Giftware
French Bull Debuts Holiday Collection
French Bull debuts its first holiday collection, a natural extension of the celebratory lifestyle brand’s LIVE VIVID™ attitude. The collection comes packaged with dangling ornaments, gift tags, and are ready for gifting. The festive mix includes a Cookie Platter for Santa, a four piece dessert plate set in the brand’s cheery Dotty Tree pattern, four of their famous spreaders in a candy-cane pattern which come neatly wrapped, and a set of two nesting storage containers in a merry ornament-inspired pattern for treats and left overs.
Jackie Shapiro says, “My favorite are the candy cane spreaders because of the sparkling dangling ornament around the set of four. Since nobody remembers who brought the wine, I think our customers will make a lasting impression with whomever they celebrate the season, and they will make fantastic stocking stuffers.”
Charleston Basket from Picnic Time
The Charleston Basket from Picnic Time is the essential picnic basket. It includes everything AND the kitchen sink. For service for four, the basket has beautiful porcelain plates and stemless glasses. The set also includes a full-sized wooden serving tray, as well as a blanket to sit on. Included is our Made-in America festival blanket that features a wide array of colorful patters for style and comfort. Also included are an insulated wine tote and food cooler to keep food and drinks at the perfect temperature. With its premium 18/10 stainless steel flatware and paddle cheese board and cheese knife, this is a truly functional basket. You’ll be having the perfect picnic for years to come.
For more information, call Picnic Time at 805.529.7400.
Las Vegas Market Reports Significant Growth in Home Decor and Gift Temporaries
Las Vegas Market‘s temporary gift and home décor exhibits are expected to hit an all-time high this summer, with more than 500 exhibitors showing in The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market, July 31-August 4, 2016. The Market’s highest-ever rate of early renewals, combined with rapid addition of new companies, has resulted in gains across all five temporary gift and home décor categories – HOME, DESIGN, HANDMADE, GIFT and DISCOVERIES: The Antique Vintage Marketplace.
Of particular note for Las Vegas Market’s Summer 2016 gift and home décor temporary exhibits are the early sell-out of HANDMADE, the expected sell-out of GIFT, and rapid expansion of DESIGN, HOME and DISCOVERIES. The planned launch of three new showcase areas also is generating quite a bit of excitement: BHome, a new luxury-focused category within HOME; Artisanal LA, a new pop-up show featuring Los Angeles-based artisanal products and producers; and Trading Post 1908, a new pop-up collection of vintage and handmade products.
“The unparalleled rate of gift and home décor temporary renewals, combined with robust early leasing activity, signals Market strength and customer satisfaction. As Las Vegas Market exhibitor return on investment steadily increases, more and more new companies are seeking access to our large, and growing, retail audience from western states,” said Dorothy Belshaw, President of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers. “As the leading furniture, home decor and gift destination in the western United States, the summer 2016 Las Vegas Market promises to be bigger and more exciting than ever before.”
Summer 2016 marks the first anniversary of The Pavilions at Las Vegas Market, a dramatic, freestanding, climate-controlled temporary trade show space showcasing some 80,000 net square feet of innovative and emerging gift and home décor resources in a vibrant, easy-to-shop, open layout. Pavilion 1 features HOME, DESIGN, HANDMADE and GIFT; Pavilion 2 houses DISCOVERIES: The Antique Vintage Marketplace, a unique resource for one-of-a-kind products including found objects, antiques, repurposed and recycled home décor, furnishings, jewelry and clothing all available for immediate delivery.
Two new specialty segments will debut Pavilion 1 this Summer: The Artisanal LA (ALA) pop-up showcase, highlighting the best handcrafted, handmade, unique artisan and maker products available; and BHome, a curated presentation of higher-end luxury furniture and home décor products targeted at specialty boutique retailers and interior designers. Nine first-time Las Vegas Market participants will exhibit in BHome including: Halo Home by Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, Incy Interiors, Magnus Art Collections LLC, and Wilkinson&Co. Among the section’s 25 total exhibitors are leading aspirational lines: Busatti s.r.l., M3LD, Mirror Tique, Pendulux and Poetic Pillow.
In addition to the 25 BHome newcomers, HOME will showcase 80+ exhibitors featuring accent décor, accent furniture, textiles, linens and decorative accessories. Five first-time Las Vegas Market exhibitors will show in HOME, including: A&A Designs, Alton Creations, Casa Amarosa and Haitral LED. These new exhibitors join leading home décor lines A. Sonoma, Darzzi LLC, Eangee, Elite Home Fashions, Fabulous Furs, Mathews & Company and Royola Pacific Designs.
