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The Retas Roll Call
The Retas 2021 Finalists
Facing the immense challenges of the last 15 months, true grit, passion, nous, inventiveness, superb product selection and a customer service extraordinaire have seen the UK’s best greeting card retailers battle on against the odds meaning the finalists of The Retas 2021 really are the best of the best. Here, we reveal the finalists of these dedicated greeting card retailer awards, with the winners to be announced at a wonderful afternoon event - with a Finery of Greenery theme - on Tuesday 16 November in the Ballroom of the Grosvenor House Hotel, opposite Hyde Park in London. Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - London l Card Bureau, Holland Park l The Card Collection, East Molesey l Earlybird, Stoke Newington l Gift, Crouch End l The Indigo Tree, Streatham and Crystal Palace l The Present, Barnet
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Home Counties and South East l Calladoodles, Carshalton l Cardies, Stevenage l Dee’s Cards, Leighton Buzzard l Objectables, Folkestone l Red Card, Petworth l Threads of Harpenden
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - East Anglia l Celebrations Hallmark, Aylsham l Creativity, Sheringham l Elm, Norwich l Podarok, Cambridge l Quest, Bury St Edmunds and Holt l Sincerely Yours, Shenfield and Hornchurch
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Wales and the Midlands l Austin & Co, Malvern l Beau Regards and Willowsbrook, Wombourne and Stone l The Celtic Company, Welshpool l Hugs and Kisses, Tettenhall l Mooch Gifts & Home, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn l Nest, Stoneygate, Thurlaston and Broughton Astley l Something Special, Kingswinford
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - North and Northern Ireland l Bailey’s - Ainsdale, Crosby and Maghull l Best Wishes, Garstang l Cards & Gifts, Sheffield and Dronfield l Love & Best Wishes, Sheffield l Reflections, Rugeley and Nantwich l Serendipity, Newcastle
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Scotland
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - South West
l Bearing Gifts, Troon l Bijou and JP Pozzi, Elgin and Buckie l The Gift Boutique Hallmark, Fraserburgh l Paper Tiger, two stores in Edinburgh l Papyrus, Glasgow l Penny Black, two stores in Glasgow
l Card Collection, Bath and Salisbury l Cilla & Camilla, Beaminster and Bridport l Expressions, Cats Whiskers and Polkadot, Swindon,
Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer or New Branch - South
Bishops Cleeve and Keynsham l Frame of Mind, Illminster and Wellington l Just Cards, Honiton l Southbourne Cards, Southbourne
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PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE
l The Bean Hive, Falmouth and Kettering l Cranbornes of Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury l DickieBird Homestore, Battle l I Only Popped In For A Card, Clerkenwell, London l Kingfisher Cards, Sidmouth l Wishlist, Raynes Park