The Company

Natural Products Worldwide (“NPW”) is the market leading impulse giftware products company. NPW designs, sources and sells giftware products to retailers in the UK, Europe and North America. It is the market leading business in the niche of impulse gifting. NPW supplies a wide range of gifts, toiletries and “till pick” items, focusing on fast moving consumables such as lip-balms, tissues and body care sets, as well as stationery and gadgets. NPW is also the UK’s non-bookstore distributor of Moleskine notebooks.

NPW serves a broad range of quality high street retailers and independent gifting stores. Its largest UK clients include John Lewis, New Look and WH Smith’s, with the largest American clients being Old Navy, Restoration Hardware and Urban Outfitters.

The business is enjoying strong growth in the UK and North America through its focus on developing partnerships with retailers to help them maximize their incremental revenue streams from gifting and has significan opportunities for further expansion overseas.

The Investment

The buyout was led by Andrew Leek, Malcolm Coffin and Philip Edmans. John Hartz and Andrew Leek will join the board as Non Executive Directors.

NPW is a classic Inflexion investment; not only is it a market leading business but it is also enjoying strong growth. We are backing the existing management team to further develop the business both in the UK and internationally.

“We are delighted that Inflexion is investing in the next stage of growth for NPW. With their proven track record of working with businesses to grow both domestically and internationally, as well as their experience in the retail sector, we feel they are the right partner for our business and we look forward to working together.” Michael Sweeney, Co-Founder, NPW.