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Spotlight On... Christmas Gifts
Have Yourself A Merry Little
Christmas £5 & Under
he £5 and under price point is a critical one for Christmas gifts,” comments Widdop and Co’s marketing manager Sue Grant, “with gifts in this bracket ideal for stocking fillers, Secret Santas and novelty pick-ups. Our new men’s gift collection, Harvey’s Bored Games, offer stocking filler novelty gifts to include Mini Table Basketball, Desktop Golf, Mini Table Tennis, Magnetic Mini Table Darts and Booze Pong, in colourful packaging.” Also offering gifts for under £5 is Best Kept Secrets. “Our Tracey Russell Christmas soaps are beautifully presented and
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Above left: Widdop and Co’s Mini Table Basketball makes a fun gift for a sports fan. Above right: Among Best Kept Secrets’ Tracey Russell Christmas soaps. Right: Mad Beauty’s trio of three hand sanitisers.
The upcoming Autumn trade shows - to include Autumn Fair, Top Drawer and Scotland’s Trade Fair Autumn – are the last exhibition opportunities for gift retailers to top up their buying for Christmas 2019. Mindful of the ‘sweet spots’ of £5 and under, £10 and under and £20 and under, PG&H did some early Christmas shopping to discover the ‘must have’ products that put a tick on the list for teacher’s gifts, stocking fillers, Secret Santas and those more considered gifts. look as good on the outside as they are on the inside,” says the company’s managing director Vanessa Curry. “The wrapper is colourful, cute and sentiment driven, great as a gift for family and friends at Christmas. Grouped together the soaps are very eyecatching and encourage people to buy multiples. As an add-on for retailers, the soaps are complemented by our matching Tracey Russell candles.” Also offering gifts at under £5 is Mad Beauty. “Our Jingle Ladies range features three hand sanitisers, lip balms and sleep masks, all of which make a perfect stocking filler, with prices starting at £2.99,” says creative director Julia Cash.
£10 & Under
ary Caputo, buyer at Joe Davies points out that in difficult trading times, the ability to hit key price points is crucial. “The £10 and under bracket is probably one of the most important, especially during the run up to Christmas,” she points out. “Our new Equilibrium Tis The Season To Sparkle… collection of Christmas jewellery has an RRP of under £10 representing excellent value for money. It’s a lovely Christmas gift as well as being an ideal pick-up line for the Christmas party season.”
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Above: Joe Davies’ Tis The Season To Sparkle collection.
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