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PG ASKED A TRIO OF RETAILERS FOR THEIR BEST SELLERS
Janet Ross-Jordan, owner of Cards And Gift Wrap, Outer Hebrides International Focus There’s always plenty going on in Janet’s wee shoppie in her garden on the Isle Of Lewis. Category
Name of Publisher
Product/Name Range
Comments
Christmas
The Eco-friendly Card Co Wrendale Designs Lilac Tree Designs Woodmansterne Lilac Tree Designs
Christmas packs
“Packs are already selling, including my own Gaelic Christmas cards!”
Advent calendar cards
“A new range from Lilac Tree is doing well. Tim Mason's designs from both publishers are always popular – his sheep in woolly jumpers from Woodmansterne flies out.”
Everyday
GBCC/Paper House
Birthday general
“We have customers who buy 20 birthday cards at a time, these sell really well.”
Occasions
The Eco-friendly Card Co Lilac Tree Designs
Sympathy Sympathy
“I have people who buy loads of sympathy cards at a time. Claire Henley and Rachel Toll’s designs from Eco-friendly go especially well as do my own Gaelic sympathy cards.”
Humour
Citrus Bunn
Pun Fun
“These birthday humour pun cards are great. The 'Please send all cake to the lab for testing' is a top seller currently. They fly off my stall at the recent Outer Hebrides Comic Con.”
Art
The Eco-friendly Card Co
Julia Crossland Adam James Severn
“Julia’s autumn-themed designs and Adam’s mixed media wildlife illustrations have been very popular.”
3D/Pop-Up
Santoro
Baubles
Roger La Borde
Christmas Dioramas
“They come with an envelope so can be sent as a card, and there’s a wee gift tag on the bauble to write the message, and then can be hung on the tree. Just fabulous.” “I put these together to show what they look like. They come flat, and are easy to gift or post.”
Gifts
Wentworth
Wooden puzzles
Above middle: Citrus Bunn’s puns raise a smile.
Pigeon Loft
Pigeon Post letter packs
Right: Janet’s Gaelic Christmas cards are selling well.
Right: Popular art cards from The Eco-friendly Card Co.
76 PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE
“Can’t beat them! They do small 40-piece ones which are great little gifts. Its bottle of gin design is brilliant.” “Really popular for stocking fillers. So pretty and well presented.”