Gift Focus inc Attire Accessories - May/June 2020

Blue Eyed Sun has added six new colours to its gorgeous new flasks called bioloco loop. There is now a total of eleven beautiful iridescent shades to choose from. These stylish bioloco loop bottles have been a big hit with retailers and each has a capacity of 500ml (16.9 oz) and is made of double walled kitchen grade stainless steel 304. The elegant shaped flask keeps drinks warm for up to 18 hours and cool for up to 12 hours. The design is complemented by a unique wooden lid and a silicon looped handle. Plus, these eye-catching accessories are BPA-free, phthalate-free and toxin-free. Hand washing is recommended. According to the company, “We all need to do our bit tackle the war on waste and these reusable bottles help users to reduce the million plastic bottles being sold every minute, most of which are not recycled and many of which end up in our oceans and affect our wildlife.” T: +44 (0)1273 823 003 www.blueeyedsun.co.uk Blue Eyed Sun has added 12 new designs to its bestselling, reusable BambooCups. BambooCups by chic.mic were recently found to be the top choice in an independent study of bamboo cup brands by Stiftung Warentest. It’s a great, market-leading gift for those looking to help find the war on single-use coffee cup waste. Over 100 billion plastic lined single-use cups globally are used for less than ten minutes each and then end up in landfills and in the environment every year. The plastic takes a long time to break down and when it does it contaminates our eco system with micro-plastics that affect our soil, our water and our wildlife. Scotland has recently passed a law charging a levy on single-use coffee cups with the laws on single-use waste expected to change in the UK and Europe soon. This means more people will need to start using reusable coffee cups. Be part of the change by buying and using reusable BambooCups and by stocking them in your store. The great thing about bamboo is that it’s very sustainable. It grows within four years, is pesticide free and has very little disturbance of the soil when harvested. +44 (0)1273 823003 www.blueeyedsun.co.uk Wit With Wisdom says, “It occurred to us last year that as giftware manufacturers we don’t make anything that anyone needs, which I know that sounds rather self- deprecating, but it is true! We therefore have a responsibility to ensure that our products have as little impact on the planet as possible. It is important for our integrity as a business that they are all genuine changes, not just a marketing opportunity. With that in mind we have reengineered how we make our signs so that we no longer need to use plastic sleeves to protect them, we no longer use bubble wrap for packaging, using recycled paper products to do this job, and we have moved away from plastic tape to a paper based tape to seal up our deliveries. “Our wood has always come from a supplier that holds sustainable sourced certification and we use a carbon neutral courier to send out our orders. We also provide our customers with handmade wooden spinners, and when a customer no longer wishes to stock our product we will collect the spinner, repair it, make it beautiful and useful again before it is sent off to a new account. As a family and a business we have moved to a green energy supplier and our target is to ensure we are carbon neutral in 2020, which we are confident we can achieve. We are loving the challenge the green journey presents and as a small UK company that hand makes our products, we can be nimble in making changes, but are always mindful that each change is authentic. When a customer buys our signs there is no plastic on the shop floor and no huge pile left in the stockroom once you have unpacked it!” +44 (0)1494 814 062 www.witwithwisdom.co.uk teapigs has introduced a brand-new member to its cold brew infusions range, peach & mango! Specially designed to brew quickly in cold water, teapigs cold brew is a simple, all-natural way to pep up your water this summer. Three super light and refreshing flavours that’ll make glugging your way through your two litres a day a breeze. Available in lychee & rose, cucumber & apple and, brand new for 2020, peach & mango, these tea temples are a perfect retail option aimed at customers looking for tasty ways to hydrate on the go. teapigs tea taster and co-founder Louise Cheadle says, “Simply drop one tea temple in cold water and that’s it. No waiting for the kettle to boil, no added sugar, no sickly syrups. You bring the water, we’ll bring the flavour.” The teas come in biodegradable tea “temples” – roomy mesh bags that gives the leaves lots of room to infuse. Also new for the summer is the teapigs cold brew start kit. This allows tea fans to keep on top of their daily water drinking goals with the gorgeous Joseph Joseph ‘dot’ bottle and three cold brew tea temples to get started (1 x peach & mango, 1 x lychee & rose, 1 x cucumber & apple). Every time the lid is twisted, a new dot appears, helping keep track of how much is being drunk. Paired with teapigs tasty, all-natural cold brew infusions, it’s never been easier (or tastier) to get your two litres a day. T: +44 (0)203 141 2948 www.teapigs.co.uk 49 ECO-PRODUCTS