Fair is a cornerstone event for us. It’s where we showcase our new products and gauge the pulse of the market. For me, it’s the most important time of year. It’s where we meet customers and present new products.” NEW AND OLD Huge names in gifting will be at the show including Sifcon, Lesser & Pavey, Candlelight Products, Elgate Products, Teal International, Heaven Sends, Joe Davies, Enesco, Widdop & Co, Puckator, Ashleigh & Burwood, Chalk UK, Langs, Half Moon Bay, Kikkerland, Gift Republic, Giftware Trading, Fountasia, The Straits Trading Co, Paladone Products, and East of India. Buyers will also re-discover returning brands including The Chocolate Gift Company plus their NEW sister brand Sweet Souvenirs, Beevive, Austin Sloan, Turnaround Gifts, Boompods, Rainstick Trading, and Pearhead. A whole host of new brands join the line-up including Urban Farm It, Wordsworth Editions, Batik Indah, Temple of Incense, Sapphire Brands, Diamonte, Stickerscape, Alice Caroline, My Little Eco Bag, 3D Studio Gifts, Candle Academy, and Water & Wines. Newness continues in the much-loved #SBS Village with 12 new Small Business Sunday winners receiving stand space, as well as the return of the New Business Pavilion, championing up and coming small businesses including Making Ideas, Grass & Air, Soy Wax Village and The Way to You. PLAY TIME Visit the Kids, Toys & Play sector where best-sellers come to play, from wellknown classics to new and exciting games, spark your imagination with a vast selection of plush and wooden toys that will fly off the shelves. Discover beautiful, handcrafted toys, brain-teasing puzzles and must-have high-tech gadgets and electrical toys in this exciting sector. This sector shows off board games for all ages, nostalgia-worthy classic games, educational games to promote learning and playing, brain-teasing puzzles and card games that make group activities fun! Find Aurora World, Ty UK, Keels Toys, Kandy Toys, Wilton Bradley, Deluxebase, The Noble Collection , Whitehouse Leisure, House of Marbles, William Lamb, Big Jigs, Orange Tree Toys, Moulin Roty, Hippychick, Wild Republic, BTL Diffusion, Inside Out Toys, Pawprint Family, Ziggle Baby, Floss & Rock, The Puppet Company, Warmies, Blade & Rose, Ravensburger, HTI TOYS, and Depesche GmbH, and new brands Hey Hugo (The Gifted Stationery Company), The Kuckoo Company, Grass & Air, and Rubber Road. In Hall 3 make a beeline for Greeting Cards, Party & Celebration which brings together the most creative, fun and colourful greeting cards, wrapping papers, stationery and paper decorations, and the only destination to find the best party suppliers in the UK. Discover handmade, printed and premium greetings cards for every occasion, themed calendars, diaries and notecards, as well as festive, occasional, and illustrated gift wrapping papers from leading brands including Cardgains, Lind Design & GBCC, The Art File, Wrendale Design, Ohh Dear, Museums & Galleries, Emotional Rescue, Paper Salad, Raspberry Blossom, Rosie Made a Thing, Roger La Bore, Glick, Alljoy Designs, Emma Ball, Cardology, Marina B, Paper Rose, Brainbox Candy, and many more. New brands are flocking to the show including Once Upon a Tuesday, Sunshine Lane, Prints Doodle, Plewsy, Wraptious, Sprinkled with Magic, Bold & Bright, Ink & Snail, Wendy Jones Blackett, as well as andSquirrel, Meraki Publishing, and Studio Thie in the New Business Pavilion. The GCA Debut area features totally new brands to the show including Zoe Rose Art, Tony Fernandez, and LydiaMae. Bursting full of exciting new finds which bring joy to every occasion, this is also the place for vibrant decorations, fancy dress costumes, balloons, wedding collections, Halloween items, Christmas decorations, floral arrangements and party tableware, which will make your customers want to celebrate. Make every event one to remember with brands including Gemar SRL, Anagram Europe, Procos, Talking Tables, I.T.I UK, Kalisan, RSW International, Alandra, Heart & Soul, Robin Reed, Hootyballoo by Club Green, Vulcan Pyrotechniques, and Widmann SRL. 36
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