CONTENTS 3. Introduction
16. King Cole
4. Anova
17. M&M Timber
5. Bellota
18. Omega Products Group
6. Bidvest
19. Palmtree
7. Bonningtons
20. Pet Rebellion
8. Chive
21. Potters Crouch
9. Creative Products
22. Prongcroft
10. Eastern-Conenctions
23. Sanggaya IndoCraft
11. Evergreen
24. Smart Garden
12. Fallen Fruits
25. Sporting Wholesale
13. HJ Hall 14. Home Brewtique 15. Howler & Scratch
INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO THE TENTH EDITION OF FRESH INSPIRATION This Christmas Edition of the Fresh Inspiration showcases unique festive gift ideas from our exhibitors that will be showcasing at the Glee 2017 event. Take a look inside and see how we can inspire your Christmas purchases to make your stores even more festive and profitable next December.
A NOTE FROM MATT, OUR EVENT DIRECTOR: ‘Christmas greetings from all of us at Glee, we hope you had a fantastic year of buying and wish you a very happy festive break and New Year. We want to make sure you are well prepared with the very best products and ideas this December to help you plan for Christmas 2017. Take a look at the latest edition of the Glee Fresh Inspiration, and we look forward to catching up with you in the New Year. ‘
Matthew Mein Event director
ANOVA Spain’s market leading garden tools brand is launching in the UK. Anova brings professional grade equipment to homes and businesses seeking a range of high-end tools for any job. From their robust engineering to utilising powerful Honda engines, their mark of quality is evident both inside and out. Plus, each of their products come with a full 2 year warranty as standard. The future of lawn mowing is with the innovative SMARTBOT-V2. With a Walbro Carburetor, and Oregen blades our chainsaws are best in class. Self-propelled and lightweight, our lawn mowers cut, collect and mulch with precision. B
www.anovafgt.co.uk sales@anovafgt.co.uk 01702 477 353
BELLOTA Bellota have the Shears to make the job easier: With the highest quality, you will achive the best result and a different shear for every user Their tools are the result of joint work between the end users and their R&D+ team. They are close to the users, whether they are professionals or amateurs, and Bellota design the tools based on their needs. The professional: Who will be using the tool intensively and who needs the best possible performance. Two ranges: Pro Line Range and Classic Line. The amateur expert: Who will be using the tool sporadically, but when he needs it, he wants quality tools. Garden Line Range. They know what both the professionals as well as the amateurs need, because they design tools with them.
www.bellota.com Itziar.Artamendi@bellota.com +34 943 73 9000
BIDVEST
At Bidvest Foodservice they share their passion for great food – they focus on delivering service excellence and providing all the right ingredients to help customers grow. Farmstead seasonal meats: French-trimmed 10-bone pork rack with rind-on stuffed with a Cumberland sausage meat and apricot stuffing. Great visual as a whole joint and equally impressive carved on a plate – definitely a head turner and great alternative to turkey, beef or gammon. Boneless and rindless pork belly, rolled and stuffed with pork, pancetta and apple. An innovative twist to the very popular meat cut and a very festive flavour profile that will fit the bill on any Christmas menu. Individual paupiettes made from turkey, guinea fowl and duck with pork stuffing and wrapped in streaky bacon. The perfect portion size, easy to cook and serve, and the three different types of meat show through beautifully to give a fantastic visual on the plate as it’s cut through.
www.bidvest.co.uk SharonMoore@bidvest.co.uk 07825 079 199
Something for the bakery: This year they wanted to launch a selection of cakes specifically with Christmas flavour combinations that would be perfect for a bakery display. They found two fantastic cakes, each with a point of difference that is bound to intrigue your customers.
BONNINGTONS
For 2017 Bonningtons have taken a critical look at the string lights category and built a clear product segmentation and hierarchy. This makes category selection easier for retail buyers, and helps consumers identify the features of the different products and select the one they need. Bonningtons have stripped the packaging back to its essentials so that critical information is easier to find, and have grouped the products into colour segments to help make merchandising intuitive. All indoor string lights are presented in ‘hot’ colours - purple - for battery powered, and red - for mains powered fairy lights, whilst outdoor LED string lights are in cool blue - for static LEDs, and green for multifunction LEDs.
www.bonningtonplastics.com customerservice@bonningtonplastics.com 01159 854 119
CHIVE
Chive sprung upon the UK market at the beginning of 2013. Based in Toronto, Canada (and now London), they supply over 6,000 retailers across North America and Europe with their unique, contemporary designs. In their 12 year history, they’ve tackled almost every sort of container — be it vase, votive or terrarium. Now, they’ve found a flare for designing exquisite, practical pots for succulents and other plants. Chive’s 2017 collection adds new and exciting planters to the line, along with expanding it’s “Best of 2016” line, Coral, to its third edition. But also, swearing from the start that they’d never embrace the world of faux foliage, they’ve added Succulents and everyone’s favourite Bromeliad, Tillandsia (Airplane), to the range to compliment existing lines!
