Retail & Consumer Goods Industry

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – July 21, 2025 – Gentlebrand Design Agency, part of the Sidel family, has partnered with Uzbekistan-based Toshmineralsuv to deliver a strategic redesign of its iconic Tashkentskaya mineral water, introducing a sleek PET bottle that strengthens the brand’s premium positioning while honoring its legacy.

Renowned for its purity and sourced from a natural spring 1,371 meters underground, Tashkentskaya mineral water now debuts in a refined PET format aimed at enhancing market presence and consumer appeal. This initiative underscores Gentlebrand’s ability to blend deep brand insight with bold creative execution in competitive consumer markets.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – July 21, 2025 – Gentlebrand, the Italian design agency renowned for its creative packaging concepts, has partnered with leading Italian wine group Argea to launch the premium Brilla Still wine bottle — a design innovation that elevates Argea’s portfolio and strengthens its brand positioning in the global wine market.

This collaboration reflects Argea’s strategic focus on blending tradition with contemporary design. The company, known for championing Italy’s wine-growing heritage, engaged Gentlebrand to reimagine one of its sparkling wines by transforming both its bottle and brand character. The result is a striking bottle that merges elegance with modern Italian flair.

A Design Evolution with Strategic Purpose

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – July 1, 2025 – The 10th BHB-GardenSummit in Cologne once again demonstrated its commitment to sharing strategies and trends that can strengthen the garden retail sector, bringing together over 110 industry leaders despite notable absences among exhibitors and experts.

Keynote Emphasizes Importance of Green Assortments

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – July 1, 2025 – spoga+gafa 2025 has firmly established outdoor living as a central pillar of the modern lifestyle economy, setting new benchmarks for the global garden and outdoor sector. Drawing around 26,000 trade visitors from more than 100 countries and over 1,600 exhibitors, the world’s leading trade fair for garden lifestyle & BBQs concluded on a high note, despite ongoing economic uncertainties and geopolitical headwinds. This strong turnout confirms spoga+gafa’s position as the leading platform of the garden industry.

International Momentum Signals Market Resilience

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 18, 2025 – BekaertDeslee has unveiled its new BALANCE collection, a visionary textile range designed to support today’s wellness-oriented lifestyles and sleep health. The global specialist in mattress fabrics introduces this solution to meet the rising demand for performance-driven, sustainable sleep technologies, setting a new benchmark for textile innovation across the sleep products industry.

Integrating Science, Style, and Sustainability

The BALANCE collection responds to a fundamental market need: aligning textile performance with consumers’ emotional and physiological wellness goals. The collection emphasizes materials and design strategies that nurture a healthy mind-body equilibrium, while also incorporating eco-friendly principles that reflect growing ESG priorities in the bedding sector.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 18, 2025 – BEAM, a brand of Nordlux, has introduced its new H45 Table Lamp, reinforcing the company’s commitment to minimalist aesthetics and user-centric functionality in contemporary lighting design. Combining natural materials with refined Scandinavian sensibilities, the launch marks a strategic extension of BEAM’s growing home lighting portfolio tailored for design-conscious consumers and commercial interiors alike.

Functional Elegance with Flexible Lighting Control

The H45 Table Lamp stands out with its soft curves and inviting tactility, offering seamless adaptation across diverse spaces—from work desks to lounge settings. BEAM emphasizes simplicity and utility, a hallmark of the brand, by integrating a built-in dimmer directly into the shade. This allows users to intuitively adjust brightness to suit their environment or mood, enhancing user experience and energy efficiency.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 16, 2025 – Küppersbusch and Teka returned to the küchenwohntrends trade fair in Salzburg from May 7 to 9, 2025, with a dynamic presentation of their latest innovations in premium kitchen appliances and design. The companies used this influential platform to unveil new product lines, deepen connections with trade professionals, and reinforce their positioning in the premium segment of the European kitchen market.

Strategic Presence at a Leading Industry Event

With a joint presence in Hall 10, Stand H 21, TEKA Austria GmbH and Küppersbusch brought together their sales teams from Germany and Austria to engage directly with kitchen retailers, designers, and planners. The exhibition space not only highlighted new technology but also served as a hospitality hub — including a live pizza tasting experience made using Küppersbusch's oven with a professional 340°C pizza function.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 14, 2025 – A new force in premium grilling has entered the global market as BSTRD officially launched its next-generation kamado grills at Global Dealer Day, signaling an ambitious international rollout designed to reshape the outdoor cooking sector for both professionals and discerning consumers.

With initial availability in the United States and upcoming market entries in Germany, Spain, and Italy this March, the BSTRD Pro series offers an elevated blend of performance, durability, and modular innovation, tailored for today’s design-conscious and results-driven outdoor chefs.

Precision Engineering Meets Functional Elegance

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 14, 2025 – OFYR has introduced the Pro Connect, a cutting-edge modular outdoor cooking system tailored to meet the evolving demands of professional chefs and high-end hospitality venues. Designed with flexibility, durability, and design excellence in mind, the OFYR Pro Connect sets a new benchmark for mobile and fixed outdoor kitchen solutions.

Purpose-Built for Culinary Professionals

The OFYR Pro Connect represents a strategic move to elevate outdoor cooking capabilities for professionals who demand precision, functionality, and visual appeal. Developed as a modular system, the Pro Connect seamlessly integrates a mise-en-place station, plancha cooking unit, and kamado grill into one cohesive unit. This level of integration supports chefs in delivering refined culinary experiences in any environment—whether in a private estate, upscale garden venue, or hospitality setting.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 14, 2025 – With rising consumer interest in high-performance outdoor cooking systems, ceramic kamado grills are gaining strong momentum in the European market, offering retailers, designers, and garden suppliers compelling new opportunities. Among the leading contenders are Dutch-engineered brands The Bastard, Grill Guru, and Grizzly Grills—each providing premium ceramic solutions tailored to varying budgets and culinary needs.

Ceramic Performance Meets Versatile Functionality

Kamado grills trace their roots to traditional Japanese cooking vessels and are prized today for their ceramic construction, which delivers exceptional insulation, precise temperature control, and fuel efficiency. This unique combination makes them ideal for grilling, roasting, smoking, and even baking.

Key performance benefits of modern kamado units include: