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“In every job that must be done there is an element of fun.

You find the fun and snap, the job’s a game!”

"Practically perfect in every way."

"Winds in the east, mist coming in, Like somethin' is brewin' and bout to begin.”

Mary Poppins

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Welcome to The Retas Welcome to this year’s Mary Poppins Retas!

As Bert sang at the start of the film, “Winds in the East, mist coming in, like somethin’ is brewin’ and ’bout to begin”. Namely a glorious summer celebration of greeting card retailing excellence in a stunning Mayfair venue that Mary would have loved.

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choing today’s theme, we all know the lyrics “A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down” – we think that is a very apt metaphor for all of you present today.

With all the doom and gloom around, the costof-living crisis, ongoing war in Ukraine, political turmoil and supply chain disruption, we all need something sweet to take the edge of these modern day challenges.

Greeting card retailers provide a welcome antidote to all this bad stuff with their bursting racks of colour and sentiment to lift the spirits of the greeting card shopper. There is the fun in making the card selection, the excitement as the card then drops through the letter box and the smiles when it is opened. Every single Above: Max Publishing’s directors, Jakki Brown and Warren Lomax at the retailer here really is 2021 Retas awards event, which was on a finery of Greenery theme. the sugar that makes the medicine more palatable. Or as the magical tape measure said about Mary Poppins, ‘You are practically perfect in every way’.

I love the scene in Mary Poppins with all those gorgeous cheerful penguins dancing in their bow ties. Well, we would like to thank our very own equivalent of the dancing penguins, our brilliant sponsors who enable us to make this event what it is today.

And there is a delightful line from Mary that really sums up what many of us feel about making our living out of greeting cards: “In every job that must be done there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap, the job’s a game” We look forward to ‘Poppin’ those corks with you this afternoon. It’s going to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Jakki Brown, Warren Lomax, Clare Hollick, Tracey Arnaud and Mark Grayon

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Where your money will go Every single penny from today’s raffle will go to The Light Fund, our industrywide charity.

Set up in 2004, since its inception, The Light Fund has raised over £1.8 million and funded well over 200 charity projects helping men, women and children less fortunate than ourselves, all over the world.

Up To The Highest Heights

Feed The Birds

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Make those travel dreams a reality with £500 of Trailfinders voucher to spend as you wish on flights and hotels with the award-winning travel agent!

You can feed the birds, pep up your patio, titivate your borders or improve your tree hugging with £250 of National Garden Centre vouchers to spend on thousands of products from any of the 14,000 UK garden centres and nurseries.

Sweep Away Stress Poppin Those Corks Kindly sponsored

by GBCC If you get in a fizz about champagne, go ga ga about gin or if you’re mad about Malbec, you can restock your wine rack and cocktail cabinet with £250 to spend on tipples of your choice from Majestic Wine.

Slick Spot Kindly donated

by Paperlink Make your home as stylish as Mary Poppins or why not pick up a ‘penguin suit’ by treating yourself to a spending spree at any John Lewis department store (or online) with £300 to use as you wish. Go on, you deserve it!

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Kindly donated by Abacus Cards Forget ‘spit spot’ speediness, you can luxuriate with some wonderful R&R with a lovely spa break at any of the gorgeous seven Champneys locations in the UK with £350 to spend on a stay over and treatments of your choice.

Expilali-delicious Kindly donated by Cath Tate Cards Take your pick at any of the fantabulous restaurants in The Ivy Group. With £250 at your disposal you can go for it with a romantic champagne dinner or invite some friends and share the joy.

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Go Fly A Kite Kindly donated by Woodmansterne Publications You can go and fly a kite in the Peak District with a two-night break for two at the elegant 19th century Shrigley Hall Hotel and Spa. Set in 262 acres of landscaped grounds, you and a lucky guest can relax in style, with a glass of bubbly on arrival, and a full English or continental breakfast following each night in your elegant Classic room.

Step In Time Kindly donated

by Danilo Book yourself the best seats for Mary Poppins stage show, see your fave band in concert or be there at a top sporting event with £250 of Ticketmaster vouchers to use as you wish.

Practically Perfect Kindly donated by Carte Blanche Greetings Enjoy a weekend escape in the great outdoors, a cosy romantic getaway, a lively city break, or a catch up over some good food and a bottle of wine from any of the esteemed establishments in the Epicurean Collection with a £250 voucher to spend.

