SOLEX director Gina Hinde on the outdoor living market and highlights from SOLEX 2022

This week director of garden products show SOLEX Gina Hinde tells us what we can expect from the show and how the industry is dealing with inflation, oversupply, and setting prices.Numbers for SOLEX are at similar levels to 2019, SOLEX’s last in-person exhibition and this year features include a BBQ masterclass with Marcus Bawdon who will be joined by a 'Masterchef'.Hinde says: "Off the back of the unprecedented demand and supply shortages that we saw last year, retailers purchased much greater volumes of stock earlier than they’ve ever before...you’ve got spiralling inflation, the war in Ukraine, the resurgence of overseas travel and the consistently poor weather have all combined to curb the demand back to the 2019 levels which have resulted in an abundance of stock... which means that the forecasting for next year is going to be a bit difficult and becomes a bit of a gamble on how much to manufacture." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.