. The range includes notebooks, photo albums, writing sets, folders, pens, pencil cases – the list goes on! Be sure to check out The Art File’s other new stationery ranges which launched this year. www.theartfile.com

Did you know… The Art File are celebrating their 20th anniversary next year. Expect something big to mark the occasion!

Artebene DP1-45 What? German-based manufacturers of lovingly-designed products for packing, writing and giving where the design department are helped by hand, heart, scissors, pencil and glue. What’s new? There are lots of beautiful, new gift items, such as funky bookmarks in a modern style, chic note books and trendy feather pens and the collection also sees further developments of the We Love range with coordinated products and colours. The black and gold cushions and popular cotton favourites bags are the centrepiece of the collection and the new leather assortment contains purses, key rings and pencil cases in hot trend colours, using a waxed calf leather to give that high quality look. www.artebene.com

Don’t miss… Two Little Boys DP5-30 What? Award-winning gift and design company presenting a range of design-led stationery. What’s new? It’s time your dad knew exactly what his grandchildren think of him... however young! Simply hand the book to all of his grandchildren (or their accompanying adults) and fill in a section per grandchild. Ask a three year old if grandad has any children or what they like about grandad’s home and the answers will often be surprising and, ultimately priceless. Oh, and if they don’t call him grandad, that’s fine too, because one of the questions is “what do you call your grandad?” Designed for all age groups to fill in a double page each for up to 12 children. www.2littleboys.co.uk

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Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival Harrogate 2016

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A quirky, traditional, heavenly brand of success Heaven Scent is celebrating 21 years of exhibiting at Harrogate this year, and as Sarah Welsh discovered this is one family company with big ideas…

With the home fragrance corner of the gifts industry ever growing, it’s more important than ever to stand out from the crowd. And where quintessentially British company Heaven Scent is concerned, that means building on traditional methods, a wealth of products that are at the same time forward thing and yet nostalgic, and brilliant customer service — whatever size the retail customer. Quite simply, for this Bradford on Avon based brand, success means that all-important personal touch. And this is literally the case for design and marketing manager Sarah Bellis, who has been with Heaven Scent for around five years, but first had contact with the brand when she stocked their products as owner of a local gift shop. She also happens to be engaged to Heaven Scent director and founder Daniel Pettit, and

ordering with us and we treat all retailers the same, whether they are the smallest of independent stores or a national chain. We’ve always seen brilliant customer service as central to everything we do.” Heaven Scent was founded by Daniel 23 years ago when he started producing natural, plant wax candles as an alternative to paraffin wax. Soon his brother Tom came on board, and together they have built the business into something very special. The company now boasts more than 75 scents across its product ranges, which include candles, reed diffusers, home fragrances, soaps, lip balms and a coveted range of body products. The natural body product range is available in a smaller, select range of fragrances, and the collection’s packaging is currently being redesigned. Heaven Scent aims to make all its products as natural as possible, as well as using recycled glass and People seem to get lost in our packaging. Its clean burning, plant-based candles, are ranges and in many ways they sell created using a hand pouring method, and are infused with fine fragrances and essential oils. Its products are themselves stocked in outlets ranging from holistic companies and spas to one-off gift shops and garden centres. the couple will wed next year. “Business boomed for us right through the recession “I met Daniel about seven years ago when I owned a a few years back when other gift companies were gift shop called Wild Mary Ellis, which I named after struggling,” Sarah says. “Candles remained as popular my grandmother,” Sarah reveals. as ever during that time, and have done since because “Sadly the shop is no more, but I used to stock they are an affordable luxury. Heaven Scent’s products and loved them right from the “There’s something so comforting about the ritual start. Now I’m lucky enough to work with them on a of lighting a beautifully-scented candle. It’s not only daily basis. warming, but a simple and brilliant way to update your “People seem to get lost in our ranges and in home that won’t break the bank.” many ways they sell themselves. We have a sense of And as for the Harrogate Home & Gift Buyers’ heritage and vintage style, simple, classic but beautiful Festival, Heaven Scent’s team can’t wait to make the packaging, a vast range of fragrances, great price points journey up north again this year, having been a regular and no minimum orders. fixture at the show since 1995. “That means there are no barriers to customers “We love Harrogate because it’s very relaxed with

a holiday atmosphere,” Sarah says. “We always stay at the same B&B and love the whole feel of the show. It’s an excellent opportunity to target shops from the North and Scotland and as a result we have a few great customers in that region now. “We’ll take our whole collection up to Harrogate and have a massive show stand. It has a rustic feel to it, with traditional shelving that suits our packaging, and we want customers to come and chat to us and touch the products. We hate the stand being too pristine! “We’ll have our Eden Project range on show, which is a collection of candles, diffusers and room fragrances created in partnership with the project, and we also launched a range of new glass options earlier this year that are proving very popular. We have milk bottle candles, kilner jars and lab glass candles.