Spoonfuls Of Sugar Kindly donated by UK Greetings

Scents Of Purpose Kindly donated by Nigel Quiney Publications You can smell as fresh as a daisy with £250 to spend on the wonderful fragrances, scented candles and other fragrant treats from the house of Jo Malone.

A Fortnum & Mason Celebration hamper crammed full with delights from bottles of champagne and wine to gorgeous cheeses and truffles. Everything is supercalifragilistic.

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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer

London (inside the M25) Criteria: Independent card retailers in London (inside the M25) which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

The Card Collection, East Molesey

Diverse, Brixton

Earlybird, Stoke Newington

The Indigo Tree, Crystal Palace and Streatham

Medici Gallery, Kensington

With Best Wishes, Orpington

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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer

Home Counties and South East Criteria: Independent card retailers in the Home Counties and South East which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Best Wishes, Bishop’s Waltham

Dee’s Cards, Leighton Buzzard

Etcetera, Hitchin

Malarkey, Brighton

Panda Cards, St Albans

Red Card, Petworth

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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer

East Anglia Criteria: Independent card retailers in East Anglia which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

The Card Centre, Felixstowe

Cards n Things, Norwich

The Deck of Cards, King’s Lynn

The Eel Catcher’s Daughter, Ely

Sincerely Yours, Hornchurch and Shenfield

Taylor’s Cards, Debden

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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer

South West Criteria: Independent card retailers in the South West which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Cranbornes, Shaftesbury and Dorchester

Just Cards, Honiton

Kingfisher Cards & Gifts, Sidmouth

Paper Gangsta, Bristol

Southbourne Cards, Southbourne

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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer

Wales and the Midlands Criteria: Independent card retailers in Wales and the Midlands which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Austin & Co, Malvern

Bentleys and Maddison, Harborne, Solihull and Stourport-on-Severn

Daisy Chain, Stratford-upon-Avon

Hugs & Kisses, Tettenhall

Mooch Gifts & Home, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn

Wishes & Kisses, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield

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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer

North and Northern Ireland Criteria: Independent card retailers in the North and Northern Ireland which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Bailey’s, Ainsdale, Crosby and Maghull

Cards & Gifts, Dronfield

Design @ Six, Wetherby

Oklahoma, Manchester

Reflections, Rugeley and Nantwich

Sweetheart Cards & Gifts, Hull

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Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer

Scotland Criteria: Independent card retailers in Scotland, which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Bijou and JP Pozzi, Elgin and Buckie

The Gift Box, Peebles

Paper Tiger, two stores in Edinburgh

Pencil Me In, Elgin

Penny Black, two stores in Glasgow

Pippin, Edinburgh

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Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer Criteria: Open to a new independent greeting card stockist that has opened in the UK since January 2019. The shop does not have to be a greeting card specialist, but needs to have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

HBB Cards, Newport Pagnell

Magical Moments, Wombwell

Maybugs, Eastbourne and Hailsham

Party Box, Telford

Stationery House, Clevedon

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Best Independent Bookstore Retailer of Greeting Cards Criteria: Open to independent bookshops (1-4 branches) that has opened in the UK since January 2019. The shop does not have to have a dedicated greeting card department, but needs to have shown a commitment to the sector through the range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Blandfords of Broadway, Broadway

Bookends, Christchurch

The Edge of the World Bookshop, Penzance

The Harbour Bookshop, Kingsbridge

Regency Bookshop, Surbiton

Sevenoaks Bookshop, Sevenoaks

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Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – North Criteria: Open to independent shops, based in the North of the UK, for whom greeting cards are not their primary product area (excluding bookshops and independent garden centres) eg gift shops, sub post offices, children’s shops, gallery shops. The retailer does not have to have a dedicated greeting card department, but needs to have shown a commitment to the sector over the last year through the range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Cloud 9, Edinburgh

In Heaven at Home, Market Harborough

The Lambing Shed, Knutsford

Stationery Supplies, Marple and Wilmslow

Utility, Liverpool and Manchester

Write Here, Shrewsbury

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Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South Criteria: Open to independent shops, based in the South of the UK for whom greeting cards are not their primary product area(excluding bookshops and independent garden centres) eg gift shops, sub post offices, children’s shops, gallery shops. The retailer does not have to have a dedicated greeting card department, but needs to have shown a commitment to the sector over the last year through the range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Figgins, Frome

French Grey Interiors , five stores in the South West

Kondi Gifts, Bristol

MiMi, Hartney Wintney and Wokingham

Mooch, four shops in Ealing and Fulham

No.14, Ampthill

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Best Greeting Card Small Multiple (4+ stores) Criteria: Greeting card retailers with four plus shops, excluding department stores, which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Between the Lines, 15 stores in the South

