Carolina Pad, a leading supplier of fashion school, office and organizational products, is one of the fastest-growing stationery companies in the world. Its school, office, and arts and crafts products can be found at mass merchant, office supply, grocery, and drug stores, including leading nationwide retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Meijer, Fred Meyer, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Office Max, Staples, Kroger, Food Lion and more.

Founded in 1945 as a small school supply manufacturing company, today Carolina Pad is an international company setting the standard in fashionable school and office products. In 2000,Carolina Pad helped transform the stationery industry by introducing fashion into school and office products, demonstrated through its portfolio of brands including Studio C™, Note2Self™, Notebound®, Sasquatch®, u:create™ and Ghostline®.

For this challenge, consider the latest trends influencing consumer attitudes and preferences regarding school and office supplies, such as breaking internet and computer technologies and new electronics. Carolina Pad offers customers: “Everyday Products. Extraordinary design.” Carolina Pad is also interested in sustainability trends and developing eco-friendly, “green” products moving forward. Finally, think about the everyday problems you have with current products in the market today and propose product ideas that solve your problems.

To further its mission of providing extraordinary fashion and innovation through its everyday products, Carolina Pad is currently looking for the next top innovative school, office and organizational supplies.

The school and office supply categories may include concepts pertaining to: notebooks, composition books, memo books, binders, expandable files, file folders, 2 pocket folders, pencil pouches, laptop totes, pens, pencils, planners, calendars, desk accessories, binder clips, magnetic dry erase boards, desk accessories, and storage containers.

Your submission must be unique, innovative and preferably patentable (but not required).

Your idea should align with Carolina Pad’s commitment to providing extraordinary fashion and design while remaining at the forefront of “cool” with its products that boast trendy design and great function.

To maximize the effectiveness of your submission as well as your chances for selection, you are encouraged to submit tools to help the evaluation process. These include video of you using or demonstrating the idea, pictures of prototypes or samples, and drawings of your idea. Please make it easy for us to understand your idea.

Your submission must:

• Be innovative in regard to the concept’s functionality and utility.
• Appeal to the target consumer (women ages 12 and up)

The cost to submit an idea at Edison Nation is just $25. This fee covers Edison Nation’s product screening process.

For further information on the products Carolina Pad carries, please visit www.carolinapad.com.