About Menkind

Gift Universe is one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing operators in the gifts and gadgets industry through our retail stores, ecommerce channels and wholesale distribution to some of the UK's top retail brands. We are an Employee Owned business whereby the company is majority owned by an Employee Ownership Trust and is operated for the benefit of the staff. Menkind - The one stop multi-channel retail destination for men’s gifts and gadgets. Currently trading through circa 60 retail stores around the UK, with an additional 20 pop-ups for Christmas, as well as online at www.menkind.co.uk The business has grown steadily, specialising in original gifts and gadgets that range from licensed merchandise to personalised items and tech. With an in-house product development team Menkind is able to offer a host of exciting products designed with their customers in mind. Furthermore, thanks to its longstanding relationships with partners and suppliers, Menkind can count on being first to market, as well as offering a number of exclusive products. The Source Wholesale is our B2B wholesale division supplying our range of own brand and exclusive products to blue chip retailers, independents, attractions and gardens centres, primarily across the UK, with recent expansion into Europe and the United States. www.thesourcewholesale.co.uk As well as working with some of the biggest retailers on the UK high street we now supply 22 countries around the world, working with both retailers directly and key distribution partners. Prezzybox is a well established pure-play female orientated brand in the gifting market, founded in 2000 and acquired by Gift Universe in June 2022. The acquisition of Prezzybox provides Gift Universe with further opportunity to develop and grow our offering by extending our reach into the female gifting market, enabling us to continue to expand our customer base. www.prezzybox.com Sustainanility - As a responsible business, we are working hard to eliminate plastics and be carbon neutral by 2030. So far, we have removed all plastic clam-pack packaging on the products we make ourselves. We are also aiming to eliminate 90% of non recyclable packaging from our own-brand products by the end of 2023, and we’re working with all of our suppliers to do the same across our whole product range as soon as possible. We work with a refurbishment partner on returned items, who help us repair and renovate whatever we can, reselling them as clearly marked refurbished products. The products we can’t refurbish are broken down and we recycle as much as possible. We recycle all paper and cardboard waste from our offices and shipping operation, and we have processes in place that allow our customers return old batteries and electronic items to our stores.