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PG ASKED A TRIO OF RETAILERS FOR THEIR BEST SELLERS Heather McCulloch and Nick Summers, co-owners and of The Pirate and Bluebelle, Gourock. Old school mates turned business partners run their shop in the ferry port town on the Clyde which has a distinctly Scots twist, incorporating work of around 50 artists.
Category
Name of Publisher
Product/Name Range
Comments
Everyday
Ohh Deer
Heartland
“These are doing well, good bright coloured designs.”
Studio Boketta
General
Occasions
Ohh Deer Cath Tate Cards
General General
“Occasions isn’t an area we really focus on, but these two publishers cover them well.”
Humour
The Grey Earl Clare Barclay Draws
Scottish Patter General
Redback Cards Cath Tate Cards
Cloud Nine General
“We like the Scottish humour.” “Fun humour, rather than risqué, with a Scottish flavour.” “These work well for us.” “We think these are absolutely great.”
Photographic
The Pirate and Bluebelle
General
“We do our own range of photographic cards and postcards, based on local scenes taken by Nick. They're probably our bestsellers.”
3D/Pop-Ups
Alljoy Design
Message In A Bottle and the general pop-ups
“Being a coastal shop, the Message In A Bottle ones are a focus, but we also include a mix of the popup ones. The real joy is that they are a keepsake.”
Gifts
Sass & Belle
General
Glenshee Pottery
Wee Bothies
Shoeless Joe
General
“We stock lots of vases and giftware.” “The bothie houses are beautiful and really affordable.” “It's a really coastal sea-sidey type product, which fits really well with us.”
Right: Bright designs from Studio Boketta.
Right: A new Message in a Bottle design from Alljoy Design.
Below: Cute Glenshee Pottery Wee Bothies. Right: Decorative fun from Sass & Belle.
52 PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS WORLDWIDE
“These fit with our brand, quite quirky and bright.”
Above: A Scottish flavour from Clare Barclay Draws.
Left: A coastal flavour from Shoeless Joe.