Gift Focus inc Attire Accessories - January / February 2021

10 Industry news ENESCO LAUNCHES VIRTUAL SHOWROOM Enesco has announced the launch of its virtual showroom to accommodate customers during the recent government lockdown. The company says, “We have now launched our new virtual showroom. With current restrictions meaning we cannot welcome you in person, we bring our new showroom directly to your home, office or even your car! View our virtual showroom anywhere, anytime – everything links to our website www.enesco.co.uk, w hich has all the details of our January product launch. You can place orders, check stock and order the latest pre-packs at your convenience 24/7. Of course, as we know that many of you still prefer catalogues, these will be printed and mailed to all of our customers late January. Do not forget you can also contact your area sales manager, by telephone, email or Teams. Enesco has everything in place to remain your number one supplier in 2021.” Visit the showroom at https://my.matterport.com/ show/?m=uNWHuYW4Fm8 ENESCO RECEIVES AWARDS FOR PETER RABBIT COLLECTION Enesco has received three awards for its Beatrix Potter collection, awarded by UKMums.TV and judged by consumers, the team collected a gold award in the Nursery Must Have category for its Beatrix Potter Decorative Alphabet Letters. Enesco was awarded a further gold award for the Peter Rabbit Changing Bag, in the Best Changing Bag category and finally a Bronze for the Best on The Go product for the Peter Rabbit Pram Organiser. The Peter Rabbit Baby Collection also won the very prestigious Gift of The Year ‘Branded Gift’ award in February 2020. www.enesco.com Catch up on all the latest in our news round up JOE DAVIES REPORTS AN UPLIFT IN SALES OF LED AND LIGHT UP LINES Joe Davies has reported an uplift in sales of LED and light up lines. The extensive range of tea-lights, burners and lanterns are the perfect gift or self-purchase to create an inviting and cosy feel in any shop or home. According to the company, “Many retailers use our attractive LED string lights to drape around retail displays and gain extra additional sales. With larger pieces available, such as moving flame lanterns, they really do have something for every type of retailer. “All LED and light up lines are available through Joe Davies trademark ‘Little & Often’ ordering system and our low minimum order value of just £100 for free nationwide delivery.” www.joedavies.co.uk WHIZ KID GAMES LAUNCHES PASSPORT TO GENIUS Parents of primary school children struggling to home school will give a sigh of relief as Whiz Kid Games launches Passport to Genius, a range of educational board games that support key stage 1 and 2 teaching, which has been shortlisted in two categories by Gift of the Year. The range of three board games – Maths, English and World – has been shortlisted in the children’s educational and preschool category, and the design and craft category of the prestigious Gift of the Year awards. Aimed at children aged 7+, the games have players racing each other to the finish line by answering multiple choice questions on curriculum subjects while trying to avoid the spaces that tell them to miss a go, move backwards or do a forfeit! Children can refresh their grasp of subjects by downloading Passport to Genius Learning Aids provided online. The ultimate aim is to win the points required to earn a genius stamp (included in the game), which children can stick into their passport (also included in the game for children to personalise with a photo or drawing of themselves). They can then move on to another Passport to Genius title and fill up their passport with genius stamps. Whiz Kid Games is the brainchild of former Lagoon Group MD Heather Watherston, who said, “When my children were younger, I used to make games to help them spell, tell the time and learn their times tables. I believed that involving and engaging them in games helped them to learn. “With the help of a group of teachers, we’ve not only made the content topical, we’ve made it fun, varied and as visually appealing as possible in order to engage the children to play again and again and of course the more they play, the more they learn.” As well as being entertaining and educational, the range is designed with sustainability in mind and is environmentally-friendly. According to Heather: “Passport to Genius is being manufactured in Europe not only to avoid the damage of long-distance travel on the environment but because our partner there prides itself on its green credentials using 100% renewable energy to power its plants. “We’ll print on FSC paper and playing pieces and dice for the games will come from local, sustainable forests while colours will all be water-based and non-toxic. All materials will be 100% recyclable.” Visit www.whizkidsgames.co.uk