www.chiveukwholesale.com alex@chiveuk.com 0800 434 6225
CREATIVE PRODUCTS Star Magic has been an instant hit with many Garden Centre retailers this Christmas. New in the range for next year will be Star Magic Motion with dynamic moving LED function set. The real beauty of Stocking Star Magic from Creative is the SOR offer when sold on TV. Come January Creative take back all unsold stock as part of their in store TV promotional strategy.
www.creativeproducts.ltd.uk sales@creativeproducts.ltd.uk 01476 564 230
EASTERN CONNECTIONS Eastern Connections is a trade only company that was established in September 2002. They are the leading supplier of natural stone garden products established in 2002, and have since developed into other range of gardening products that include EC aquatic accessories and GOG’s footwear.
www.eastern-connections.com info@eastern-connections.com 01886 880 215
EVERGREEN EVERGREEN is an energetic, family run business with over 60 years experience in the horticultural industry, supplying premium peat and composts to the commercial and retail sector. Recent investment has provided us the opportunity to launch our 4.5m3 compressed bale and they can now tailor your compost requirements specific to your needs in an easy to manage bulk option.
www.evergreenpeat.com nuala.breen@evergreenpeat.co.uk 028 8774 0950
FALLEN FRUITS Supplying to garden centres, gift shops, major department stores, through mail order and to internet companies, Fallen Fruits is a leading garden giftware company with an edge. Their extensive range includes everything from garden furniture to ornaments and shopping bags, ideal for every home.
www.fallenfruits.co.uk sales@fallenfruits.co.uk 01584 873 377
HJ HALL
Leading the way in socks since 1882 HJ Hall Sock Specialists offer a comprehensive and commercial stock supported range. The HJ Hall range includes the ever popular Softop™ which eliminates constriction lines on the legs and assists in the prevention of circulation problems. Their Softop™ is also endorsed by the Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists. HJ are proud to be members of GIMA and the OIA and their Outdoor range includes their Indestructible socks which are guaranteed to last, Rambler socks perfect for the country terrain, Commando which is designed to NATO specification and a range of socks suiting pursuits from a mountain terrain to a shoot.
www.hjhall.com jmason@hjhall.com 0116 2831111
HOME BREWTIQUE This new UK company has given homebrewing a long over-due update. Addressing the wide gap between extract kits and massive volume real brewing, two friends in St. Albans set out to simplify the real brewing process. Their refined brewing equipment and high quality pre-measured ingredient kits make it easy to make craft beers just like a brewery only easily in any sized kitchen. Step by step instructions walk you through the process so within a few hours one can become a bonafide craft brewer. They offer 10 different beer flavours ranging from Pale Ales, IPAs, Rye and Stouts as well as a retail friendly recipe voucher kit. All of their products come packaged in rustic and reuseable jute bags. A long shelf-life and low minimum order quantities make this a unique addition to your gift shop. www.HomeBrewtique.com Info@HomeBrewtique.com 020 8133 2739
HOWLER & SCRATCH Howler & Scratch is a brand new range from Phoenx Textiles, made at their factoriy in Yorkshire, inspired by the love for their pets. Love your Home? Then give it a Hug! A range of beautiful cotton, eco-friendly barrier mats. The Pet Mats are: - 100% British design and manufacture - Extra hard wearing, made from nylon fibres with anti-slip rubber backing - Super absorbent to protect clean floors from muddy paw prints - Washable at 30°C - Treated with aegisŽ active hygiene technology
www.howlerscratch.co.uk info@howlerscratch.co.uk 01484 864 304
KING COLE www.kingcole.com Caroline.Symonds@kingcole.com 01756 703670
King Cole is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of yarns & patterns for hand knitting. There is a comprehensive range from all acrylics through various fibre blends to 100% natural fibre yarns. The range includes 4ply through to Super Chunky and appeals to all tastes and all pockets. Local sales management work with retailers to achieve maximum sales from minimum stock holding. This is achieved by identifying local market trends and stocking accordingly. Small, regular deliveries from a well-stocked central warehouse is the key to a top class service.
M&M TIMBER M&M Timber, based at Clows Top in Worcestershire, has launched a comprehensive range of merchandising units for retail displays. The timber range is an ideal choice for garden centres, DIY businesses, nurseries, department stores and other retail businesses. Designed and manufactured using pressure treated timbers the display units offer a durable, natural display solution for fresh plants, trees, shrubs, gardening or building products and seasonal promotional displays. The treatment used is Tanalith E wood preservative a tried and tested copper based wood preservative from Arch Timber Protection featuring high performance credentials, particularly for ground contact timbers. The units include tables, tiered displays, square and hexagonal units, pot holders, trellis and boxes.
