In a real ‘scoop’ for The Giftware Association, members are being offered the opportunity to showcase their products to a team of buyers – to include the head buyer of prestigious multiple retailer Oliver Bonas– at a Meet The Buyer event on Thursday October 24.
The retailer will be looking for products in five categories: branded gifts; cosmetics/wellness; novelty products; gardenware and confectionery.
The curated event will take place at The Giftware Association’s offices in Birmingham, with members invited to submit photos of either their products or their catalogues for review by the Oliver Bonas buyers.
The companies whose products are selected will then be invited to attend the Meet The Buyers day, where they will be able to have 20 minutes of quality time with a member of the Oliver Bonas buying team, enabling them to discuss their products in more detail. Visit www.ga-uk.org
Oliver Bonas was founded in 1993 by Oliver Tress, who has received a clutch of prestigious awards in the past 26 years to include The Greats Honorary Achievement Award in 2012, as well as Retail Week’s Rising Star award.
He has been listed in the London Evening Standard as among the top 1000 most influential Londoners, and has appeared on the panel of BBC TV’s The Apprentice You’re Fired alongside the BBC’s economics editor. Last year, he was among the headline retailers at the prestigious Retail Week conference.
Earlier this year, Oliver Bonas won The Greats 2019 Best Online or Mail Order Gift Retailer category.
Top: The Oliver Bonas store in London’s Blackheath.
