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William Valentine, Stand G35, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

Categories: Kids, novelty, lifestyle, outdoor, gifts

Perfect for: Gift and collectable stores, new age/mystical stores, pharmacies, newsagents, tobacconists, post offices

Founded in 2003, William Valentine focus on the distribution of fun and unique gifts, collectables, outdoor, lifestyle and novelty products and in August, will be releasing over 200 new products at AGHA Gift Fairs Home & Giving exhibition!

Donut miss out on the novelty BigMouth Inc Pool Floats and glassware, and be sure to enjoy the sweet scent of the ‘Whiffer Sniffers scented plush toys. These ranges are perfect for summer and come in a range of styles and designs.

The new Aquarius pop culture puzzles and games are perfect for Kris Kringle gifts or stocking filler for your store.  Who doesn’t want to play emoji or Marvel card games?!

Source fun, novelty gifts in a wealth of on-trend designs at William Valentine, Stand G35 and enjoy their easy online ordering system.

World of Bamboo, Stand EM22, Melbourne Showgrounds

Categories: Manchester, homewares, gifts, clothing, home décor

Perfect for: Bedding stores, mattress stores and pharmacies

Source luxurious, bamboo clothing and homewares that don’t cost the earth at AGHA Gift Fairs, Home & Giving exhibition this August!

Melbourne based World of Bamboo source the best quality organic bamboo viscose for their growing range of superbly comfortable manchester and clothing basics.

The benefits of bamboo are tenfold, offering a highly versatile natural resource which is kind to the skin, luxurious to the touch and is in greater harmony with the Earth.

World of Bamboo’s in-house fashion designers ensure that the bamboo basics are simple, stylish and extraordinarily soft on the skin. Whilst not only delivering superb comfort, the bamboo’s resilient and durable fibres provide the perfect drape and fit.

Feel it for yourself at AGHA Gift Fairs, where World of Bamboo will be showcasing a wealth of luxurious bamboo products at affordable prices at Stand EM22. World of Bamboo are also offering 10% discounts on orders made at Home & Giving exhibition, so get in quick!

Source innovative everyday essentials that only offer year round comfort, but meet the needs of the environmentally aware and health conscious consumers.

AGHA Gift Fairs, Melbourne 2016 Home & Giving exhibition

Melbourne Showgrounds,

Exhibition Pavilion, enter via Gate 1 off Epson Road

www.aworldofbamboo.com.au

Catherine Manuell Designs, Stand EK35, Melbourne Showgrounds, Exhibition Pavilion.

Categories: Gifts, corporate, travel, handbags, luggage, folios, laptop wheeley bags, Indigenous fashion accessories, corporate executive collections

Perfect for: Galleries, museum gift shops, resorts, zoo gift shops, fashion accessory retail stores, general gift stores, corporate gifting

Travel in style with Catherine Manuell Designs’ colourful range of luggage, handbags and accessories. From fun family holidays to corporate business trips, there is a carry-on luggage range to suit every occasion and style.

Over 20 years ago, Catherine Manuell began a millinery business after being inspired by lessons from her grandmother. Fast forward to 2016 and Catherine now works closely with her small team to design innovative and colourful ranges of handbags, luggage, folios, wallets, executive products and more.

Often seeking colour and textile inspiration from around the world, Catherine has collaborated with The Aboriginal Artist Project to combine both art and fashion accessories together. The artists benefit from the productions of every item made and enjoy seeing their art distributed across the globe.

Each season, Catherine Manuell Designs offer limited edition products, each offering an uplifting colour palette and innovative design. The Australian digital photo range and liberty print range are just some of the brand new Spring/Summer prints and designs being launched this August at Melbourne 2016 Home & Giving exhibition.

Visit Catherine Manuell Designs at Stand EK35, Melbourne Showgrounds at the Melbourne 2016 Home & Giving exhibition in August.

