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PG ASKED A GROUP OF RETAILERS FOR THEIR BEST SELLERS Michelle Kingsnorth, owner of Card Shack in Bristol. Pun fun is big at the indie, which is tucked into an historic shopping arcade along Bristol Broadmead. Category
Name of Publisher
Christmas Singles
Studio Boketto
Christmas
Everyday Humour
Quite Good Cards
Celebrity Puns
Running With Scissors
General
Martyna Zoltaszek
General
Product/Name Range
Comments
“Our bestselling card this year so far is the Fleece Navidad design – we feature prominently in our Right: A sheepish window feature for the Studio window display!” Boketto bestseller. “Our next bestseller is Mistletoad Citrus Bunn Pun Fun Christmas PG ASKED A TRIO OF RETAILERS FOR THEIR BEST SELLERS and Merry Christmoose – also a window feature.”
Right: Citrus Bunn’s Christmoose.
Relations & Occasions Right: Five Dollar Shake’s Stargazing.
“Oldermort is the top seller here. If it makes me laugh, I order it.” “Happy Birthday Old Bean – our customer base just love a good pun!” “Her studio is based in Bristol, all her colourful cards sell well – she does puns too!” Right: Martyna Zoltaszek’s bright designs.
Caroline Ranwell, owner of Hugs & Kisses in Tettenhall. Christmas cards are going down a storm at the attractive card and gift shop in a Midlands village. Category
Name of Publisher
Product/Name Range
Comments
Christmas singles
Five Dollar Shake
General Christmas
Wendy Jones-Blackett
Quicksilver
Rush Design
General Christmas
Woodmansterne Great British Card Company
General Christmas General Christmas
“The open Christmas cards and female relation cards just fly out as they are so,so beautiful. Customers wait for them to be put out.” “Beautiful foiled cards with bright happy colours at a great price.” “Christmas relations are really strong, in both normal size and large.” “The relations cards sell really well too.” “We’ve had some lovely designs from GBCC this year, all of which are selling well.”
Ling Design Abacus Cards The Art File Woodmansterne Paperlink
General General General General General
“Ling is always our bestseller. The Art File’s designs are beautiful and very different. Charity packs from Woodmansterne, Paperlink and The Art File are selling well.”
Relations & Occasions
Cinnamon Aitch Wendy Jones-Blackett
Primrose Hill Quicksilver
“Really pretty designs with tiny little crystals.” “This fantastic range has been a best seller for years!”
Humour
Paperlink
Bottomline Wrinklies General naughty
“General humour for us has to be Paperlink, and these ranges sell so well for us.” “We have a Cheeky Box for our more risqué cards which is full of designs from Brainbox Candy and Dean Morris, both of which sell well.”
Right: Foiled festive fun from Wendy Jones-Blackett.
Christmas boxes and packs Right: Cinnamon Aitch’s pretty crystals.
Brainbox Candy Dean Morris Cards Children’s
Rachel Ellen
Cookie Cutters Star Jumps
“Beautiful colourful die-cut designs which really stand out.”
Photographic
Abacus Cards
Rapture
“Lovely photographic images of animals with a humorous caption or beautiful scenic cards.”
Gift Wrappings
Glick
All products.
“Their designs are so very strong and beautiful quality.”
Below: Glick’s great giftwrap.
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