The January 2024 issue of Gifts Today is packed with pages of news, views, and hot products.
Cover Story: Making its debut at Spring Fair 2023, Henry & Co. has emerged as a powerhouse in the home fragrance sector across the UK – and will mark its one-year anniversary with increased stand space at Spring Fair 2024. Managing director Mark Rees and creative director Jo Ashton discuss the company’s amazing growth story
IN OUR PRODUCT FOCUS SECTION: we turn the spotlight on Christmas Gifts, Candles, Female & Mother’s Day Gifts, At Home, In Style, and New Products.
IN OUR RETAIL FOCUS SECTION: we talk to Gifts with Presence’s buyer Julie Dachey; and Nick Pitman, managing director of Oswaldtwistle Mills Home & Lifestyle Centre in Lancashire.
IN OUR SHOP TALK SECTION: we chat to Linda McBride, owner of Gibbles Gifts, Cards & Home in Anstruther; and Karen Carter, giftware and seasonal buying manager of Woodlands Garden Centre in Sevenoaks.
IN OUR SUPPLIER FOCUS SECTION: we catch up with Signare, Ceramic Design Heritage and Quirky Barn.
IN OUR TRADE TALK SECTION: we hand out crystal balls to six leading gift suppliers and ask them to divine 2024 trends, and reveal their Spring plans and predictions for the year.
IN OUR FAIR FOCUS SECTION: we preview Harrogate Christmas & Gift and Christmasworld.
PLUS: there’s pages of must-read opinions from our columnists: Greg Rose, co-owner of Maybugs gift shop chain in East Sussex; Anna Berry, director and co-founder of Retail100 Consulting; Andrew Goodacre, CEO OF Bira (British Independent Retailers Association), and Jo Williams, owner/director of gift shop Joco in Nuneaton.