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Publisher Spotlight
Crowning glory Up in the Springboard area at the third ever PG Live, back in 2012, a brand new card publishing business by the name of Wrendale Designs made its debut, with artist and company founder Hannah Dale hoping that her watercolour depictions of animals would strike a chord with the retail buyers. Strike a chord? It was the talk of the show, igniting a meteoric rise for the brand, which now features on all manner of products, sold all over the world. With the recent news that Wrendale Designs’ continuing global success has earned the company a King’s Award For Enterprise to add to the Queen’s Award it received in 2019, PG shares some of the crowning glory. “We’re all over the moon to have won this award for the second time,” said Hannah. “I think that one of the toughest challenges for a brand like ours is to show you have staying power after an initial success.” The King’s Award recognises exceptional growth in international markets over the past five years so for Hannah personally “it’s a reflection of how hard we have worked to keep innovating and improving, not just in the artwork and our products, but in the service we’re delivering.” While the artwork is still very much Hannah’s domain, she is keen to stress that Wrendale Designs would have not reached the heights it has without the 28 PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE
support from the team and of course its retail stockists.
Left: Hannah and Jack Dale, the co-owners of Wrendale Designs. Above: Wrendale ‘socks’ it on its international success. Below: Wrendale Designs’ entry in the PG Live 2012 catalogue. Bottom: Hannah and Jack have built the business for their three children and the family of employees who help run Wrendale Designs.
“Jack [Hannah’s husband and business partner] and I are so lucky to have an incredible team across the world that work hard to bring our vision to life, as well as fabulous and loyal stockists. I’m so proud of the team we have and for the loyal stockists that have supported us over the years, many of them stocking our products since I first launched Wrendale with a handful of greeting cards, back in 2012.” Wrendale Designs is one of 252 businesses recognised in these recent awards, with five receiving two apiece, in the second King’s Awards, which were renamed last year as His Majesty wanted to continue the legacy of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II who established the awards in 1965. This year’s clutch included 59 given for innovation, 161 for