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Spotlight On... PG Live 2022
Counting Down To PG Live As Progressive Greetings Live gets ready to opens its doors, exhibitors are busy with their final preparations and launch plans for the show, which takes place on 7-8 June at London’s Business Design Centre. The show is an unmissable opportunity for those gift retailers looking to expand their greeting card selection, enabling them to see the latest ranges from countless leading names, as well as newbies and brand-new start-ups.
Greeting cards have really come into their own during the last couple of years, providing that all important, tangible way of people being able to communicate and show they care. In the latest Progressive Gifts & Home Retail Barometer annual survey - which looks back at the previous 12 months - greeting card expansion took the No. 1 spot for gift shops in 2021, (jumping up four places by comparison to 2020), with almost half of those surveyed saying that expanding their card offer had had the most positive effect on their business. Which is why gift retailers of all shapes and sizes will be out in force when PG Live opens its doors at the Business Design Centre in London’s Islington on 7-8 June. 38
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As the UK's only dedicated, specialist greeting card show, PG Live 2022 will be bringing the whole greeting card community together - publishers, retailers, overseas distributors, agents and trade suppliers - to reveal the thousands and thousands of new designs being launched by a vast array of companies, ranging from leading brands to newbie start-ups. And it’s without a doubt that these are the cards that will be flying off the shelves in the coming months. Above: PG Live will be opening its doors on 7-8 June at the Business Design Centre in London’s Islington. Right: Smiling Greats winners and finalists are shown raising a glass of bubbly at PG Live’s Wall of Fame last year.
Lunch Is On Us! There’s a saying that ‘there’s no such thing as a free lunch’, but PG Live is a show that turns that old adage on its head! A delicious, specially prepared hot - or cold - lunch is available in the Gallery Hall, (first floor), for both visitors and exhibitors, with free teas and coffees available on both show days.
“Having been privy to a sneak peek at what some of the PG Live exhibitors have lined up, this year’s show is on course to be a real stonker,” enthuses Warren Lomax, PG Live’s co-show director. “PG Live will be a fabulous celebration of everything’s that great about the greeting card industry wonderful products, a great bunch of people and a true sense of camaraderie.” Among the gift retailers looking forward to returning the show, now in its 14th year, is Andrea Pinder, owner of Presentation Cards & Gifts in Barrowford. “PG Live is the creme de la creme of all the shows, and the reason it’s so important is that it delivers the best calibre of publishers the industry offers, along with the introduction of new publishers,” underlines Andrea.