The Market’s DESIGN segment spotlights a growing collection of 20+ juried suppliers presenting design-driven lifestyle, gift and home décor products. Newcomers for Summer Market include: Artecnica, Aspen Lane, Dos Riberas, Men’s Society, My Cinema Lightbox, Sempli and Studio Lola; and Aesthetic Content LLC returns to Las Vegas Market after a one-year hiatus, joining other current exhibitors, including: American Design Club, bambu, Buddha Board Inc., Eleven Design Studio LLC, Highwave, Martone Cycling Co., Nuop Design and Taki Watches.
Other highlights in Pavilion 1 include the sold-out HANDMADE presentation of some 50 companies offering handcrafted, artisanal and designer/maker products including ceramics, pottery, home décor, letterpress, apparel, jewelry and fairly traded products. Newcomers for summer include Shirley DeMarco & Associates, an established multi-line sales agency from California, showcasing handcrafted lines including Laura VanLandingham, Liz Franklin, Lorraine Oerth, Peggy Petrey and Olive Rose; and IsArt, LLC, a Denver-based sales agency showcasing handcrafted jewelry including Ayala Bar, Ascopa for Angie Olami, Pazit Keidar and Tea & Apples.
The GIFT category represents the largest assortment of temporary exhibitors in The Pavilions, with more than 140 companies presenting an integrated collection of traditional and contemporary giftware including decorative gifts, tabletop/ housewares, gourmet foods, jewelry, apparel, spa/personal care, stationery and innovative lifestyle products. GIFT is expected to sell-out for summer 2016, with notable new and expanding exhibitors including OILILY’s – making its Las Vegas Market debut – and The Grommet increasing its booth size.
In Pavilion 2 at Las Vegas Market, DISCOVERIES is a unique resource for the independent retail and interior design audience looking to diversify their assortments through the addition of antique, vintage and one-of-a-kind resources available for immediate delivery. Highlights for one-year anniversary of DISCOVERIES include the debut of Trading Post 1908, a pop-up showcase of antique, vintage and handmade goods will debut at the summer 2016 Las Vegas Market; and significant expansion of exhibit space by several charter exhibitors: GO Home Ltd / Golden Oldies is tripling its space to 3,600-square-feet; Grenouille is doubling its size; and Vintage Addiction is quadrupling its space to 1,600-square-feet.
These new and expanding exhibitors join DISCOVERIES favorites: Arteliberal, Bella Maison, Blue Ocean Traders, Bombshell Betty Shop, Broke Jewels, FrenchatHeart, Junk Girls, Lisa Souers Designs, Mixing Whimsy, My Mothers Buttons and Vintage Studios Inc. Veteran antique fair organizer Arbor Antiques Services, Inc. also returns for its third show with a collection of dealers, featuring fine European and American antique furniture, antique linens, American primitives, silver, china, pottery, antique prints, rugs and more.
The Pavilions and DISCOVERIES run Sunday, July 31, through Wednesday, August 3, 2016 with staggered show hours on all four days: Sunday, July 31, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, August 1-2, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, August 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Pavilions and DISCOVERIES are closed on Thursday, August 4.
Other summer 2016 Las Vegas Market highlights include the addition of some 40 new tenants in the gift, housewares and home décor categories as well as 50 new furniture companies; concentration of new boutique home décor resources on C5; a rebranding of c-ONE as a dynamic cross-category showcase of directional tableware, gift and home décor resources; continued resource growth in the C10 Lifestyle Collection; the targeted expansion of C11 as the industry’s newest destination for gift-oriented housewares, gourmet products, specialty food and tabletop items; continued expansion in casual and outdoor products on C12 and C13; presentation of the top 15 bedding manufacturers; and sold out home furnishings temporaries on B2.
Las Vegas Market is the leading furniture, home decor and gift marketplace in the western U.S., presenting 2,900+ gift, home décor and furniture resources in an unrivaled market destination. Las Vegas Market features thousands of gift, furniture and home décor lines, allowing for cross-category commerce among these industries. Summer 2016 Las Vegas Market runs July 31-August 4. For more information, visit www.lasvegasmarket.com.
Trends and Tips For Bridal Gifts
By Micah Cheek
With bridal season approaching, it’s time for an update on what today’s happy couple expects for gifts on their big day. Using her access to data on thousands of gift registries, Nancy Lee, president of Myregistry.com, an online bridal registry that works directly with hundreds of brands, has drawn a general picture of couples getting married today. Whereas previous generations were requesting gifts to start a home together, many couples in this generation have already been cohabitating and sharing kitchen essentials they already owned. “Generally they don’t need the home basics that a new bride would normally need,” says Lee. “So they use their gift registry to either upgrade or get more ancillary items that they would love to have, but they’re not necessary.” This mentality manifests itself in products like higher-quality coffee makers and Bluetooth enabled slow cookers. “Besides Bluetooth, people are looking for more programmable things [and] multiple functions,” says Lee. “There’s some coffee makers attached to toasters, some that have hot water dispensers… Coffee in some form makes its way to a large majority.”
