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The Retas 2024 Finalists
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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 2024 greeting card retailers of the year can be revealed, the winners of which will be announced at a World of Beatrix Potter-themed afternoon extravaganza on Thursday 4 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) l Earlybird Designs, Stoke Newington l Flaxten Cards, Hornchurch and Upminster l The Indigo Tree, Streatham and Crystal Palace l The Loft, Teddington l Medici Gallery, Kensington l Nor, Beckenham Place Park and West Norwood l Pretty Shiny Shop, Finsbury Park and Oval
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Home Counties and South East l &Quirky, Berkhamsted l Gemini Greetings & House of Cards, Heathfield & Battle l Milford Cards and Gifts, Milford on Sea l Objectables, Folkestone l Paddock Wood Cards, Paddock Wood l Red Card, Petworth l Threads, Harpenden
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – East Anglia l TCards ‘n’ Things, Norwich l Chapmans, Southwold l Dzo Dzo, Woodbridge l Pug & Pussycat, Aldeburgh, Southwold and Woodbridge l Simply Cards, Beccles l Sincerely Yours, Shenfield and Hornchurch l Spirals Cards, Gifts and Stationery,
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l Creative Cove, Lampeter l Fancy That, Rhos-on-sea l Occasions, Porth l Paperweight, Cardiff l Robyn’s Nest and Maple, Porthcawl l Stwff Stuff, Lantwit Major l The Village Gift Box, Cardiff
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – The Midlands l Atticusboo, Buxton l Austin & Co, Malvern l Blandfords, Broadway, Hereford and Ledbury l Country Kate, Kinver l Hugs & Kisses, Tettenhall l Set Design, Leicester l Token House, Nottingham
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North West England l Bailey’s, Ainsdale, Crosby and Maghull l Presentation, Barrowford l Raffia, Clitheroe l Reflections, Nantwich and Rugeley l Wishes of Cockermouth, Cockermouth l Zo & Co, Cheadle, Didsbury, Knutsford and Marple
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North East England
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – South West
l The Card Shop, Hexham l Castle Cards, Barnard Castle l Chirpy, Chapel Allerton l Greetings of Haxby, Haxby l Strictland & Holt, Yarm l Who-Ray, Stockton-on-Tees
l The Card Collection, Bath and Salisbury l The Card Gallery, Wimbourne l Cilla & Camilla, Beaminster, Bridport l Expressions, Polkadot and Cat’s
Whiskers, Swindon, Keynesham and Bishop’s Cleeve l Highworth Emporium, Highworth l PaperGangsta, Bristol l Sky, Clifton
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Scotland
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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales
l The Bay Tree, two stores in Edinburgh l Ivad Home & Gifts, Paisley l JP Pozzi and Bijou, Buckie and Elgin l Paper Tiger, Edinburgh l Penny Black, Glasgow l Polka Dot and Polka Dot Too, Castle Douglas
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