www.giftfocus.com July/August 2013 July/August Issue 78 www.giftfocus.com Head to Harrogate FESTIVE Home & Gift preview CHEER Hubble Part one of Christmas products bubble Stock up for Creature comforts Halloween Accessories for the home SAY CHEESE! Photo frames & albums PLUS • Men’s accessories WIN! ™ • Tendence preview Kimmidoll Junior • Introducing food in-store products worth £750 RRP 36 July/August 2013 Issue 78 Managing Editor Lauren Dowey +44 (0)1376 535 611 [email protected] Editor contents Lyndsey Hubbard +44 (0)1376 535 614 [email protected] Editorial Assistant Annie Cannock news&events features Sales Manager industry news 6 fl ying the fl ag 27 Mark White All the latest from the world of gifts Hop & Peck – winners of the Best Gift Award at +44 (0)1376 535 606 [email protected] The British Craft Trade Fair on with the show 10 Sales Executive Sharon Connelly Trade fair dates and news say cheese! 31 +44 (0)1376 535 607 Photo frames and albums [email protected] brand spanking new 14 Production 01376 535 616 Latest launches and hot new products man about town 36 [email protected] Men’s fashion extras Production Manager Scott Brothwell hot property 46 Deputy Production Manager Catch up on what’s new in the world of licensing home comforts 39 Sarah Barnes Accessories for the home Senior Graphic Designer Vicky O’Connor competition 143 Graphic Designers Win Kimmidoll™ Junior products worth hubble bubble 52 Samantha Lock, Rebecca Clarke Stock up on spooky treats Web Development Manager £750 RRP Stuart Weatherley Production Assistant food glorious food 122 Charlotte Brown It’s time to embrace food and the seasons Subscriptions Tammy Watt, Matilda Bourne +44 (0)1376 514 000 retailer interview 133 It’s Your’s gift shop in Brampton KD Media Publishing Ltd Pantile House, Newlands Drive Witham, Essex CM8 2AP UK up & coming 146 www.giftfocus.com Bag specialist Williams British Handmade Cover courtesy of: Yankee Candle Europe® Gift Focus is solely owned, published and special feature designed by KD Media Publishing Limited. 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Taking place between 14th - 17th July, the exhibition is a comprehensive round-up of design-led and everyday gifts, homeware, jewellery, fashion accessories, greetings cards and stationery. Turn to P59 for our comprehensive preview of the show. There are some spooky goings on in this issue on P52, where we bring you a selection of treats to stock for the Halloween season. Speaking of seasons, now’s the time to start ordering your Christmas stock; fl ick to P19 for part one of our special festive feature. On P36 we touch on men’s accessories, a growing sector as more men opt for fi nishing touches. We cover everything from tablet covers and wallets to jewellery and walking sticks. Despite the advances in digital technology, many people still prefer to print out photographs and frame them or create albums which they can look back at in years to come. We bring you a selection of photo frames and albums on P31. Putting the fi nishing touches to a room can completely change the look and feel of a space. Stocking a line of home accessories can open up a new source of revenue for your shop. Turn to P39 for some fresh inspiration. We catch up with Hop & Peck this issue, winners of the Gift Focus Best Gift Award at the British Craft Trade Fair in April. The company designs a beautiful selection of home accessories, quirky toys and charming gifts, all lovingly made by hand from traditional oak. Be sure to check them out. You can now follow Gift Focus on Pinterest, so please take a look at our page and follow us for updates. See you in Harrogate! Lyndsey Lyndsey Hubbard Editor VISIT US ON Facebook www.facebook.com/giftfocus Twitter @gift_focus Pinterest www.pinterest.com/giftfocus giftfocus 5 industry news Catch up on all the latest in our news round up Life Canvas scoops top awards at The Stationery Show Life Canvas, the new stationery imprint of Paragon Books, was the biggest winner in this year’s Stationery Awards, held at the London Stationery Show in April, taking three of the seven awards. Life Canvas won the Notebooks and Paper Products category with its range of colour notebooks, as well as the Children’s Stationery category with the Mini Tins range. It also won the special Judges Award in recognition of the level of innovation it has brought to the stationery category since its launch last year. Here is a low down of all the worthy winners: Notebooks & Paper Products Winner: Life Canvas – Colour notebooks Commended: Dodo Pad – Birthday Calendar The Honesty Shop tours London Dodo Pad – Blank Notebook The Honesty Shop, the brain-child of David Waterhouse, has been parking up in London and attracting a great deal Premium Writing Instruments of interest from both consumers and key industry fi gures Winner: Troika/Lime Internet – Pimp My Pen like Mary Portas. Commended: Sheaffer/Stone Marketing – Taranis The red double decker bus, named Trusty, is kitted out Caran d’Ache/Jakar International – Les Crayons De La Maison as a gift shop on the lower level, and consumers simply pop their money in an envelope when purchasing gifts Everyday Writing Instruments and post it through a red letter box inside. There’s a Winner: Stabilo International – Pointball conductor on the bus who has an offi ce on the top fl oor, Commended: Uni Promark/Mitsubishi – Highlighter and is on hand in case people have any questions and Faber-Castell/Stone Marketing – Grip Sparkle Pencils need change. Trusty was parked up at St Katharine’s Dock over the Children’s Stationery winter months, and is now residing at Merton Abbey Mills Winner: Life Canvas – Mini Tins in West London. David is hoping to get permission to Commended: Noodoll – Happy Travellers Pack take Trusty to Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square. Mustard – Eraser Heads All products are made in the UK and retail at under £20. Gifts include a mixture of everything from hand-made Home Offi ce items such as tea cosies, hats and greetings cards, to Winner: Kokoyu/Stone Marketing – Harinacs staple-free stapler ranges from the likes of Victoria Eggs, Garden Trading Co, Commended: Siconi/David Butcher Associates – Sticky Pads Inch Blue and Apples to Pears. Smart Wall Paint – Wallpaint For every purchase made on the Honesty Shop’s website, consumers can choose a charity to which 10 Diaries & Calendars per cent of the sale will be donated. For those products Winner: Daycraft/Trinity Xtras – Signature Chromatic 2014 Diary purchased on the bus itself, 10 per cent of profi ts are Commended: Dodo Pad – Planner donated to Compassion in World Farming. Leuchtturm1917 – 5-Year Memory Book To fi nd out more and discuss how to get products stocked on the bus or online, visit the website Special Judges Award www.thehonestyshop.com Winner: Life Canvas/Parragon Books 6 giftfocus news & events Best Kept Secrets reveals results of scent survey Best Kept Secrets has commissioned its first ever Candle Scent Survey, to find out which scents are the nation’s favourites and which qualities in a scented candle matter most. The research was conducted independently via email in January and February 2013, with 782 respondents to the online research. The headline findings suggested the following: • Watermelon is the most popular scent for a candle (16 per cent rated this in their top three candle fragrances). • The Smoothie range of Scented Candle Tins offers the best overall scent (23 per cent rated this as their top range of scented candle). Boxer Gifts introduces • Scent fragrance and candle burn were rated equally as the most important feature in a SHWINGS for shoes scented candle tin. Boxer Gifts introduces the freshest and latest • Candles are now rated second out of 10 of gift purchases when ranked in order must-have fashion accessory for kids and teens of preference, with only cosmetics rated as a more popular gift for under £15, and this season – SHWINGS! candles rating higher than other product categories including alcoholic beverages and Already a huge success in the US and Europe, clothing accessories.