Here's the way the trend seems to be going....
The trend seems to be that people are buying (for others and for themselves) more LOW-TECH gifts which ground them in the "real world"....
Among the fastest growing categories in the home decoratives industry were frames (sales up 97 percent); tabletop gifts (up 32 percent); vases/urns/pots (up 32 percent); and decorative boxes and tins (up 19 percent).
Interestingly, HALLOWEEN decorations went up (by 53% last year), while Christmas decorations went down (by 11%)....
Sales of music boxes grew by a whopping 74%....
LOW-TECH isn't dead.... Some people are reacting against all the high-tech stuff, so it seems good to keep a foot in the REAL WORLD with physical products if you have a good gift product!
Read the full details below....
Dien Rice
The Trends in the Giftware Industry....