There’s something so comforting about the ritual of lighting a beautifully scented candle

“Scents that are always popular for us include: wild fig and grape, rhubarb and ginger, lime leaf and coriander and bluebell. For Christmas, orange clove and cinnamon, winter scent and nutmeg and cinnamon always sell very well, and looking ahead to Spring/Summer 2017, buttercup and wildflowers are wonderful scent options. “Beyond Harrogate the rest of this year is looking very exciting for us as well. We’re moving to new premises in the village of Holt within a few weeks to house our growing team, which now numbers up to 50 people and we’re always adding to our range. It should be an amazing few months.”

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Long ng & Ward d G10 00 “Its 5’o o’clock somewhere in th he world””… that’s the thought proce ceess behind d luxury candlemaake kers Long & Ward’ss prosecco candle, which is “just light en nough to enjoy the sparklin ng fresh notes of prosecc c o and caviarr with un ndertones of Lemon Citrus” s , says co o-owner Kay Wa W rd. They off fff a ffer single and 3-wick vaariety, both kn nown for inteense scent throw and equaal burn qu ualities, which comes with a 45+burrn time, is highly fragranced and beautifully packaged.

Adornment by Gilli DP1 Brand-new from 25-year-old business Adornment by Gilli is the prosecco range. Gilli’s hand-designed and handmade products, from pillows and coasters to mugs and wooden plaques, which feature words in a unique style, have been splashed with proseccorelevant sayings, from Prosecco Princess to I Start My Day with a Smile And End it With Prosecco, and Gilli can even customise sayings.

DON’T MISS… Lesser & Pavey’s prosecco products with sayings like Prosecco is Always The Answer on celebratory gold glassware. M14

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It’s all about the fizz Roll up, roll up prosecco princesses… due to high retail demand, this Italian fizzy beverage has been splashed across all manner of product, from prosecco-scented candles to every thing from cushions to coasters to cards splashed with this prosecco-related sayings We launched our Prosecco Princess range of giftable aprons in bright pink last year, and we had such a phenomenal response to them that this year we’ve launched two new colours, grey and sand, and more products including double oven gloves and Aga covers. We’ve been inundated with requests for the prosecco range. Peter Norton, owner, Artscape DP1-42

Richard Lang B18 Marilyn Monroe once said “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” but she had obviously never drunk prosecco. The team at Richard Lang has embraced all things fizz with their It’s All About The Fizz collection. It’s a fun, on-trend range perfect for prosecco princesses, so pop by their stand B18 to see the range.

Girls just love drinking prosecco! We started out with a bit of prosecco product last year and it has just grown and grown — we really hit the mark with our One Prosecco, Two Prosecco concept. There has been so much demand that we’ve extended the theme into lots of exciting new product with proseccorelated sayings. Jane Bourne, head buyer, Richard Lang

Spotlight on… drinks coasters Discover celebratory drinks coasters featuring fizzworthy slogans like Drink Me and Cheers in gold foil at new Home & Gift exhibitor Roger La Borde. DP1-9a

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From natural dyes and upcycled materials to local produce and recycled packaging, discover what environmentally-friendly brands and green products are on show

Northumbrian Candleworks DP3-21 “We create candles using only the smoothest soy wax and lovely authentic fragrances. We have chosen to work with soy wax, not only because of its amazing environmental credentials, but because of its unrivalled fragranceholding properties. Each candle is hand blended and poured in our Northumberland workshop. “ www.northumbriancandleworks.co.uk

Seascape Island Apothecary thecary G178 The products from this award-winning beauty brand are produced on Jersey Island, created from ingredients found on the island and from ethical suppliers. Local produce and extracts from herbs distilled on the island feature extensively in each of the key product ranges. This, combined with the tranquility of island life, provide the perfect inspiration for the award-winning products, from skincare to bath and shower to men’s products. All bottles and packaging p g g are recyclable. y www.seascapeuk.com

