Find out what are the next biggest trends in gifts and home products – straight from the experts.

We all agree that 2020 is a crazy yet challenging year. In early of the year, pandemic Covid-19 hit the world and affect almost all the sector. The world is suddenly in lockdown as the cases increase day by day. This situation automatically changes the way people spend their spare time, what to do, and how to do it during this pandemic. As we welcoming the New Year in a few months, we see the uncertainty of the pandemic is staying with us into 2021.

This situation brings us, especially the importers, a question in mind “What products to source now to end this year fabulously?”

Here are 5 hot product trends that we recommend you to focus on:

• Home comfort essentials– “Home is not home if you can’t feel homey”. Familiar with this quote? Yes! Absolutely. In this hard times, people were forced to stay at home. Work from home, school from home, anything is supposed to do from home to stay safe and healthy. Home comfort essentials became a big trend this year. Why? It is because people tend to re-decorating their home to get a new-comfort-ambiance as all the activities are done at home.

• Brick and mortar to change– Staying at home for a long time is not an easy thing to do. But, risking your health by going out is not a good decision, either. And then, why don’t we bring the experience of going out into the home? Brick and mortar can be the solution for it and became a new trend this year. Homeowners’ can add brick and mortar touch in designing their home to give the feeling of being outside.

• Fitness products for kids– Kids are identic with an active move, toys, and holiday. But during this pandemic, go out for a holiday is too risky to be done. This reason makes kid’s products are becoming big trends this year. Because most parents face difficulties to keep their child happy and not feel bored during this situation. Fitness products for children can be a great gift option to keep them happy and healthy.

• Pet products– As George Elliot, a British author said “Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”. We could not agree more with him. As staying at home for months bring us stress, bored, and anxious, having a lovely pet can help a lot. The amount of people adopting a new pet is rising this year, indicating that the need for pet products becomes higher than usual. Pets need toys and pet care to keep them active, healthy, and beautiful. Importers can consider this in sourcing the products.

• Art is hot– Work or school from home using an online platform like Zoom or Google Classroom becomes a needs during this pandemic. Art, home décor, and wall décor become a great idea to beautify their backgrounds during the video conference. And also adding some new art decoration can release the stress level of working at home. That is the reason why art and home décor are on a top list of item to source at this time.

Contact Asean Sourcing to find out more and experience a new era of sourcing.