PREVIEW
AUTUMN FAIR
Ask the
exhibitors… With Autumn Fair round the corner, TnP asks toys and games exhibitors for a sneak preview of what’s on offer for show visitors MARK JONES Sales director, University Games Why have you decided to exhibit at Autumn Fair? Autumn Fair has always been a staple in our exhibition calendar and after nearly 18 months of no events and not being able to showcase our games and puzzles range (on a larger scale) to customers, we can’t wait to be back there, catching up with customers and meeting new retailers! It will also be our first Autumn Fair with The Lagoon Group as part of our portfolio, so we’re looking forward to showcasing all the great games and gifts in the range. What products will you be promoting? With both the University Games and Lagoon portfolios combined we have more than 700 games, puzzles, and gifts in our range. However, we are looking forward to launching some great new additions this autumn. Joining our best-selling Harry Potter 3D Puzzle range will be the magical home of the Weasley family, The Burrow, the transforming Knight Bus, and Hagrid’s Hut: the home of the Hogwarts Keeper of the Keys. New to the Lagoon range is a great range of Toolbox-styled games with Charades, Tough Trivia and drinking games to choose from, with titles that include Hammered! and Nailed it!, making them great gifts for DIY enthusiasts. We also have a brilliant range of new Mindfulness puzzles, along with some great additions to our Murder Mystery category including new Murder Mystery Case Files Puzzles such as a large ‘murder board’ puzzle and loads of physical evidence including five smaller evidence puzzles to help you solve the case. Are you offering any special incentives for orders placed at the show? We certainly will have a special offer incentive for Autumn Fair, which we will be sending out to our retailers just before the show!
AUGUST 2021
JO DRAGE Sales director, Thames & Kosmos UK Why have you decided to exhibit at Autumn Fair? We have a long-standing history of exhibiting at both Spring and Autumn Fair and we have really missed trade shows, having not exhibited since Spring Fair 2020. We have attended a variety of virtual fairs and managed to stay in contact with our customers via zoom but it’s just not the same. I for one have really missed interacting with our customers and I’m very excited to see as many as possible in a Covid-safe way over a cuppa and chat. What products will you be promoting? We have exciting new arrivals for A/W, which we are planning to showcase at Autumn Fair. In our board game range, we will be showing off the hotly-anticipated English language version of our parent company’s best selling EXIT: Advent Calendar, which will incorporate another dimension to our successful EXIT: The Game range. We will be bringing a selection of our existing bestsellers and new arrivals such as the thrilling Massive Erupting Volcano, which has been making waves since we introduced it to the trade earlier in the year. Another range we will be showcasing is our ever-popular Creatto light-up craft kits which were a sell-out in the run up to Christmas last year and which we anticipate will be a very popular present choice for children big and small this year. Make sure to visit us at our stand to build ºyour own! Are you offering any special incentives for orders placed at the show? We will be offering our usual 5% discount on orders over £500 net value and 10% off orders over £1,000 net value for any firm orders placed at Autumn Fair.
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