Going Global. The Gift Scholars' Expansion Beyond Our Shores.

In today’s world you would be hard placed to find a business that has no dealings with people or enterprises from another country, but the nature of our business means that we have been collaborating closely with international suppliers & customers from the outset of our founding in 2015.

We are extremely proud of the fact that we design everything for our customers in-house. This enables us to encapsulate exactly what our customers are looking for in a product and respond quickly and effectively to make amendments and improvements. We then work with our manufacturing partners around the globe; primarily in China, Turkey & Pakistan to produce quality merchandise & toys. We have been building close relationships with these suppliers over the years & have a great level of mutual respect, understanding and cooperation.

Our next area of partnership is with UK & international logistics, freight & clearance companies in order to safely deliver the finished articles to their end destination. It’s a tricky balancing act to coordinate multiple consignments from various locations within a limited timeframe, all the while keeping the costs in check & trying to mitigate the effects international events have on shipping and exchange rates.

So, how do we do it?

We are lucky enough to have built an extremely talented, passionate & hardworking team who understand the importance of working alongside our international partners. Communication is always key in any area of life, & between us we are fluent in no less than 12 languages!

In 2023 we began to expand our team beyond the UK into 3 new territories:

Our new office in China has become our Far East Hub, facilitating more efficient consolidation of shipments & coordination with our electronics and plush factories. We collaborate with all our manufacturers on improving their waste processes, ethical working practices & product standards, & our new office has hugely increased our efficiency and productivity in this and all other areas.

In October 2023 we were thrilled to welcome Andrew to the TGS team. A long-time resident of Aachen, he proudly represents us in Germany, showcasing our bespoke product design services to a new market alongside our off the shelf plush products.

2024 brought with it our sales executive in France. Christophe runs a successful Christmas jumper enterprise & therefore has relationships with many French sports clubs. He saw that French fans were missing the kind of merchandise that we provide & wanted to give them an opportunity to get in on the action!

The European market isn’t new to us however, in fact we already supply customers from countries around the world- including, but not limited to; Croatia, Australia, The USA, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Ukraine, Spain, The Netherlands, Japan, Jersey, Ireland & Hong Kong.

We hold EU VAT registrations, can ship goods from point of manufacture direct to the customer & hold stock in EU warehouses as well as the UK. Our wide reach & infrastructure already in place allows us to supply international markets with ease & we look forward to welcoming new clients in new territories over the coming months.

For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact one of our friendly team via sales@thegiftscholars.com

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