Wyatt & Jack DP2-35 Wyatt & Jack creates sustainable bags and accessories from upcycled beach and deckchair canvas and retired bouncy castle vinyl. With sources from the parks of London, to the sandy beaches local to the Isle of Wight, the re-purposed fabrics each tell the story of a previous life. W&J has upcycled around 11 tonnes of beach fabric so far from across the UK. All the products are proudly made in Britain in their island workshop. You can find W&J on The Great British Exchange stand. www.wyattandjack.com

“ We have always been, and always a lways will will be, be an ethical ethical brand. We believe in keeping the manufacture of our pure alpaca throws within Peru to help the local economy. We only use natural dyes to colour our products. We offer all customers, whether they are new or existing, honest advice on which blanket would best suit their needs, on care and washing insstructions and, because we use only natural fibres, we can assure you u our products will last for many yea ars to come.” Fo ormer fashion designer Rimsky on n her brand So Cosy, a designercreeated range of bespoke blaankets, throws and cushions, mo odern and traditional, in the fin nest quality of natural un ndyed wool. Rim msky, So Cosy, M27a

DON’T MISS… The Eco Trail If you’re keen to buy green this year, look out for the Eco Trail tags on 50 exhibitors selected by TV presenter and eco champion Oliver Heath as the greenest products from the eco-friendly exhibitors at the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival. Oliver says: “With thoughts of the future and how we can individually influence it ever present in our minds and the media, it’s clear that individuals and big business are taking the lead ahead of those that we select to govern us. Increasingly I’m seeing that people and businesses with a conscience are setting out to do more. It’s more than just minimising their own footprints – by reducing, re-using and recycling, they are looking to become a force for good, and for change. Businesses with a real eye to the future are looking to become restorative and to give back, be it to the environment, or to communities, by delivering better products with real benefit. Many of those I’ve selected for the Eco Trail are doing that, creating beautiful, stylish and functional products that will delight your customers while promoting a greater good.”

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products Looking for something a little different? Scaramouche + Fandango on stand G189 may have just the thing. Here are some of their top products: 4-in-1 Sports wash Hair, body, face and shave in one handy tube. Perfect as a stocking filler for men who love the gym or reluctant groomers.

Making the most of it Want to make the most of your visit to the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival? Here Ian Bradley, independent greetings card and giftwrap sales agent for the Midlands, gives his top tips for having a great show. So, here we are at Harrogate Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival once again. It has to be my favourite trade show of the year – a laid-back approach in very pleasant surroundings, located in a lovely town with glorious summertime weather, hopefully! To make the best of your visit this year, here are my top tips:

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If you’ve not done so already, then take a small amount of time to plan your visit. This can be said for all trade shows as that 10-20 minutes spent planning can save you hours later.

2 Triple pack All the skincare essentials for men in one convenient gift set. Includes a face scrub to clean the skin, a luxurious shave cream and an award-winning Hydrator to complete the skincare routine.

I would highly recommend you walk around the whole show if possible. The key thing is to make sure you see any suppliers that are an absolute must for you. At H&G there’s a big focus on the Design Point tents, and rightly so. They do an excellent job of bringing together fabulous design-led product in light and airy surroundings. But, since they’re so popular, not all suppliers will get a stand in the DP tents. New suppliers and those returning after an absence will probably have to find a home somewhere else. By walking as much of the show as possible you’re much more likely to find hidden gems you were not expecting. This is especially useful if you’re on the lookout for those all-important new suppliers.

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Make sure you visit the Debut & Spotlight Hall G as here you’ll see a really interesting mix of both gifts and greetings cards from new and upcoming designers and makers – every year I’m more and more impressed with this hall.

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A bright and breezy Ian Bradley at the 2015 Harrogate show with Karen Wilson, co-owner of Paper Salad Publishing

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Design Point 5 – or DP5 – is a must visit as this is now the greetings card hall. Added last year, the organisers have now declared DP5 the new home for Greetings & Stationery. It sits along the front of the Majestic Hotel alongside DP1. There have been mixed emotions about the greetings location since leaving its long-term home below Hall A, four years ago – the “dungeon” as it was affectionately known. This new location is excellent and it’s a very easy hall to walk. If you have greetings cards on your mind then you’ll certainly find something fabulous here.

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This show is located in the centre of a wonderful spa town. If time allows then you really should have a look around. Maybe take afternoon tea at the world-famous Betty’s or a stroll through one of the lovely open spaces – strays as they’re known locally.

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: Lots of the fabulous shops in town will be having their summer sales… Here’s to a really great, fun and positive Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival. Ian Bradley Ian Bradley Agencies, T: 07905 597498

Ian’s top tip Walk as much of the show as possible to find hidden gems that you aren’t expecting.

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