About Rob McAlister Ltd

Rob McAlister is a product innovations business, with a particular focus on the great outdoors. But we’re more than simply an ideas hothouse. We think we have great millionaire-making ideas. But do you know what? I never yet met anyone who didn’t believe they too had a megabuck scheme. The difference is we have the knowledge and experience to take an idea and make it real, make it happen. Founded in 2005, originally based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire we have since relocated to larger premises in Shildon, County Durham. Our offices are located at the same site as our almost 20,000 sq ft warehouse. We design and sell interesting new outdoor products to solve modern lifestyle problems. We sell to retailers. These are often the smaller independents but also larger retailers such as Argos, Halfords, Wayfair, Hammacher Schlemmer, Costco, Robert Dyas, and The Range … but also direct to consumers mainly via our various e-commerce websites. Over the past 18 years, we have developed a number of products and brands including the Bike Cave, TidyTent, CampaCave, CultiCave, Buggy Brolly, Witch Umbrella, Heart Umbrella, Prop-a-Plant, Anka Point, HideyHood, HortiHood, PitchPal, BivvyBrolly and PINPOD. We also sell over 1000 different types of umbrellas. We now operate with a number of different divisions. These include Umbrellas (Umbrella Heaven, Splash Innovations, Buggy Brolly); Outdoor and Garden (Cave Innovations) and Parcel Delivery Systems (PINPOD).Read their story