With households doing more entertaining, today’s bride is changing her style of tableware. Former essentials like a fine china set are becoming hard to find in today’s registries. “Nobody wants that formal china set they take out once a year. They want it to be fun,” says Lee. “They don’t want five sets of dishes, they want one set that looks great at a barbecue, or for thanksgiving dinner.” On the subject of barbecues, Lee notes that registry requests for grilling and cocktail supplies peak during spring and summer. Smokers are an outdoor option that has been gaining interest as well, now that less expensive models are on the market. “They used to be very expensive,” says Lee. “You’re kind of in that sweet zone for wedding gift price.”
For those who eschew the registry in favor of a more personal gift, Jelena Crone, Floral and Event Designer and Wedding Planner at Bridevine and Branches, suggests aiming for a broad appeal. “If they’re not going to do the gift list, then they’ll do something where the material is really nice, like a wooden set of measuring spoons or a canister that will hold your utensils,” says Crone. “Something that’s going to be universal.” Another popular option in this style is a wooden cutting board, which can easily be engraved to reflect the occasion.
For a more personalized gift, Crone has seen success in repurposing containers. “They will do something like a set that includes a three-gift set of canisters, and stuff things in it.” One popular idea is to grab containers labeled as kitchen staples like flour, sugar and salt, and filling them with smaller kitchen products, like soaps and cooking utensils, just like one would with a gift basket. Tea and tea accessories have been gaining interest as well. “Anything from teapots to teacups,” says Crone. “Anything related to tea, that tends to be really popular.” Larger teapots can serve the same purpose the kitchen staples containers, being stuffed with specialty teas and accessories.
While traditionally a standard bridal gift, Crone says a cookbook is now a nonstarter with millennial couples. “Books often times sit on the shelf,” says Crone. “That’s something that would come secondary to a juicer.” A more modern alternative is a gift card for cooking lessons. The lessons serve the same purpose as the book, but offer the new couple an opportunity to try an activity together.
There is one particular appliance that has been surprising both Lee and Crone with its sudden popularity. “I started flipping through the last three days of bridal items, I can’t tell you how many waffle irons were in there,” says Lee. Crone adds, “You cannot go wrong with [them]. Everyone loves waffles.”
Woodstock Chimes to Bring Heart Charm Series to Winter Markets
Woodstock Chimes, a leading manufacturer of musically-tuned windchimes, garden décor, and high-quality gifts, is set to delight marketgoers in Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, and other cities with more than 30 new products, including the Woodstock Heart Charm™ series. With each chime measuring nine inches in overall length, the Heart Charm series features windchimes accentuated by colorful crystal accents, which boast gorgeous sparkle as they dance in the light. The series is available in five colors, which represent the chimes’ namesakes: Rainbow, Blue, Purple, Pink, and Green. Every Heart Charm windchime delivers an uplifting sound and features color finished ash wood, four silver rods, and an enchanting crystal heart charm windcatcher that relates to the chime’s color theme. This sweet series presents a variety of gift-giving and decorative options, and is available at an affordable, impulse retail price point of only $10!
All of the Heart Charm Chime designs offer unique character:
- The Woodstock Heart Charm – Rainbow gets its name from its multi-color crystal clapper, and a clear crystal heart windcatcher / GHCR.
- The Woodstock Heart Charm – Blue [GHCB], Purple [GHCU], Pink [GHCP], and Green [GHCG] all have color coordinating crystals for the clapper and a matching crystal heart windcatcher.
Additionally, each Heart Charm Chime comes in a kraft gift box complete with a four-color label that describes the Woodstock Heart Charm.
“Gifting a chime from this new series offers customers a special way to show someone they care. Not only does the heart charm reflect admiration and love, but customers can choose a color that complements a loved-one’s personality or style,” said Garry Kvistad, Founder and Owner of Woodstock Chimes. “The series’ price point and versatility in markets, which range from youth to seniors and homes to hospitals, provides a great opportunity for retailers to capitalize on planned and impulse purchases.”
Proven by the successful sales of previously introduced chimes similar in style, these are an irresistible impulse buy and perfect for Valentine’s Day. Woodstock Chimes offers the entire series in its Heart Charm Chimes Package (GHCPKG), which includes six of each color chime, plus a free Fiddlehead Counter Display. A convenient reordering 10-pack, with two of each color chime, is also available (GHCAST).
To order and receive Woodstock Heart Charms, and to see other new Woodstock Chimes products, visit OneCoast and Woodstock Chimes showrooms across the nation this winter, including:
- AmericasMart Atlanta, January 12-19: OneCoast, Woodstock Chimes
- Dallas Total Home and Gift Market, January 20-26, 2016: OneCoast
- Las Vegas Market, January 24-28, 2016: OneCoast
To find a Woodstock Chimes OneCoast Territory Manager, contact Woodstock Chimes directly by calling 800.422.4463 or visit OneCoast.com or WoodstockChimes.com.
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