Nov 15, 2010

Coming Home – Giving gives Beauty & Bath a new home

When it comes to giving, keep calm and think laterally. How can you save time when you are stressed? What small gift would your hostess like and what surprise gift can you give the friend who has everything? Distinctive, unusual gift ideas will be on show at Giving, the leading international fair, from 11 to 15 February 2011. In the Giving area, at Ambiente 2011, the slogan for retailers looking for creative gifts will be ‘Coming Home’. Susanne Schlimgen, Ambiente Director, said, “The Giving product range is highly diverse and varied. Here, buyers will find products for their classic ranges as well as a host of exciting gift ideas to stimulate more customer interest.” Some 1,250 national and international exhibitors will be generating creative momentum at Giving with their varied collections.

The Giving product range extends from classic gifts, trendy lifestyle products and collectables to jewellery, arts and crafts and personal accessories. And, for the first time, buyers will find beauty accessories, fragrances, skincare and wellness products. Pampering yourself or giving someone else a present for their personal wellbeing – are both on trend, which explains why Giving is devoting the new Beauty & Bath product area in Hall 9.2 to beauty and skincare. In this area, exhibitors like Accentra Kosmetik, Barbara Hofmann, Becker Manicure, Fantasia, Treffina International, Village Cosmetics, Pfeilringwerk and Beauty & Care, will be showing all the bath products you need to create a wellness oasis.

The proximity of this area to Personal Accessoires and Carat in Hall 9.3 will create attractive synergies. Whereas Personal Accessories exhibitors will be presenting cosmetics bags, scarves, shawls and fashion accessories, at Carat everything will revolve around scintillating, glittering gift ideas. Among the exhibitors showing the latest contemporary jewellery collections will be Alraune Lapidaries, Coeur de Lion, Snö of Sweden and Tezer Design. Govind Jain, Kreuchauff Design, Manu Schmuckwerkstatt, Ruppenthal, A. Schmiesing, Siegfried Giede and others will be presenting what is en vogue in fine jewellery.

Traditional gifts such as greetings cards, candles and decorative figurines will be on offer at Gifts Unlimited in Halls 9.1 and 9.2. Exhibitors like Perleberg, Boltze and Gilde Handwerk will be featuring decorative gifts, paper goods, souvenirs and games in their ranges. Collectors will find what they are looking for at Manufacturen & Collectables in Hall 9.2. Wendt & Kühn, for example, will be showing high-end folk art from the Ore Mountains. The product range also includes one-off items and limited edition glass and ceramics.

Young & Trendy in Hall 11.1 is the place to go if you want to impress your customers with new, upbeat products. From humorous key racks and innovative nutcrackers to garish piggy banks and poetic bookmarks, buyers looking for stylish lifestyle products will find them here, among others at exhibitors like Arte Bene, Donkey Product, Räder, Kare, Kikkerland, Present Time, Troika and Gift Company. At Kids World in Hall 11.1, suppliers will be exhibiting trendy merchandise for sophisticated kids. Amusing cuddly toys, elegant children’s furniture and accessories for the little ones are just some of the items featured by Fürnis, Sirch and Trousselier.

Wholesalers and high-volume buyers will be at the right place in Hall 10.0. Overseas visitors will be offering their gift ideas from all four corners of the globe. Their portfolio covers traditional gifts, games, leather goods, arts and crafts, art and paper products.

Take a look at the bigger picture – highlights
Numerous trend shows, award ceremonies and sponsored areas round off the unique product range on offer at the world’s biggest consumer-goods fair. If you are looking for inspiration on putting together a product range, the fair offers valuable inspiration. Trendy products for kids, innovative jewellery creations and avantgarde furniture designs are just some of the items presented by ‘Next’ exhibitors. The promotional programme offers start-ups with a design background the opportunity to gain a firm foothold in the consumergoods sector. Retailers will find unconventional niche products at Kidsworld in Hall 11.1, Carat in Hall 9.3 and Loft in Hall 11.0.

Anyone who grew up with the Moomins will have taken them to their hearts. But even those who got to know them later, like them. The popularity of the Swedish cartoon characters now extends throughout the house. They populate bed linen, cups, bags, desk pads and many other accessories. The ‘Moomins’ display in Hall 11.1 at Ambiente features the entire spectrum of products manufactured under licence.

‘Look!’ is the name of the information system at the Ambiente xexhibition site, which draws retailers’ attention to products from related segments. Designer Veit Streitenberger is in charge of the distinctive design of the display cabinets. Design professionals assume responsibility for product selection. For Carat, Martin Metz has chosen pieces of jewellery on display at ‘Look’ in the northern Foyer of Hall 11.0 and the Foyer of Hall 11.1. Coco Gedin and Natascha Sanwald are the signage designers for Kitchen and Table Design. Designer Puschkin Hoffmann is the decorator for Table Top Trade and Table Select Passage.

Further information about Ambiente can be found on the internet at www.ambiente.messefrankfurt.com

Background information on Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt is Germany’s leading trade fair organiser, with € 424 million in sales in 2009 and more than 1,660 employees worldwide. The Messe Frankfurt Group has a global network of 28 subsidiaries, five branch offices and 52 international Sales Partners, giving it a presence for its customers in more than 150 countries. Events “made by Messe Frankfurt” take place at more than 30 locations around the globe. In 2009, Messe Frankfurt organised more than 90 trade fairs, of which more than half took place outside Germany.

Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds, featuring 578,000 square metres, are currently home to ten exhibition halls and an adjacent Congress Centre. The company is publicly owned, with the City of Frankfurt holding 60 percent and the State of Hesse 40 percent.

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