What to expect from Bookspeed at the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival

We’ll be returning to the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival in Harrogate this summer, showcasing our autumn/winter preview range.

Our team has been working hard to identify the best titles for the upcoming season, and we’re excited about what we have to show you.

Here are a few things you can expect from a visit to our stand in Harrogate.

1. Get ahead of the autumn trends

Autumn offers rich inspiration for retailers. It provides a treasure trove of colours and motifs for creating vibrant displays that signal the start of a new season and inspire spending. Our Harrogate collection brings together new and popular products representing autumnal themes. Whether you choose to lean into cosy seasonal vibes or a dark gothic aesthetic for Halloween, we’ve picked out lots of brilliant books that will help you set the scene in your retail spaces.

2. Start building your Christmas range

It’s hard to think about Christmas when parts of the UK are baking hot, but in retail it’s never too early. To help you plan ahead, we’ll be highlighting new and popular Christmas books and games, as well as inspiring options for gifting at all price points and for all types of customer.

3. Find something new

We work with the UK’s best publishing brands to make sure we’re listing the best new and upcoming books for the gift and lifestyle retail market. Trade shows are an opportunity to showcase our handpicked recommendations for new seasonal titles. We’re especially excited to see all the new products emerging for key trends, such as folklore and witchcraft, adult sticker books, and East Asian wellness.

4. Get your hands on some books

Many of our books are best appreciated in person. For the gifting market, we look for exceptional covers, high-quality production, and those extra, tactile details such as embossing, sprayed edges, or gold foil that can’t always be appreciated online.

5. Insider advice on your book range

Come along armed with your questions on anything from what the Christmas bestsellers are likely to be to how to make your book range more unique. Our team will be on hand, ready to share their expertise and knowledge. We can recommend the books that are most likely to sell in your retail setting. 

Where to find us

Home and Gift Buyers' Festival
19-22 July
Harrogate
Stand: DP1-B91