dailynews Sunday 15 July 2018
The official paper for Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival Harrogate
Welcome to Home & Gift!
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Caroline Gardner Caroline’s quirky yet sophisticated designs are brought to life in her wonderful gift lines including accessories and stationery along with wrap, bags, cards and Christmas. Check out her new jewellery boxes on DP1-A37 — small and compact, they can be used both home and away.
The new seminar programme opens today.
We promise you will find some absolute gems Show director Louise Morris shares what’s in store at this year’s show A warm welcome to Home and Gift 2018! We are thrilled that you have joined us for the Buyers’ Festival and are excited to offer you even more buying opportunities than ever before. Take the time to explore the entire show, discovering our biggest range of home and interiors suppliers, the next new wave of design-led gift brands and talented makers, plus must-have fashion accessories and unseen food and drink gifts — this really is a show like no other. With over 800 brands to choose from, set across four marquees and nine halls, we’re the largest showroom in the North. I recommend you browse the whole show as you won’t want to miss a single thing from our fabulous line-up of exhibitors. We promise you will find some absolute gems, guaranteed to be your next best sellers. Finalise your autumn and winter buying while enjoying the perfect summer setting at Home and Gift.
Home and gifts beat retail blues Optimistic outlook and promise of exciting buying opportunities at Home & Gift sees trade rise above retail woes
Natural Partners Art The home of high quality fine art greeting cards and prints featuring original artworks. Natural Partners Art work with more than 50 established and emerging artists and photographers. GS-25
The home and gift trade remains staunchly buoyant in the face of rising business rates, high street closures and the continuing impact of Brexit uncertainty. In a show of strength despite these pressing issues, 58 per cent of home and gift retailers responding to a recent Daily News survey said their business was doing at least as well or, in many cases, better than this time last year. Though gift retail was widely deemed “challenging”, gift retailers share a hugely positive outlook for the year ahead, with more than two thirds (72 per cent) of respondents saying they’re optimistic for the second half of the year. The opportunities surrounding Christmas, and the “inspiring, well-curated” treasure trove of products here at Home & Gift Buyers’
Festival are both spurring retailers on. In fact, 94 per cent said they would recommend the premier summer buying event to others in the industry, with one retailer saying it’s the best place to “keep up to date with the new products and overall feeling of the market”. Others look forward to heading to Home & Gift each year for its empowering qualities, giving visitors a vast sense of choice and buying power with some of the leading suppliers and distributors. “Niche suppliers, independent suppliers and a selection of British product,” draw others, while the show’s signature mix of “varied products” “ease of navigation” and “relaxing way to do business” make Home & Gift a must-visit for thousands of visitors descending on Harrogate over the coming days.
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Designed with your business in mind, Retail Hub runs today, Monday and Tuesday. It’s a great opportunity to get advice from big names across the industry such as Matthew Hopkins, The Great British Exchange, Dan Jeffrey from Bettys, Victoria Turner of the Harrogate Girl, and many more…
Spot the ball! To celebrate today’s final we have hidden an official World Cup football inside this issue of the Daily News. The first person to find it and email sally@lemapublishing.co.uk will win a bottle of Champagne! Want to watch the final? Turn the page for details...