Spearmark has developed exclusive collections of lunchware and drinkware products. A mascot range featuring Wenlock and Mandeville has been designed to help parents encourage healthy lifestyles in their children through an association with sport and activity.
HONAV
Honav has a collection of pins for the London 2012 Olympics, with 2,012 different designs available to choose from.
Pins come in several themes including logos, sporting stamps and torch relay. A range of designs
have also been prepared for each
BL SPORTS
The bag, luggage and travel accessory specialist will be stocking around 90 SKUs by mid-June in its Milton Keynes warehouse. BL Sports boasts a wide variety of styles from children’s mascot fold wallets, through to high quality travel holdalls and back to school bags.
The firm’s core line, meanwhile,
encourages people of all ages to get active with its health-focused products such as lunch bags and sports bottles. Finally, Spearmark also has a Team
GB/Paralympics GB ranges using combinations of red, white and blue.
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game. Honav is hopeful that the collectable nature of the pins will take off during the games. The origins of trading and exchanging Olympic pins apparently began with athletes offering their home country identities to fellow competitors as a token of friendship and as mementoes.
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BLS MD, Quentin Crawley, commented: “The critical time for retailers is certainly now. From a bag perspective, what better time to enjoy a successful back to school than by combining the event with the London 2012 Olympics?”
While perhaps not for traditional independent toy stores, CWI’s apparel line is available from the likes of Debenhams, John Lewis and Sainsbury’s. The firm is the official licensee for baby and toddler apparel up to the age of five.
BOMBKI
It has launched several ranges using the colours from the London 2012 palette, with design features including the Union Jack Flag, the mascots and the London skyline. There is also a collection supporting the Team GB and Paralympic GB teams.
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Bombki is offering retailers a cute and quirky Little London 2012 set of mouth-blown glass hanging ornaments which features the official London 2012 mascots Wenlock and Mandeville.
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The collection consists of five pieces, which measure between five and eight centimetres high and are presented in a black lacquered London 2012 wooden collector’s box.