South India’s vibrant business ecosystem, rich cultural heritage, and evolving lifestyles are reshaping the region’s gifting landscape, creating new opportunities for brands and businesses. The region’s strong corporate, retail, hospitality and residential markets, combined with its diverse cultural and festive traditions, are driving demand for innovative, personalised, and premium gifting solutions. Against this backdrop, Gifts World Expo Bengaluru has emerged as a strategic marketplace for the region, connecting brands with distributors, wholesalers, retailers, corporate and institutional buyers, importers, and gifting professionals from across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and beyond.
The upcoming sixth edition of Gifts World Expo Bengaluru will highlight a wide range of products across segments, including apparel & accessories, houseware & kitchen appliances, handicrafts, home decor & home textiles, luxury & premium gifts, promotional gift products, wellness, beauty & grooming. The upcoming expo will also feature The Stationery Pavilion dedicated to stationery, office supplies, writing instruments, and paper products, offering buyers a focused sourcing platform. Other major highlights include The Startup and Innovation Hub, which will highlight emerging businesses and innovative products, enabling them to connect with potential buyers, distributors, and industry leaders.
The Gifts Talks sessions alongside the expo will feature industry experts discussing gifting innovation, premiumisation, sustainability, festive gifting trends, Bengaluru's emergence as a gifting hub, and the evolving role of stationery in the gifting landscape.
Sharing her view on the upcoming edition, Ms Himani Gulati, Director, MEX Exhibitions Pvt Ltd, said: “Gifting is an integral part of South India’s culture, but the way people gift is changing. Traditional occasions continue to remain important, while consumers are increasingly looking for personalised, premium, and lifestyle-led products for weddings, festivals, new homes, corporate celebrations, and everyday occasions. This creates an exciting opportunity for brands to connect culture with contemporary gifting preferences. Through Gifts World Expo Bengaluru, we want to bring this diversity to the forefront and give buyers access to products and ideas that reflect how South India lives, celebrates, and does business today.”
Similarly, Mr Raj Manek, Executive Director & Board Member, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings Ltd, remarked: “The gifting landscape in South India is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by a combination of economic growth, evolving lifestyles and the region’s strong cultural affinity towards gifting. Today, opportunities extend across corporate and employee gifting, hospitality, retail, residential and commercial spaces, as well as traditional festivals, weddings, and celebrations. Bengaluru sits at the intersection of many of these trends, making it an important market for the industry. Gifts World Expo Bengaluru provides a platform for the ecosystem to come together, enabling brands and buyers to identify emerging opportunities and shape the next phase of gifting in the region.”
Gifts World Expo Bengaluru will feature leading companies such as Add Pens, Caslay, Esc Plan, Havenuts, Honeyman, Jack & Jones, KGOC, Power Plus, Swiss Military, Wonderchef, Xech, and several other prestigious brands, offering visitors a variety of top-notch gifting solutions to source throughout the exhibition.
According to IMARC Group, the Indian gifting market was valued at USD 816.3 million in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 1,089.9 million by 2034, registering a CAGR of 3.10% during 2026–2034. The growth is being driven by rising demand for customised products and corporate gifting solutions, as well as increasing digitalisation across the sector.
Across its past editions, the expo has recorded year-on-year growth in exhibitor participation. The response from both exhibitors and visitors has strengthened with every edition, reflecting the growing confidence the industry has placed in Gifts World Expo Bengaluru. Exhibitor participation has grown steadily, increasing from 200+ exhibitors in 2024 to 225+ in 2025 and 250+ in 2026. This year's edition further expands the exhibition's scope by introducing the Stationery & Office Supplies segment, offering buyers a more comprehensive sourcing platform and creating new business opportunities for exhibitors.
The National Jute Board, Corporate Gifts Association of India (CGAI), and Handloom Handicraft Exporters Welfare Association (HHEWA) are the supporting associations for the expo. Gifts World Expo Bengaluru is jointly organised by MEX Exhibitions Pvt Ltd and Messe Frankfurt Trade Fair India Pvt Ltd.
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