Our retailing story began back in 2008 with the opening of our first gift shop in Mickleover, Derbyshire. Originally intended as a workshop for our textile gift design and manufacturing business (we'd grown out of the garage at home!) we moved into the shop and decided to have a little dabble into retail to test the water . . . it proved to be a big hit and with the addition of a coffee shop it is still Mickleover's little gem of a gift shop. On the back of the success of the first shop, we decided to look for a second one and in 2013 we sealed the deal on The Alphabet Gift Shop and Coffee Shop, Burton-on-Trent. Originally an iconic local pub it housed both gift shop and coffee shop. Two years later we acquired the building next door and knocked through to make more room for gifts and lots more tables in the coffee shop. Jump forward to 2021 and we extended again, this time introducing locally made crafts and a gallery space for local artists. We are constantly changing and developing but the core of our business is based on great customer service and a fabulous edited collection of the finest gifts.