Shnuggle were delighted to be invited to the finals of the "Rattles to Riches" at the Baby Show for Trade, and were absolutely blown away when we won!
The day started with a group on Entrepreneurs each with their own fabulous baby product, we were ushered to the back of a larger stage area, and given a trendy head-mic.
Then, one by one we were ushered onto the stage with our product to pitch to a panel of senior nursery buyers. There were some amazing buyers there for the event, including;
Argos, Ravi Chambers
Boots, Christine Gilligan
Jo Jo Maman Babe, Harriet Blanchet
John Lewis, Caroline Bettis
Marks and Spencer, Rachel Zemmel
Mothercare, Ruth Shaw
Peppermint, Daniel Terminiello
Sainsburys, Marcus Hughes
Tesco, Gemma Marshall
Winstanleys, David Winstanley
Shnuggle were up first, and Adam Murphy pitched to the group of nursery buyers and a crowd of visitors to the show. We were followed by some amazing products from the MiaTui, http://www.miatui.com; Safe Dreams http://www.safedreams.co.uk; and an innovative baby grow with removable feet.
After everyone pitched, the judges spent 10 minutes deliberating, and then we were all called back on stage for the final verdict...
Drum roll............... and the winner is........................ Shnuggle - The Modern Moses Basket!
We were amazed and chuffed. While we know that the Shnuggle basket is fantastic, it is great to have recognition from a panel or trusted and experienced buyers.
We would like to thank the judges for choosing Shnuggle over such fantastic competition!
We would like to thank the show organisers for putting on such a fantastic and well organised event
And we would like to thank our fellow entrepreneurs - who all had fantastic products and were equally deserved to win.
The prize for winning is an exhibition stand at next years Baby Show for Trade, and we can't wait!
But the real prize was the experience of pitching to such esteemed buyers, and the recognition of just how good our product is!
So now we start talks with some of those lovely buyers to see if we can work with them to put Shnuggle on the shelves at a retail store near you!
Watch this space!
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