Henry & Co, 15 stores in the Midlands

House of Cards , seven stores in the Home Counties

Postmark, six stores in South and West London

Temptation Gifts & Cards, six stores in the Home Counties

Zo and Co, four stores in Cheshire

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Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards Criteria: Open to an individual independent department store, specific branch or a department store chain which have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Fortnum & Mason

Harrods

Harveys of Halifax

Hoopers

John Lewis & Partners

Morley Group

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Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards Criteria: Open to supermarket retailers which have shown a real commitment to greeting cards over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Asda

Booths

Morrisons

Sainsbury’s

Tesco

Waitrose & Partners

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Best Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (20+ branches) Criteria: Open to all greeting card retailer groups or chains which 20 or more branches. They need to have shown excellence in all areas across the retail spectrum over the last year, including range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Card Factory, 1,000+ stores in the UK

Cards Direct, 41 stores in the UK

Cards Galore, 50+ stores in the UK

Cardzone, 160+ stores in the UK

Clintons, 240+ stores in the UK

Paperchase, 130+ stores in the UK Scribbler, 35 stores in the UK

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Best Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards Criteria: Open to all retail groups (with 20+ branches) for whom greeting cards are not their primary product area (excluding department stores and garden centre groups) eg varietal stores, fashion outlets, lifestyle chains, bookshop groups. The contenders do not have to have a dedicated greeting card department, but needs to have shown a commitment to the sector over the last year through the range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing, display and competitive edge.

The 2022 Finalists

Lark London, 10 stores in London

Oliver Bonas, 75+ stores in the UK

The Range , 180+ stores in the UK

Waterstones, 280+ stores in the UK

WHSmith, 1,100+ stores in the UK

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Best Greeting Card Card Wholesaler Criteria: Open to all wholesalers with any number of branches for whom greeting cards are a significant part of their offer. Retailers and wholesale publishers were asked to nominate which wholesalers they felt had excelled on the service level, breadth of product offered and the marketing over the last year.

The 2022 Finalists

Archway Cards, Norwich

BGC Wholesale, nine branches

CAPS, Bury

Crosswear Trading, Enfield

Greetings House , Walsall

Jackson’s, Sheffield

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Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards - Independent Criteria: Open to all independent garden centre retailers with 1-4 branches that have shown a commitment to the sector through the range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing and display.

The 2022 Finalists

Burford Garden Company, Burford

Fron Goch, Caernarfon

Garsons, Esher and Titchfield

Highfield Garden World, Whitminster

Monkton Elm Garden Centre, Taunton

Yarnton Home & Garden, Yarnton

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Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards - Multiple Criteria: Open to all garden centre retailers with five or more branches that have shown a commitment to the sector through the range of greeting cards stocked, product knowledge, customer service offered, shop environment created, marketing and display.

The 2022 Finalists

Blue Diamond Group, 39 centres in the UK

Dobbies Garden Centres, 70+ centres in the UK

Haskins, five centres in the South

Klondyke & Strikes, 22 centres in the UK

Longacres, five centres in the South

RHS Garden Centres, five centres

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Best Greeting Card Retailer Initiative Criteria: Open to all retailers of greeting cards for a specific development or initiative that has been instrumental in increasing retail growth of greeting card sales and sustaining an interest in the shop and greeting cards since 15 April 2021.

The 2022 Finalists

Austin & Co, Malvern, for its Christmas Thinking of You Campaign

Chirpy, Chapel Allerton, for its Card Bundle Programme

Earlybird, Stoke Newington, for its Small Acts of Sustainability Campaign

No. 14, Ampthill, for its Ukraine Fundraising Campaign

Sainsbury’s, for its GCA Design A Card for Black History Month Competition

Stationery Supplies, Marple and Wilmslow, for its Giving Back Charity Programme

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Greeting Card Retailer Of The Year Criteria: All winners of all the other retailer categories are contenders for this very prestigious award, as such no finalists are featured as that would give away the other category winners! Suffice to say that the winner of this award will have gone above and beyond in their greeting card retailing over the last year.

Below: Some of the Cardzone team with the 2021 trophy for this award.

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– Cardzone – Blue Diamond – Paperchase – Postmark, London – Waterstones – 3 Wishes – M&P Cards – Paperchase

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Mayther Bijou, Buckie Penmark Celebrations, Carlisle Scribbler House of Cards Papyrus, Glasgow Celebrations, Carlisle

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