I am grateful to have been able to attend two wonderful and inspiring gift fairs in New York this week. I say grateful because of the innovative products on show, and that much of what I saw is available for supply to Australia.
While the git fairs in Australia are okay, if we want to innovate in our shops we need to see newer products, and products of=ther retailers are unlikely to stock.
NY Now was excellent and Shoppe Object was more maker / creator fresh. Both appealed to similar retailers, although some might do one show and not the other. They were a 15 minute car ride from one to the other.
Here’s a view of the floor of Shoppe Object.
I am especially interested in finding products not represented by larger wholesalers as it is this space that we find uniqueness in our marketplace, and that is valuable in retail and online today.