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Trade Talk
Andrew Nettleton
Managing Director – Ashleigh & Burwood
Why are you exhibiting at Spring Fair this year?
It’s been way too long! We’ve missed Spring Fair and all that it offers exhibitors and visitors. It’s the show that has all the right ingredients; the best mix of products and people brought together in the ideal location and it is perfectly timed for buying choices to be made for the whole year ahead.
What can visitors expect to find on your stand?
Our full product range will be on display which will include our latest launches for SS22; Frosted Earth Fragrance Lamp Gift Sets, three brand-new Life In Bloom fragrances and colours across Candles, Diffusers and Fragrance Lamps plus much more. The Ashleigh & Burwood Gift Boutique will also be making a return and inside visitors will be treated to a preview of what we have in store for Christmas 2022.
Yes, Spring Fair has always been the ideal way for us to share our latest product developments with our customers and with the wider market.
Understandably with what we’ve all been living through, escapism has a strong pull for people right now. Fragrance can of course offer a sense of escapism for many and we’ve chosen to build on this by designing fragrances for SS22 that encapsulate this feeling completely. At Spring Fair, visitors will be able to sample our Tropical Escape and Every Cloud fragrances that both promote a story of dreamy escapism.
What’s the big news this year on your stand?
Given its importance to the world, we’ll be sharing front and centre of our stand the steps we’re taking as a company to drive towards a greener future. Our Ashleigh & Burwood gift boutique will also be a highlight and within visitors will be able to discover all of our newness for Christmas 2022.
David/Jocelyne Royou-Roznowski
Co-Founders - D & J Glassware
Why are you exhibiting at Spring Fair this year?
We have always viewed Spring Fair as the main event in our calendar and are excited to be back again. Nothing replaces the buzz we get from seeing visitors and introducing them to ‘our world’.
What can visitors expect to find on your stand?
Always a warm welcome! We delight in the opportunity to show off our beautiful glassware: the Fused Glass Animals are a colourful sight and make people smile. Our Tree of Life globes are breathtaking and need to be seen and of course, our successful Home Fragrance collections can only be smelled in person!
Yes, we are really looking forward to launching several new ranges as well as a completely new collection. We always like to keep these under wraps until the first day of the show.
During the past couple of years, we have seen a growing emphasis on the handcrafted and personal element to gifts: gifts with a ‘story’ of some kind. Many shoppers are becoming more discerning and rejecting mass produced goods in favour of more unique pieces. We see this trend to grow in 2022. We also think that Celebration will be a big thing this year; whether it’s the amazing milestone of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee or smaller get togethers with family and friends, many have realised that life’s special moments need to be recognised.
What’s the big news this year on your stand?
It’s our 20th year in the industry, so Spring Fair will be the kick off to a year of celebrating!
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Paul Hooker
Commercial Director – Joe Davies Why are you exhibiting at Spring Fair this year?
At Joe Davies we love to see and support our customers and there is no better place to do that than at a trade show. We made the decision very early on to support our regular exhibitions, so not attending Spring Fair was never in question for us, if the show is taking place we are there. We missed the show so much last year and we can’t wait to be back.
What can visitors expect to find on your stand?
A very warm Joe Davies welcome awaits all visitors to the stand, there should be a great buzz, with hundreds of new ranges and some great new brands making their debut. We have lots of exciting new developments across Jewellery, fashion, Christmas, home & gift.
Our Buying Team start working a full 12 months ahead of Spring Fair. We don’t launch ranges in between trade shows so our entire Spring Summer 2022 collection will be launching at the show.
Everyone has gone Gonk crazy and the trend looks set to explode in 2022. Fashion and fashion accessories are really starting to pick up pace in gift environments. Sentiment gifts are very strong, with friends and family themes particularly stand out. Blues and greys are the hot colour tips.
What’s the big news this year on your stand?
We are very excited to have just agreed a deal to distribute Xpressions For You exclusively to the independent trade. Spring Fair will see the debut of the Xpressions Range at Joe Davies, with brands such as Pots of Dreams, Nordic Lights, Feather & Grace and Boofle all joining the Joe Davies offer.
Simon Pykett
It’s been almost two years since we have been able to exhibit at any trade show and we are delighted to kick-off 2022 by attending Spring Fair this February.
During the numerous lock downs, Bloomingville were able to manage their stock levels to almost full capacity. For this reason, we were able to open very many new accounts with retailers who were let down by their other suppliers.
Much of this was done online and so we find ourselves with many new partners who we have yet to meet.
What can visitors expect to find on your stand?
Bloomingville is a ‘multibrand’ house, and visitors will be able to see not only our main brand but also Bloomingville MINI, Creative and the new Illume collection of home fragrances.
We are increasingly seeing that in the home décor category, vases and other deco pieces which depict faces, or the human body are selling well; a trend we expect to continue. Also, textiles from sustainable sources are a real winner right now.
What’s the big news this year on your stand?
Brexit! We have managed to circumnavigate the issues arising from the UK’s decision to leave the EU very well. We pay the tariffs so that our customers don’t have to and we will certainly be pushing this competitive edge on our stand, throughout the show.
Jonny Greves
Managing Director - Lesser and Pavey Ltd. Why are you exhibiting at Spring Fair this year?
Lesser and Pavey have been exhibiting at the Spring Fair since it started. It is the major platform to launch the years collection, to meet customers new and existing.
This year we are moving to a new location in hall 5 so enabling us to have a larger stand to ease any concerns about Covid with lots of space to view the products displays in comfort with assistance from regional sales executives.
What can visitors expect to find on your stand?
We are launching hundreds of new products to entice buyers, from the spheres of home accessories, fragrance, glassware, gifts and much more. Some new products will take forward existing successful ranges whilst others will be brand new products, bringing new spheres and colourways to our homewares and gift collections. Although Christmas may have just been and gone, we will have our new ranges on show for Christmas 2022.
The pandemic and new variants have presented new challenges for all, and the world, but we are very positive about what 2022 will bring as such we have been developing many new ranges that bring a touch of nostalgia, ‘homeliness’, and family values to the fore in depicting designs from British illustrators from years past adding a modern twist. Glassware that is hand decorated by British designer to capture nature in watercolours in the form of glasses and wax holders. The fragrance of natural smells in the form of our aroma lamps, diffusers, and waxes. A homestyle that brings love and is welcoming to all through practical, usable items that can be received as gifts such as for Mother’s Day.
