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10-23 News All the latest happenings and developments in the greeting card community.
24-25 Talking Shop Accentuate The Positive
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39-43 Focus on…Giftwrappings Roll With It PG deep dives into the giftwrappings sector, from design trends and rolls versus flat sheets considerations to the sustainability developments.
Indie David Robertson touches on the benefits of turning a negative into a positive, trade fairs and Jellycat.
45-49 Innovations
26-27 Cardsharp Respect Where It’s Due
51-53 Focus on…more than a card The Card That Keeps On Giving
Cardsharp is narked that the media and City types do not give the greeting card sector due credence.
PG looks at just some of the innovative ‘card and gift in one’ ideas.
A host of new ranges and designs.
55 Art Source Roamin’ Saxton
29-31 Viewpoints Feeling The Love…
Artist Ian Saxton’s instinct to draw anything which sparked an interest that started in childhood continues to this day.
Greeting card indies revealed how the love flowed at Valentine’s Day.
33-35 Passage of Time Milestone Markers
56-57 What’s Hot? A quad of retailers lift the lid on their bestselling ranges.
PG shines the spotlight on some notable company anniversaries.
58-67 Sources of Supply
36-37 Face to Face The Disruptive Theo-ry There’s never a dull moment when retail entrepreneur and former Dragon Theo Paphitis is around.
DIARY DATES: London Stationery Show 14-15 May; The UK Gift Awards 16 May; Progressive Greetings Live 2024 4-5 June; The Retas greeting card retail awards 4 July; GCA Conference and AGM 19 September; The Henries 3 October and The Ladder Club 17 October.
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