Product Development & Sourcing

Every product starts with a spark — let's find yours.

Kokoro Associates designs and sources custom branded merchandise for clients worldwide. Bring us any product idea — leather goods, drinkware, gifting, or something that doesn't exist yet — and we'll turn it into a fully realised, factory-direct programme, backed by dedicated account management from first brief to final delivery.

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Kokoro Associates branded coffee tumblers in white, black and pink on a kitchen counter
Licensed & IP Franchise and entertainment-licensed merchandise, delivered to strict brand and compliance standards
OEM & Private Label Branded manufacturing programmes for retailers, corporates and independent brands
Corporate & Events Exhibition souvenirs, staff uniforms and jackets, and branded stationery for corporate programmes
Retail & Gifting Direct-to-consumer and gift-led ranges, sourced factory-direct across the Far East, UK and Europe

Collections

We only put our name on work we're genuinely proud of — and everything in these collections carries our own brand for exactly that reason. Bring us your brief, and we'll bring the same passion to make yours even better.

Leather Collection

Corporate & Executive Gifts

Card holders, wallets, ID badge sets, desk trays, cable organisers and pen sleeves — debossed, printed or foil-stamped with your brand.

Snap-close leather card holders in light blue, pink, tan, black and teal with Kokoro Associates branding Snap card holders — 5 colourways
Purple leather ID badge holder with matching lanyard ID badge & lanyard sets
Tan leather card holder being placed into a suit pocket Everyday carry
Slim leather card holders in green, navy, cream, red and yellow Slim card holders
Black bifold leather wallet with card slots and gold branding Bifold wallets
Blue and black leather valet desk trays with snap corners Desk valet trays
Teal leather cable and earphone organiser roll Cable organisers

Drinkware Collection

Everyday Brand Visibility

316 stainless coffee tumblers, BPA-free Tritan bottles and gradient sports bottles — food-safe, leak-proof, dishwasher-safe, and tested to UK and EU standards.

Coffee tumblers in pink, black and white with carry straps and Kokoro Associates branding 316 stainless tumblers — 350ml
Tritan water bottles in green, grey and navy with flip lids Tritan bottles — 550/750ml
Kokoro branded sports bottles being carried in a gym Built for daily use
Gradient 1000ml sports bottles in purple, black-white and blue Gradient sports — 1000ml
Gradient stainless bottles with straw lids in purple, pink, black and teal Insulated straw bottles
Three gradient bottles on a stone wall outdoors BPA-free · leak-proof · dishwasher-safe

Eco & Wood Collection

Sustainable Gifting

Bamboo and hardwood pieces with laser-engraved branding — phone stands, wireless charging desk sets, keychains and personalised designs.

Bamboo phone stands with engraved Kokoro Associates branding Bamboo phone stands
Bamboo pen holder with built-in wireless phone charger and QR code engraving Wireless charger desk sets
Wooden phone stands engraved with zodiac constellation designs Personalised engraving
Wooden keychains in beech and walnut with rope details Hardwood keychains
Bamboo keychain phone stand holding a phone displaying a cat photo Keychain phone stands
Bamboo phone stand on a desk holding a charging phone Desk-ready
Bamboo keychain phone stands with leather straps and QR engraving QR & logo engraving

Tote & Eco Bag Collection

Everyday Carry & Retail Bags

Heavyweight cotton canvas totes, shopping bags and shoulder totes — biodegradable, durable, and printed, embroidered or heat-transferred with your brand.

Navy canvas carry tote with front pockets and Kokoro Associates branding Zip-top carry tote
Natural cotton canvas rectangular shopping tote Rectangular shopping tote
Olive green cotton canvas square tote bag Square shopping tote
Black two-way canvas shoulder tote bag 2-way shoulder tote
Canvas tote showing silk screen print versus embroidered logo options Silk screen print or embroidery
Rectangular canvas tote showing logo placement and print options Custom logo placement

Every piece, your brand.

Everything you see here can carry your brand — your logo, your artwork, or a pattern designed just for you — debossed, engraved, printed or foil-stamped. Colours, materials, packaging and sizes are all adaptable, and we're always looking for new functions, finishes and on-trend details your customers will genuinely love.

Design & development

From your brief or from a blank page — product design, specification, sampling and revision managed for you.

Sustainability, considered

We help you choose lower-impact materials and genuine, honestly-told environmental credentials — and where a project calls for specific safety or material testing, we arrange it through accredited partners.

Factory-direct pricing

We negotiate directly with our Far East manufacturing partners — relationships built over two decades of factory floors, not through middlemen.

About Kokoro

Kokoro Associates brings deep product development and sourcing experience to every client relationship — helping build major merchandise and product programmes from the ground up, and bringing that same rigour to every project we take on today.

We work across licensed IP, OEM and branded merchandise alike, sourcing factory-direct across the Far East, the UK and Europe, with an eye for materials and finishes your customers will genuinely want to keep.

Our job is to add value where it counts — turning a brief into a product that performs commercially, delivered from first sketch to final shipment.

Working with clients across the UK, Europe and Asia.

Kokuro ASSOCIATE

Good products need a spark.
Great ones need heart too.

Tell us about your idea, and let's find out where the spark takes it.

Or email us directly at hello@kokoroassociates.com

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