Sampson
Gift Shop in Southend-on-Sea, Essex
For more than 60 years the name of Sampsons has been synonymous with souvenirs, through both sales and innovation in this sector of retail merchandise. Back in the 1950s a tiny wholesale toy department store located in Southend-on-Sea had been successfully developing tiny collectors markets in badges and stickers. This part of the business belonging to Sampson Brothers was acquired and marketed by the new founding directors of Sampson Souvenirs ltd.