www.mmtimber.co.uk sales@mmtimber.co.uk 0333 0035133
OMEGA PRODUCTS GROUP OutdoorChef have launched their new POS marketing material for 2017 and are actively seeking new retailers for 2017. They are looking to work with good retailers who want to work with them, and to help this partnership, they are offering great deals on new 2017 models, and also excellent packages on the limited remaining 2016 models. They’re also offering great POS material designed to grab your customers attention and as an added bonus, they’ll even turn up to your premises and cook on their BBQ’s to demonstrate how versatile their cooking system is. OutdoorChef features are: - 2 burner system with integrated ignition in both heat controllers - Integrated rotatable EASY FLIP funnel for direct and indirect grilling - Solid wood work surface - 2 weatherproof wheels - Hinged lid to open and close the lid within a 135° angle - Bowl levelling feature and height-adjustable feet - Lid with integrated thermometer
www.outdoorchef.com sales@omega-products.co.uk 01539 739733
PALM TREE Woodland Knoll by Palmtree Products offer a fantastic, wide range of miniature fairy products and introduces a brand new hit collection of Woodland Toadstools. Create a magical world with their detailed collection of Woodland Knoll fairies, houses and accessories and see them fly! Their wide range of designs are exclusive to the UK offering hand-painted detailing and new retail friendly packaging. Palmtree Products also offers free display stands, fast delivery and low minimum order values to work with their customers. Keep up to date with their expanding ranges.
www.palmtreeproducts.co.uk palmtreeproducts@gmail.com 01403 273 034
PET REBELLION This plush yet hardwearing carpet is ideal for keeping the car paw mark free. Designed for use in most vehicles, it can be fitted in seconds and there are no clumsy fastenings to struggle with. The carpet simply hooks around the headrest and is shaped to accommodate the seatbelts. There is sufficient overhang to ensure messy paws are kept well away from the cars upholstery. An added bonus is that you can machine wash at 30C.
www.petrebellion.co.uk Tommy@petrebellion.co.uk 01980 630 405
POTTERS CROUCH Now to celebrate 30 years of trading, they have undergone a contemporary new product rebrand, dropping the word ‘candles’ from their name, to reflect their evolution across the home fragrance market. The range includes lovingly handmade; candles, reed diffusers, wax melts, tea lights and room sprays all in the new stylish packaging. However, one thing remains the same – the quality of both the ingredients and luxurious perfumes within! From relaxing to uplifting, calming to invigorating, their product range evolves seasonally, bringing you a selection of the most luxurious fragrances to enjoy – whatever your mood!
www.potterscrouchcandles.co.uk info@potterscrouchcandles.co.uk 01727 836 454
Candles in tins: Burn time approx.45-50 hours. Premium Reed Diffuser: Contains just perfume and carrier oil to ensure a superior quality scent lasting up to 12 weeks.
PRONGCROFT PRONGCROFT The Garden Prong is a new British designed handheld garden tool. A modern twist on a traditional design. It makes very light work of removing weeds and aerating soil within garden boarders, patio pots and vegetable plot environments. Anything easy, is enjoyable to do. With a Prongcroft at hand, people will have a tidy garden to view. Specifically designed for ease of use for persons of any age and ability, it is supplied in three specific sizes.
www.prongcroft.co.uk sales@prongcroft.co.uk 01159 830 344
SANGGAYA INDOCRAFT Sanggaya IndoCraft is a rattan baskets manufacturer from Indonesia. They were established in year 2000 situated in Tangerang, Banten Province, supported by 100 experience weavers who are villagers nearby. They produce rattan baskets using various types of rattan such as: rattan kubu grey, rattan croco sumatera, core rattan, CL rattan and more. This material is known as its strength, most durable and flexible amongst plant fibers family and can be used for indoor and outdoor; for best maintenance is the indoor, it can last for years.
www.sanggaya-handicraft.com info@sanggaya-handicraft.com +62 8111 566889
SMART GARDEN The Stellar range from Outside In Designs will create a sparkling ambience and is perfect at Christmas.
www.sgpuk.com sales@sgpuk.com 01235 424 137
SPORTING WHOLESALE Since their establishment in 2002, they have grown to become a leading supplier of sporting goods to the UK trade market. As the direct importers of their comprehensive and growing range of products, they are well placed to offer special offers. Products descriptions as follow: - 450g Butane propane gas: The ever popular 450g canister of butane/ propane gas. An everyday ‘disposable’ item. - 3 Way outdoor frying pan: The new NGT 3 way frying pan is here! You can now cook a full English breakfast in one pan on the bank. With three different sections, this pan will accommodate beans, egg and sausage / bacon all at the same time. It also has a removable handle for easy storage and is made from high quality non-stick material. - Carryall 709: An olive green carryall with spacious insulated main compartment, three generous zipped external pockets to store multiple items and now with an additional mesh front pocket. Padded handles and padded adjustable shoulder strap are included as standard, and it’s made from waterproofed 600D polyester with 210D lining.
www.sportingwholesale.com eddy@sportingwholesale.com 0345 124 2929
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