I recently journeyed to Hitchin in Hertfordshire to meet with Hiren and Hemal Patel, who run the family business Shatchi from their offices and warehousing in Hitchin.
Having their H.Q. in Hitchin means that Shatchi have excellent transport connections to mainline trains, Luton and Stansted airports and of course the A1 and M1 motorways so you can easily get to their showrooms to see the latest innovations.
Earlier this year they appointed John McVey as their National Sales Manager for the U.K. and Europe. John is no stranger to the Christmas Decoration business, having over 30 years’ experience in the industry.
The company have been exhibiting at both Harrogate and Spring Fair for quite a number of years now and the Harrogate 2020 show will see the company with a new stand and hall number, having moved from Hall ‘Q’ to Hall ‘B’ with a larger stand to better display their growing selection of Christmas products.
Now approaching their 11th year, Shatchi first began by importing toys and giftware products, soon expanding into Christmas. The rapid growth of their Christmas business made Hiren realise the potential this had to offer, although the toy and gift side is still very popular with the company supplying many toys to the garden centres for Christmas grottos.
Shatchi pride themselves on sourcing all of their ranges from ethical and environmentally aware producers in the various factories in China and India. They have offices and employ their own Q.C. and sourcing staff in both these countries.
Shatchi cover all of the major Christmas categories including
Trees
Both pre-lit and non-lit in a wide variety of sizes styles and prices. These include fashion trees, tinsel and flocked designs. A veritable forest ranging from the Alaskan Pine all the way to the sumptuous Lapland Fir means there should be a tree to suit all tastes and requirements. A matching range of wreaths and garlands is also available to enhance that festive feeling and complete the that Christmas look.
Don’t forget the famous Shatchi Tree Train to give your tree that bit extra that the kids will absolutely love.
A range of tree bags and also ones for wreaths and garlands make easy work of storage after Christmas.
A large collection of Fibre Optic trees complete the range, again in a wide choice of sizes, looks and functions.
Pallet Displays / Wraps and FSDU retail solutions are all available on this wide and popular tree range.
LED Lighting
Plenty of variety to choose from both mains and battery-operated for both indoor and outdoor use with variable timers and all the latest technologies. LED String lights ranging from 100 up to 2000 LEDS in all the popular colours White, Warm White, Multicolour and Blue and also other fashion colours too. The whole range is multi-function and memory chipped.
Connectable Icicle lights from 240 LEDs to 1,200 LEDs offering customers total flexibility in option choice as you only need to stock one size.
Shatchi Cluster lights are available from 480LEDs up to 1,920 LEDs
Compact lights and LED battery lights also add to the lighting collection.
All lighting is available in either clear or green cable.
Many of these lighting options can be App and/or remote controlled.
Outdoor connectable string lights, battery lights, copper wire lights and many other lighting and lit items add depth to this exciting category.
Room Décor
A large and extensive range of Wreaths and Garlands and floral items to give rooms that Christmas touch. There are both non-lit and pre-lit either plain or decorated designed to give your Christmas décor that special feeling.
LED Lanterns including swirling glitter lanterns, candles, figurines, to mention but a few. Add in the many other mouth-watering decorative items such as table trees,
Laser-cut wooden Christmas scenes and plaques plus themed decorations and a glittering array of tree trim and baubles.
To make any party complete Shatchi are into dressing-up in a big way with not only Santa outfits, but also Elves costumes and all the party accessories such as hats etc.
Outdoor Snowfall projectors plus LED reindeer and penguins and other woodland themed animals complete the Shatchi range, so as we said earlier the company have plenty of product to offer in all of the major categories at prices to offer the very best of margins.
Come and join us for a cuppa (or something a bit stronger!!), we would love to see you.
01462 432 600
john@shatci.co.uk
