Trade talk
With the 2022 edition of Home & Gift just around the corner, we ask a selection of exhibitors what products they are most excited about launching at the Harrogate event, and what they are hoping to achieve at the show Richard Wood Director Broughton & Beech Why are you exhibiting at Home & Gift?
Stephen Thurlow Director Alexander Thurlow Why are you exhibiting at Home & Gift?
“We have a great fondness for this event”
We feel this is probably the best time to have a trade show. It’s perfect for the forthcoming Winter season. It also gives us time to see how our new ranges are being received, and if we need to tweak any products.
What products are you most excited about launching at the show? We are launching a new selection of animal designs. We have managed to recreate some wonderfully lifelike designs - which is what has been so important in the success of our Love Nature products.
What are you hoping to achieve at the show? For us, the main point of the show is to meet new customers and keep our brand at the forefront of people’s minds. We advertise in trade magazines heavily before Harrogate, so hopefully this is picked up by some of the retailers (large and small) that we are keen to work with.
Do you predict any hot trends for the second half? Because we are concentrating on producing our own unique designs, it’s not something that’s really on our radar at the moment.
What makes this show special for you? Well, we have been showing at Harrogate off and on since the very first show. I still have a show catalogue from 1954! So we have a great fondness for this event. The customers always arrive in a buoyant mood, the sun always seems to be shining, and there’s always some great socialising at the end of the day in the town.
Any top tips for visitors? Stay for at least two days, to give yourself time to get around. There really is a lot to see. And enjoy not only the show, but Harrogate itself.
90 Gifts Today
This is our first time exhibiting as Broughton & Beech and although the trade show is not new to me, we believe it is a great opportunity to showcase our new product ranges and home fragrance solutions. We have a great location in DP1-C48 and plan to bring more than 50 new products across both our Julie Dodsworth and Mr & Mrs Fragrance brands.
What products are you most exciting about launching at the show? We have a diverse range, including melts, incense, hand cream, soap, electrical diffusers, candles, reed diffusers, and car fragrance, most of which will be exhibited for the first time. We are excited to share our new patterns and designs that Julie has created, and the evolution of her brand alongside the unique and unmistakable products and characters from Mr & Mrs Fragrance.
What are you hoping to achieve at the show? We are looking forward to spending time with our existing customers and sharing all our newness, while also looking for new retailers and partners.
What makes this show special for you? The show environment and setting are unique and one that is keenly anticipated every year. I have been exhibiting or visiting the show for nearly 25 years and it is my favourite: that view, I know, is shared by retailers and exhibitors alike. The mix of young and mature businesses, and some amazingly creative and talented individuals, make this show a source of inspiration with a great sense of community that is shared across this wonderful industry.