AGHA Gift Fairs, Melbourne 2016 Home & Giving exhibition

Melbourne Showgrounds,

Exhibition Pavilion, enter via Gate 1 off Epsom Road.

www.catherinemanuelldesign.com

AGHA Member, Enjoy® Lighting launched at the Sydney 2010, Home & Giving Fair and now, only six years later, have become a household name and leaders in the flameless wax candle industry. Designed and developed in Australia, Enjoy® flameless wax candles are currently supplied to over 500 leading retailers in Australia, and export to more than 15 countries worldwide. Handmade from virgin paraffin wax in an array of finishes, Enjoy® are widely recognised as the most realistic brand of real wax flameless candles in the world.

Recognised for their realism, innovation and attention to design, Enjoy® flameless wax candles have taken the media by storm, regularly featuring in leading nationally distributed magazines, on popular TV shows and at red-carpet events. So if you think that you haven’t seen an Enjoy® flameless wax candle in action, chances are you probably have (they are are so realistic you just didn’t know it).

Enjoy® flameless wax candles have helped love blossom on reality TV shows The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Farmer Wants a Wife, Big Brother, lit up the stage at Dancing with the Stars, and have created the perfect ambience on My Kitchen Rules since as early as 2013. This year, Enjoy® Lighting were humbled to be the candle of choice for the ‘In Memoriam’ section of The Logie Awards. And it doesn’t stop there.

Enjoy® flameless wax candles have made it overseas, lighting up red-carpet events and celebrity parties all over the world. Coveted by luxury worldwide events company Bureau Betak, Enjoy® flameless wax candles have been sourced for a whole host of their international clients including Michael Kors, Christian Dior and Isabel Marant.

The Michael Kors Jet Set Experience

The first ever Michael Kors fashion show in Shanghai was a jet set night of glamour, celebrities, fabulous fashion, with Enjoy® flameless wax candles lighting the way.

Guggenheim International Gala, Made Possible by Dior

The 2015 Guggenheim International Gala (GIG) made possible by Dior, is the Guggenheim Museum’s signature fundraising event and is one of the most spectacular nights at the museum. The gala was styled to perfection, with each dining table adorned with fresh floral blooms, crisp table linen and Enjoy® flameless wax candles.

Bureau Betak staged the event for Christian Dior, and sourced 190 candles from Melbourne to light up the New York event – and boy did they look spectacular.

Isabel Marant BBQ Party Melrose Place, Los Angeles

Bureau Betak purchased 120 candles to use within styling the Isabel Marant BBQ Party. Enjoy® Lighting had only four days to get the candles from Melbourne to Los Angeles, but as ever, the team were quick to fulfil the order.

Enjoy® are a favourite for event planners and stylists, including Where the Grass is Green, and are the preferred mood lighting for many 5-star hotels and restaurants. With celebrity fans such as Megan Morton and Dannii Minogue both admitting to having an ‘Enjoy® addiction’, and Shaynna Blaze from The Block and Selling Houses Australia developing her own Signature Collection in 2012, it is with no surprise that Enjoy® flameless wax candles are highly regarded within the industry.

With such a fast growth, it isn’t surprising that Enjoy® Lighting’s Principals, Lisa and David Carrick, feel inspired for what is still to come and humbled that their passion for enjoying flameless candles without the risk of fire has grown into a worldwide sensation.

Enjoy® Lighting will be showcasing their latest range of flameless wax candles at Stand E1 at AGHA Gift Fairs,Melbourne 2016 Home & Giving exhibition this August. Register to attend AGHA Gift Fairs for free at homeandgiving.com.

AGHA Gift Fairs are excited to introduce The AGHA Launch Pad – a platform designed to accelerate the ideas of emerging entrepreneurs – to the Home & Giving exhibitions.

This initiative is an exciting new strategy formed to support AGHA Members who are looking to launch a new and innovative product or service into the market.

In conjunction with the existing Young Entrepreneurs membership program,

AGHA are providing emerging entrepreneurs with heavily sponsored exhibition stands within the highly successful Home & Giving exhibition.

With Melbourne 2016 Home & Giving only weeks away, here’s a sneak peek of what to expect from our up-and-coming exhibitors at Melbourne Showgrounds:

“Things by Bea” is a range of playful ceramics by artist Bea Bellingham. Bea’s distinctive patterns and designs focus on bringing fun and humour into our everyday environments through thoughtful homewares and versatile jewellery.

