Gift Focus - Mar/Apr 2020 (Issue 118)

10 My Gifts Trade / ECP Design to distribute ‘A Gift Fr om The Gods’ My Gifts Trade / ECP Design (MGT/ECP) and A Gift From The Gods are delighted to announce a new distribution partnership, which will see MGT/ECP take on exclusive distribution for the A Gift From The Gods brand. A Gift From The Gods does more than create beautiful accessories, it creates them at a good price point, allowing buyers from small businesses and large to add a little sparkle to their product lines without breaking the bank. This balance of affordability and luxury combined with AGFG’s aesthetic has proven a hit with buyers worldwide. Nikki Courtney, director at My Gifts Trade commented: “We’re delighted to add this wonderful range to our stable of existing brands and become part of the My Gifts Trade / ECP Design family. This exciting young lifestyle brand – encompassing stationery, jewellery, accessories and sleepwear – is a perfect fit to our current portfolio and gives our customers even more choice.” Jane Reucroft, founder of A Gift From The Gods, added: “My Gifts Trade are quickly becoming the ‘go to’ distributor in the housewares and gifting market, and I am more than impressed with their operation and capabilities. This new arrangement will free up more of the team’s time to focus upon brand and product development and extend our reach through primary retail sectors”. GB EYE EXPANDS EUROPEAN FOOTPRINT GB eye Ltd, one of Europe’s leading poster and gift suppliers, is expanding its European presence with the opening of a new office and the launch of brand-new giftware product ranges. Operating from its first overseas office in Antwerp, Belgium, GB eye Europe BV will allow the company to enhance its trade relationships, which have been establish over the last 30 years and bring them closer to key customers and new markets. As part of a maintained focus on engaging with European customers, GB eye exhibited for the fourth time at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg this year. The show has proven to consistently connect GB eye to licensors, retailers and distributors prompting them to expand their presence at the show with this year set to be their biggest year, with their largest investment in stand space, the widest presentation of product on display and a full team in attendance. At the show, the company presented latest ranges across its pan-European licencing portfolio, including Pokémon, Dragon Ball, PlayStation, Bravado, Fortnite and a host of Warner Bros. properties, directly to trade retailers and distributors. Charlie Chester, managing director at GB eye, commented, “Opening GB eye Europe BV will help us to deliver on our aims and expand on our pan-European licence portfolio, this strategy and the launch of our eco products in 2020 means we have a busy and exciting year ahead.”