Club Green hires new national accounts manager

Kristina Sundby has joined the company at a very exciting time, as the latest addition to the growing sales team.

In her new role as national accounts manager, Kristina will be responsible for driving sales and managing a cohort of Club Green’s national retail clients and their Hootyballoo ranges.

Hootyballoo designs and produces a wide variety of new ranges every year to keep up with rapidly changing industry trends.

Michele Gaudelli, commercial director, commented: “Kristina is an enormously talented account manager, with a demonstrably successful track record in growing sales in the partyware sector. I am extremely pleased to welcome her to the team, and I am sure our customers will benefit from her account management and sales experience.”

Kristina added: “I am very excited to join the team and can’t wait to start building relationships with new and existing customers. With competition everywhere, I am truly proud to offer such an amazing portfolio of party products.”

Taking place on 3 – 6 September at NEC Birmingham, buyers now have access to register early for their free ticket.

This August sees the launch of Connect @ Autumn Fair, the new meetings programme designed to transform the buying experience and offer a host of preshow benefits for buyers to connect with hundreds of leading brands.

Offering a new way to shop, Connect @ Autumn Fair will help buyers to find the right brands and help Autumn Fair exhibitors to create leads, orders and opportunities in an efficient and effective way, by fuelling thousands of pre-arranged meetings before the show opens.

Buyers will have access to detailed information on all exhibitors prior to the show opening, with the ability to search and filter them by criteria that is most important to their business.

All meetings take place during the show on the exhibitor’s stand, so buyers can view

With the help of licensing agent, Toikido, Gang Beasts and Smiffys are coming together to create a new collection of costumes and accessories.

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer videogame and Smiffys is excited to launch a range featuring the iconic logo and colourful game characters.

Dominique Peckett, Smiffys director, commented: “Gang Beasts is an incredibly popular video game. I believe the chaotic, hilarious and unpredictable personalities of the characters will translate perfectly into costume and accessories. We are delighted to have added Gang Beasts to our licensed portfolio.”

Darran Garnham, ceo of Toikido,

The annual show will take place from 23 – 25 January, 2024 at The Mirage in Las Vegas.

Halloween & Party Expo is organised by the Halloween & Costume Association and Clarion Events and is described as a ‘onestop shop for all things Halloween and party. Featuring costumes, accessories, make-up, novelties, party supplies’.

Organisers say that space selection for exhibitors will open soon..

Below: The show will take place from 23-25 January, 2024.

and ask questions about the products in person. The new programme is completely free for buyers to use and there is no minimum meeting requirement.

Nicola Meadow, divisional managing director of Hyve Group, commented: “The most common questions and feedback we get from our exhibitors before they exhibit, at the show and once they leave the show are; ‘What buyers are coming?’, ‘Who attended and from what companies?’, and ‘What were they there to buy?’. For the first time in history, we are giving Autumn Fair exhibitors access, pre-show, to buyers profiles so they can see for themselves.

“This inevitably will help them to generate leads, opportunities, and orders in an incredibly efficient and effective way. Added to that, it offers retailers the best of both worlds – the opportunity to plan ahead and secure meetings with exhibitors in advance of the show as well as the joy of discovering and shopping the show in the traditional way.” added: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Smiffys to bring a range of Gang Beasts fancy dress costumes for their fans. Smiffys has a great reputation for producing high quality costumes and we are confident they will bring the hugely popular characters to life in a fun and hilarious way. We can’t wait to see fans dressed up as their favourite Gang Beasts characters at events and parties all around the world.”

The first range of Gang Beasts costumes and accessories is set to launch in Q4 of 2023 and will be available in the UK and EEA.

Right: Smiffys will launch a range of costumes and accessories for Gang Beasts.