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Kind & Jugend success for gro-group®
gro-group’s recent participation at the Kind & Jugend Nursery Fair in Cologne has been hailed as a huge success by Rob and Ouvrielle Holmes, founders of the UK nursery company. Held over four hectic days during September at the Koln Messe, one of Europe’s largest exhibition and trade show venue’s, the annual show attracts around 650 exhibitors and more than 13,500 trade visitors from all over the world.
Following the show, Rob commented, “This is the first time that we have exhibited at the Kind & Jugend Fair and we really wanted to show our range to as many people as possible. We met with many of our customers and held discussions with both existing and potential distributors from all over Europe. We are now busy following up these contacts and are hopeful that they will soon join our expanding international distribution network”.
During the show, gro-group staff met with many of its UK customers and also hosted its first International Distributor Conference, where 30 colleagues from around the world got their first view of gro-group’s new Spring Summer 2008 grobag® Baby Sleeping Bag range. The distributors also received a preview of a number of exciting new product developments as well as being updated on recent progress with grobag® branding, packaging, logistics and sales efforts.
Other new products receiving lots of attention on the gro-group stand included the unique Time Out Pad™, a portable electronic mat for helping parents effectively manage their children’s behaviour, the innovative Botty Buddy™ Change Screen and Change Mat for helping parents during changing time and the new grobag® First Duvet, a clever flat sheet, pillow case and ‘zipped on’ duvet cover combination which is designed to prevent small children from falling out of bed. Visitors to the stand particularly loved the funky designs and bold colours of the grobag® First Duvet cover sets, which come in both cot bed and single bed sizes.
gro-group® were also able to confirm their appointment at the show as the UK’s exclusive distributor of the innovative Hoppop™ booster seat and change bag from Baby Art™.
“We have already begun planning our stand for Kind & Jugend 2008, where we aim to show even more great new and innovative ideas to make parents lives easier”, said Rob. “We look forward to seeing you there”!
Pic Caption:gro-group distributors and staff join together for the 1st International Distribution Conference, Sept. 12th 2007, held in conjunction with the Kind & Jugend Nursery Fair 2007, Cologne.