Bring some cheer to the dark nights
Now that the clocks have gone back and the UK is plunged into darkness by 5pm, it’s hardly surprising that the focus is now firmly on Christmas as people try to bring a bit of optimism into cold winter nights.
Retailers in every industry can enjoy cheering up their customers with decorations and festive music, but those actually involved in the Christmas and gift industry are now really coming into their own. Garden centres, Christmas department stores and gift shops are looking forward to the busiest few months of the year and buyers can stand back and enjoy watching their product choices being snapped up off the shelves.
This year, Harrogate Christmas & Gift has more products on offer than ever before, with eight halls of the Harrogate International Centre packed with products for the festive season and gifts for the entire year. Check out the website for a full list of exhibitors – 
and don’t forget to register! www.harrogatefair.com
Quotes to amuse
Global Journey presents Sign Up – a vibrant range of humorous, thought provoking and sentimental plaques, printed on premium quality enduring metal plate. Give customers the chance to express their sentiments with artistic and thoughtfully designed motifs. Created by Global’s in-house comedians (and it has a few!) and graphic designers, with themes to suit all tastes, young and old, the range is designed and manufactured in the UK with regular new titles and concepts to keep it fresh and interesting.
Visit Global Journey on Stand A34
Something new
Joe Davies will be exhibiting at Harrogate Christmas & Gift for the first time and brings over 1000 on-trend gift and home décor items 
from its full Christmas range. New products from the Shudehill Giftware Collection, Equilibrium Jewellery and the very best of the Leonardo collection from Lesser and Pavey will make a debut alongside the best of its 2016 Christmas range. The company will also be showing its best-selling Snoozies slippers – a great seller in the key Christmas period.
Retail price points start at just £1.99 and all products are available in its trademark ‘Little and Often’ quantities with carriage paid orders of just £100 and with deliveries as per your requirements. This is all backed up with best customer service in the trade (14 times Progressive Gifts Great award winners).
Visit Joe Davies on Stand C19
Cracking Christmas
RSW International is all about putting a crack into Christmas and not only presents an exciting range of some of the best quality Christmas Crackers the industry has to offer, but a cracking good family game too!
Pass the Parcel Sprout includes a tissue wrapped party ball which is passed around the group and every time the music stops the recipient unwraps a layer to reveal novelty gifts, hats and forfeit slips. The ‘sprout’ is approximately 11cm diameter and has eight layers. In addition, the company’s luxury hand-made crackers come in boxes of six and include a hat, snap, motto and gift with fabulous designs including Nutcracker & Christmas Tree red/gold design; Gold berry design and Silver glitter branch design (to name just a few!)
Visit RSW International on Stand B14