New excitement this year with the annual Journee Des Collections moving from Paris in May to Marseilles in April. Would a new venue on a new date work? The answer was a resounding yes.
It was a great platform to display our full product range to our French customers and we got a great response to our new product offers. Ironically much of the show was inside compared to the half in/ half out format at the previous JDC venue, although with the beautiful weather in Marseilles, we could all have had our entire stands outside bathed in glorious sunshine. Tant pis……read more
So back in China visiting several key suppliers and spending time visiting the Canton and Jinhan Fairs. It’s a good chance to see what products or product types seem to be popular, meet potential new suppliers and also check up on the extent of copies of our own products…read more
So finally we revealed what we’ve been up to over the last few months, with more than 350 new products launched and 4 new product categories. The biggest exhibition space we have ever had at Glee, which in itself presented a challenge in terms of staffing and organisation…read more
So we head into the September trade show season, starting with Gafa in Cologne. I’ve been coming to and exhibiting at this show for nearly 20 years. While some of the names in the industry may have changed over the years, the overall look and feel of the show is remarkably unchanged. As usual, there are an impressive number of UK companies exhibiting, whether part of the Gardenex group or immersed independently within the vast halls…read more