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A new year calls for new season
buying at Top Drawer S/S22 Discover the freshest new brands and uncover the stories behind them, coupled with inspiration, expert insight and practical tools – Top Drawer is here to help you reinvent your edit this season.
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ach season, Top Drawer welcomes their community of creative buyers through the doors of Olympia London to source the very newest products from design-led lifestyle brands from around the globe. This January is no different, as you can find new launches for your store from the likes of Aery, Atlantic Folk, Beyond Living, Block Design, Bookspeed, Caroline Gardner, Jellycat, Quail Designs, Repeat Repeat, Talking Tables, Manta Gifts, Luckies of London, Lifeguard Press, Portico Designs and S-C Brands, plus many more. Alongside established brands you can discover a handpicked selection of up and coming names that you may not have seen elsewhere, including Concrete & Wax, Epooch london, Freckleface Home Fragrance and Printer Johnson. To see the full line-up of brands visit www.topdrawer.co.uk. With a focus on the freshest design on the market, Top Drawer enables you to browse 1000’s of products under one curated roof, coupled with inspiring industry talks, trend forecasts and insightful demos. Top Drawer is a one stop shop for creative retailers. This January see’s the return of the RetailFest stage, the home of inspiring conversations covering topics such as; how to build a successful creative brand, trend forecasts and discussions, plus social media masterclasses. The full programme of sessions will be released later this month, to be the first to know which keynotes you can hear from head to www.topdrawer.co.uk. With new being an integral element to the Top Drawer offer, a brand new area named Launchpad will be making its debut at the January show. The aim of Launchpad is to present brands that have never been seen before as well as businesses with a design edge or forward thinking concept. Buyers can expect to discover something unusual from the Launchpad line-up. As well as this, through a partnership with the University of the Arts London (UAL) a selection of students and alumni have been invited to showcase their products to the market for the very first time. You can expect unique concepts and engaging design from talented, up and coming designers. To further emphasise the creativity amongst the line-up at this January’s 42 Gifts Today
With new being an integral element to the Top Drawer offer, a brand new area named Launchpad will be making its debut at the January show. The aim of Launchpad is to present brands that have never been seen before as well as businesses with a design edge or forward-thinking concept. edition, a Meet the Maker area is being introduced to help bring both the products and the processes behind them alive. Bringing together designers, makers and artisans from across all disciplines to present demonstrations of their products so buyers can get to know them better. Taking place across all three days the line-up of brands taking part will be revealed in the coming weeks
Registration to attend Top Drawer is now open, head to www.topdrawer.co.uk to get your free ticket and plan your visit. For more information please contact
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