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Spring forward

Following an exciting January and February of inspiring shows, I’m ready to leave the bad weather behind and dive into the next batch of events and the best of spring/summer merchandising! I hope everyone enjoyed their travels as much as I did and found some excellent offerings to refill their shelves after the rush for Christmas products. If you didn’t manage to make it out to every trade fair, don’t panic. We have show reviews and four pages of news, starting on page 10, to help you catch up on anything you missed. We also have this year’s Gift of the Year winners on page 79, and previews for April’s shows to dig in to.

With Father’s Day fast approaching, we delve into those hard-to-find gifts for men with a variety of excellent ideas for dads. We also fly the flag for the UK with our Made in Britain feature and take a look at home fragrance products to entice customers into stores.

In sadder news, this issue we say goodbye to the lovely Sharon as she takes early retirement to spend more with her time with her family. A number of you have been introduced to Gift Focus’ new account manager Catherine O’Callaghan, who took over in February and joined me at Spring Fair. I hope you’ll all make her feel welcome. With that, on to the issue!

Georgina Pearsall, Editor

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