Stand EP11 – Read the Spotlight article

Officially launching late 2014 the Bottlepops team consists of passionate sports enthusiasts combining a great mix of ex-elite athletes (who still think they are elite!) and highly credentialed businessmen after a successful pitch on Channel 10′s Shark Tank Australia.

Stand EO8 – Read the Spotlight article

DENK Ceramics

DENK Ceramics was established last 2015 to add a wholesale business to an existing recycled furniture business. DENK products are all handmade in Germany, unique ceramic goods, sustainable and high quality with multipurpose uses.

Giftstak 

GiftStak is an online, socially driven community which brings gift wishers, gifters and online retailers together in one place to ensure everyone always gets the gift they most desire.

Stand EP4 – Read the Spotlight article

IdleBird – UPF50+ Fashion

IdleBird takes sun protection beyond beachwear, and into everyday fashion – making sun protection part of everyday life.

Stand EP3 – Read the Spotlight article

iMist Smart Aroma Humidifier

iMist is the first smart aroma diffuser in the world that connects with Android, iPhone and iPad, providing completely new experience for aroma lover.

Lingo was created while road tripping through Central America. It was simple, combine the Spanish translations I’d been collecting with the deck of cards we played daily. We could practice our Spanish while playing cards, adios phrasebook!

Stand EO14 – Read the Spotlight article

I have been crafty since I remember. You will notice most of my artworks are heart -shaped because I am passionate to send love message to the world to inspire them and let them know that True Love Never Fails.

Stand EP13 – Read the Spotlight article

Our Little Room

As a primary school teacher in my pre-baby life, I know what a great job colour does in stimulating the imagination of a child. I create modern, colourful prints for nurseries and children’s rooms.

Stand EO10 – Read the Spotlight article

Pixel + Thread

Graphic and surface pattern designer Olivia Henry works under the name Pixel + Thread to create unique works of art inspired by floral, bright abstracts and loose watercolours. Her products are feminine targeted homewares, textiles and stationary with original watercolour and digital designs on them.

Stand EP12 – Read the Spotlight article

Poppy Starr

At only 16, Poppy is the current women’s world champion for bowl skateboarding, and started the business to fund her travels. Hand drawing all the jewellery and cards, they are extremely detailed and unique.

Stand EP2 – Read the Spotlight article

We create bright, colourful, whimsical art prints and cards from our original artworks  – for the young, and young at heart! Our product is all created printed and packaged here in Melbourne Australia.

Stand EP10 – Read the Spotlight article

Marlin Brands Holdings, an Australian consumer business owned by investment holding company Coast2Coast Capital, have announced the acquisition of Albi, a leading Australian wholesaler of homeware products, as its growth strategy continues to gain momentum in Australia.

The acquisition comes into effect as of 28 June 2016, with the previous owners and key management retained for a minimum of three years.

Albi Managing Director, David Danziger commented: “We at Albi are thrilled to be joining Coast2Coast as we look ahead to being part of a new group of businesses in Australia that will complement each other and have many diverse skills. In many ways, particularly culturally, Coast2Coast and Albi are an excellent fit and, as this is most important with any acquisition, our executive team have signed on for a minimum of three years with the new group which is a huge vote of confidence.”

Albi is Marlin Brand’s first acquisition in Australia and the business will be used as a platform to expand further in the homewares sector in Australia and New Zealand. Marlin Brands shareholder, Coast2Coast already owns a number of successful consumer brand businesses in South Africa, Spain and Poland.

Mr. Greg Kerr, the Managing Director of Marlin Brands Holdings, commented: “Albi is the perfect platform from which to build our homeware strategy in Australia and we are excited to partner with industry leaders such as David Danziger and the rest of his team. We look forward to continuing the growth path that Albi has been on in the last 30 years.”

Marlin Brands is planning to build a market leader in homeware, kitchenware and related products in Australia and New Zealand by growing Albi organically and by acquiring further companies in the sector. The strategy is to ultimately list the company on the ASX, as a diversified player in the homeware sector that achieves above average growth and returns for its shareholders.

“In the group, we have to date partnered with over 30 business owners who have become part of the family and welcome the opportunity to partner with more business owners in Australia and New Zealand who are excited to form part of a larger, entrepreneurial group.” Said Mr. Kerr.