Welcome Welcome What a year!
In no way could anyone have predicted what What a year! was in store for our industry – like many businesses, Reed Gift Fairs have had to In no way could anyone have predicted challenge and push ourselves to continue to what was in store for our industry – like serve our customers in an unpredictable and many businesses, Reed Gift Fairs have had inconsistent to continuallymarket. challenge and push ourselves to continue to serve our customers in an Having been with you for over 50 years, this unpredictable and inconsistent market. year wasn’t going to be the year we left our Having been with you over 50 years, customers hanging. Infor lieu of being ablethis year wasn’t to be the our yearteam we left our to deliver a going physical event, came customers hanging. In lieu of being able together to shift our usual printed event to deliver a physical event,that our would team came guide to an online format serve together toof shift usual printed event guide the needs ourour industry. to an online format that would serve the needs of our industry.
We introduce the: Big Book – Digital Edition We introduce the: event guide, We hope this completed featuring a huge variety of brands including Big Book – Digital Edition 246 exhibitor profiles, sets you up for
sourcing over the next event couple of weeks and We hope this completed guide, featuring ishuge the quality resource you know and expect a variety of brands including 246 exhibitor profiles, youdetailed up for sourcing overprofiles, the next from ussets – with exhibitor couple of weeks the quality resource listed by alpha; and plusissupported by product you know and us – for witha detailed category andexpect brandfrom indices more exact exhibitor profiles, listed by alpha; plus supported reference. by product category and brand indices for a more We value your time, so in addition to the exact reference. exhibitor profiles, you’ll find helpful reads
We value time, so in addition advice to the to help from our your Speaker Series:with exhibitor profiles, helpful–reads fromwe our you navigate theyou’ll wayfind forward content Speaker Series with advice to helpsituation, you navigate hope is useful for your current no the way what forward – content we hope is useful for matter that be. your current situation, no matter what that be.
Build on this with direct tips and resources to leverage from Kate Carnell AO, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman; who has the short and sharp answers to guide you through this tough retail climate.
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Read interviews with some of our wellknown exhibitors on how the past few months have been for wholesale – including Build on this with direct tips and resources their predictions for our industry recovery. to leverage from Kate Karnell AO, the Australian Small Business Enterprise Brand new forand theFamily digital editionOmbudsman; are our who has the Picks, short and sharp our answers guide you Team Top where stafftohighlight through this tough retail climate. noteworthy products they have connected with couldwith potentially be your Readthat interviews some of our well-known next bestseller. exhibitors on how the past few months have been to forthe wholesale – including their predictions Turn Ones to Watch to preview a for our industry recovery. selection of suppliers new to Reed Gift Fairs in 2020. Brand new for the digital edition are our Team Picks, our staff highlight noteworthy We’ve also where introduced category highlights products have you connected with that to furtherthey inspire and draw yourcould eye to potentially you be your next products may notbestseller. yet have discovered –Turn even more ways ReedtoGift Fairsa selection help to the Ones To Watch preview you discover new products and suppliers of suppliers new to Reed Gift Fairs in 2020. every day. We’ve also introduced category highlights to
Enjoy video series furtherour inspire youcontent and draw your eye to products ‘The People ofhave Reed Gift Fairs’ and feel you may not yet discovered – even morea sense of nostalgia of new those ways Reed Gift Fairs for helpthe youstories discover who haveand been in theevery industry products suppliers day. for many, many years – and know that the retail world Enjoy our video content series will continue to bounce back and evolve for ‘The People of Reed Gift Fairs’ and feel a years to come. sense of nostalgia for the stories of those who
We refer tofor this as many haveinvite been you in thetoindustry many, many times years as youknow need and assured, we are fastto – and that therest retail world will continue bounce back and evolve for years to come. working towards returning to the event format that will support the reset of the retail We invite you to refer to this as many times as industry in 2021. Most importantly, getting you need and rest assured, we are fast working back to what we do best – delivering a towards returning to the event format that will premium business platform for connecting support the reset of the retail industry in 2021. the Australian retail community. Most importantly, getting back to what we do best – delivering a premium business platform The Reed Gift Fairs team for connecting the Australian retail community. The Reed Gift Fairs team
