And here it is, our stand that we designed and forged during our first business year. Our special thanks go to the companies » Thomann Cyberstore for providing advice in the selection of the stage trussing, » Licht-BOB-Technik for the rapid delivery of energy-saving light bulbs and floodlights and of course, » IKEA for the stand furniture.

Admittedly, the design and assembly had cost us plenty of nerves, but we were very satisfied with the result . Even our customers who visited us at the fair, were impressed.

Having a ball on the fair (from left to right): sales manager Natalie Liebermann, managing director Holger Herrmann and salesman Wolfgang Heller.

In the shelves and theme-boxes, old and new items awaited discovery, some of them rated "Adult only" as a precaution.

But of course our program also includes cranky stuff, and the customers and prospects likewise enjoyed to get a glimpse of the hidden depths of the gnome world.

Of lively interest were our shock-green poison gnomes, which were hidden everywhere on the stand, be it in a planting pot or on the shelf with the postcards.

And last but not least our new interpretation of the Venus de Milo with a stocking from Crystallized-Swarovski Elements^™ was worth a view.

In summary, we can say that the spoga + gafa 2008 trade fair was a successful first appearance with numerous visits by customers and a very encouraging number of initial contacts.