PARTY NEWS
Smiffys Cracks Down On Counterfeiters RH Smith & Sons has successfully completed a Civil and Criminal Prosecution against an illegal counterfeiter. RH Smith & Sons, which operates under the Smiffys and Fever brands, has successfully concluded both its High Court and Criminal Court anticounterfeiting action against Party Pit Stop, an established Copyright is customer of RH Smith & Sons. taken seriously in Party Pit Stop, a Stoke-on-Trent the UK courts. business operated by Joshua Shemirani, was found to be importing inferior quality, knockagreed to pay RH Smith & Sons off fancy dress costumes from tens of thousands of pounds in China, towards the end of last respect of its legal costs and year. The costumes were copies damages. He also had to send of the original garment designs the thousands of pieces of produced by RH Smith & Sons and remaining counterfeit stock to RH were being sold under the Smiffys Smith & Sons to be destroyed. brand and packaging artwork. Joshua Shemirani also After receiving legal admitted guilt under a separate proceedings just before Christmas, criminal prosecution. Party Pit Stop conceded liability “As a business, we invest on all three counts – design, heavily in designing top quality trademark and image copyright. garments and employ nearly 250 Joshua Shemirani undertook to people; the livelihoods of those the High Court that he would not people and those of our honest deal in the illegal copies again, retail customers are put at risk
Demand High For Christmasworld 2016 The trade fair with a focus on Christmas and other seasonal festivities is shaping up to be a real success with 95% of the exhibition space at Christmasworld 2016 (29 January – 2 February 2016) already booked up. “This confirms the high level of satisfaction on both the exhibitor and visitor sides at the last edition of the fair. Over the years, Christmasworld has proved to be an extremely reliable business platform, even in difficult economic times,” said Eva Olbrich, Christmasworld director, Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH. She continued: “We will naturally continue along these lines in 2016 at the same time as showing new ideas and concepts for promoting sales at the point-of-sale.” The latest trends and newest products from the world of seasonal decorations will be on show. For more information, visit www.christmasworld. messefrankfurt.com
by this illegal counterfeiting,” said director, Elliott Peckett. “We will sue anyone who we discover is importing or selling knock-off RH Smith & Sons products that infringe our design, trade marks or image copyright anywhere in the world." "We are now focusing our attention on the long list of illegal counterfeiters who will receive the same zero tolerance approach" he continued. Further information on this issue can be obtained from marketing@smiffys.com
Delights Direct Launches New Website
A new website from Delights Direct has been launched, making ordering from the party
The BCA OneDay Sale
Below left: Delights Direct new website.
goods distributor a smoother experience for retailers. The updated version of the website is fully responsive to all major Apple and Android devices, across both mobiles and tablets, while a new Saturday delivery service will be offering all day Saturday deliveries at the company’s normal price (£4 and free for orders over £100). The new website has a fresh look and feel, along with a brand new, 100%
Party Suppliers Walk For Charity Pioneer Europe and Amscan joined forces to represent the party industry at this year’s Cardgains charity challenge last month. Teams from both party suppliers took part in the 25mile walk in Yorkshire. The day was a great success, raising more than £13,000 in total. Team Amscan comprised Andy Smart, Chris Smalley and Jim Young, while Pioneer
The British Costume Association will once again be hosting its One-Day Sale in September 2015. This trade show is targeted at independent fancy dress hire shops and party shops buyers and welcomes both BCA members and nonmembers to attend. This trade fair gives the customers the opportunity to buy directly from the stalls and take their goods away on the day or place short delivery orders in time for the important Halloween and Christmas Party season. The UK’s best hire quality costume manufacturers will be exhibiting both costumes and mascots, as well as a selection of accessories and party goods. It’s a great opportunity for a last minute stock up for Halloween, and there are always lots of bargains and offers to be had.
SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2015, AVON SUITE, STONELEIGH PARK, WARWICKSHIRE, CV8 2LZ, (SAT NAV USERS CV8 2LG) Opening times, 11am-5pm The show details are as follows:If you would like to know more about visiting the show or exhibiting, please contact Linda and Yvonne on 01912 243005. secure, PayPal option. The site also offers greatly enhanced functionality on both building and saving baskets while shopping. .Below: Team Pioneer Europe (l-r) Michelle Comerford, Mark Drury and Anna Bubnova
Europe’s walkers were Mark Drury, Michelle Comerford and Anna Bubnova. “Cardgains do an amazing job organising these charity walks every year,” said Anna. “This was my fourth charity walk and I really enjoy them despite the aching legs afterwards. It's very rewarding as the money we raise helps small, local charities such as Calvert Trust, which was the chosen charity this year.”
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