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The Retas 2023 Finalists
Go(gh) For It! After a rigorous canvassing of publishers, reps and agents for their retailer nominations and a thorough cajoling and encouraging greeting card retailers to enter The Retas, the finalists of this year’s 2023 greeting card retailers of the year can be revealed, the winners of which will be announced at a Van Goghthemed afternoon extravaganza on Thursday 6 July at the Grosvenor House Hotel, that will be attended by over 400 members of the greeting card community. Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - London (inside the M25)
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer The Midlands
l Diverse, Brixton l Earlybird Designs, Stoke Newington l Gift, Crouch End l Medici Gallery, Kensington l Mooch, Ealing and Fulham l Snap, Bow
l Austin & Co, Malvern l Bentleys and Maddison, Birmingham, Harborne, Solihull
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer Home Counties l Cards 4 Occasions, Hayling Island l Joyce’s Best Wishes, Lingfield l Maddy Moos, Totton l Objectables, Folkestone l Red Card, Petworth l Threads, Harpenden l Zest, Crowbridge
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - East Anglia l The Card Centre, Felixstowe l Cards ‘n’ Things, Norwich l The Eel Catcher’s Daughter, Ely l Just Cards and Abigail’s Cards & Gifts, Norwich and Dereham l LoveOne, Ipswich l Sincerely Yours, Hornchurch and Shenfield
and Stourport-on-Severn l Hugs & Kisses, Tettenhall l Set Design, Leicester l Something Special, Kingswinford l Wishes & Kisses, Boldmere and Solihull
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - North West England and Northern Ireland l Bailey’s, Ainsdale, Crosby and Maghull l Bus Stop Cards and Gifts, Castlederg l Celebrations, Carlisle l The Gift Box, Hoole l Reflections, Nantwich and Rugeley l Wishes of Cockermouth, Cockermouth
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - North East England l Artichoke, Tynemouth l Cards & Gifts, Dronfield l Castle Cards, Barnard Castle l Design@six, Wetherby l Serendipity, Newcastle l Thinking of You, Denby Dale
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - South West l Bazaar, Barnstaple l The Card Collection, Bath and Shaftsbury l Kingfisher Cards & Gifts, Sidmouth l PaperGangsta, Bristol l Stationery House & Gifts, Somerton and Clevedon l Tickles & Co, Wimborne
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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Wales l Card Value, Merthyr Tydfil l The Celtic Company, Welshpool l Charlton Cards, Tenby l Creative Cove, Lampeter l Daisy Daisy, Llanishen l Halls, Llanduff 18 PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer -Scotland l Gibsons, Haddington l The Gift Boutique, Fraserburgh l JP Pozzi and Bijou, Buckie and Elgin l Paper Tiger, Edinburgh l Pencil Me In, Elgin l Penny Black, Glasgow