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Gift Focus magazine - Issue 118 - March/April 2020

Latest issue of Gift Focus magazine is available now

In this issue:

  • Candles & Home Fragrance
  • Stationery Special
  • Food & Beverage Gifts
  • Father's Day ideas
  • Proudly British products
  • Shows! Farm Shop & Deli Show, BCTF preview, London Stationery Show
  • Win! £500 RRP worth of stock from Niederegger
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From the editor

Louise Prance-Miles, Editor

Hello Spring!

After a busy, cold show season I hope you’re looking forward to the warmer months ahead. It was good to see so many faces at Spring Fair and was lovely to be welcomed so warmly at Ambiente in Frankfurt – what a fantastic show! Check out our ‘On with the Show’ pages to read what went on during this important buying period. To find out the winners of the Giftware Association’s 2020 Gift of the Year Awards turn to page 45.

With Father’s Day around the corner we check out some gifts for him on page 38. And who doesn’t love their home fragranced to perfection? Admire the stunning candles and home fragrance selection from page 27.

This issue we have the preview for London Stationery Show, Hong Kong Gifts & Premium, Farm Shop & Deli Show and, of course, the British Craft Trade Fair. Alongside the BCTF preview we focus on gifts made in Britain. With a trend in eco-friendly products, reducing the carbon offset from the items we purchase is becoming more popular with buyers and consumers and we salute this step in the right direction. Lastly, if you want to read about a super company that exists wholly to generate funding for Dorothy House Hospice Care, our up & coming interview is with well-being company Ubiety, page 98. The products feel and smell amazing!

Enjoy the issue!

Louise Prance-Miles, Editor

PS. If you have any news you would like to submit to this site or Gift Focus magazine, please email editor@giftfocus.com

Competition

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Blue Eyed Sun is offering retailers the chance to win a free 12-pocket counter-top spinner and 36 gorgeous reusable coffee cups made from bamboo fibre to stock it with.

Competition

Blue Eyed Sun is offering retailers the chance to win a free 12-pocket counter-top spinner and 36 gorgeous reusable coffee cups made from bamboo fibre to stock it with.

Competition

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Readers' Poll

What does your quarantine work attire consist of?

Professional - Zoom meetings all day
 
Professional top, pyjama bottoms - Zoom can only see my top half!
 
Athleisure - keeping it casual but acceptable
 
Pyjamas - all day every day.
 

Previous Poll Results

Here's the results of our previous poll where we asked...New year, new start! And, of course, the start of the show season. Which one is most beneficial for your business?

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Top Drawer
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Spring Fair
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Harrogate Christmas & Gift
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Giving & Living

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