Tableware And Giftware - The Way Forward In The International Market

The dearth of any sophisticated market research in the international tabletop and giftware industry has persuaded Tableware International to invest in a number of research projects designed to fill this void. This spring it launched the two-volume Tableware International File 1996-2000, which charts the future of the international markets, dealing individually with the major consuming and manufacturing countries. In this issue reports on the results of the TI Trend Tracking Survey, which has posed a wide range of questions to retailers, wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers in order to understand the industry's views on current issues and to establish where it is heading.