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The Greats Awards 2022: Finalists
TheGreats Finalists!
Below: London’s Royal Lancaster hotel.
2022
After a nail biting few weeks, the fantastic Greats 2022 finalists have at last been confirmed, with the winners announced at the inaugural The Gift Awards, alongside the winners of the Gift of the Year competition.
The Awards, a black tie event, will be held on Thursday 12 May at the glittering Royal Lancaster hotel in London, with everyone who is part of the gift industry invited to be there!
(All finalists are listed in alphabetical order)
Independent Gift Retailer of The Year - London, South, South East + East Anglia
l Bill & Bert’s, Colchester l Etcetera, Hitchin l Gifts With Love, Middleton-on-Sea l Jumping Bean, Beckenham, Honor Oak and East Dulwich l Little Boat Gifts, Brightlingsea l Maybugs, Eastbourne and Hailsham
l The Celtic Company, Welshpool l Hugs & Kisses, Tettenhall l Joco, Nuneaton l Marmalade Meringue, Hinckley l Nest, Stoneygate, Broughton Astley and Thurlaston Garden Centre and Tearoom l The Silver Pear, Ludlow
Independent Gift Retailer of The Year - North, Northern Ireland And Scotland
l The Bottom Drawer/The Bottom Drawer Kids, Portadown l Cardhu Gifts & Interiors, Troon l Doodle & Boom, Bangor l The Keekin’ Glass, Prestwick l Presentation Cards & Gifts, Barrowford l Williams of Audlem, Audlem
l Cranbornes, Dorchester and Shaftesbury l Jo Amor, Tiverton l The Pod Company, Clifton l Raven Lifestyle, Totnes and Tavistock l The Rowan Tree, Budleigh Salterton l Surprises, Cirencester
Best Newcomer Gift Retailer
l Becalmed, Leek l Driftroom, Reading l Gems, Clevedon l Hearts and Hugs, Titchfield l Gifts of Wales, Welshpool l The Lemon Tree, Beverley
Best Specialist Multiple Retailer Of Gifts
l Brocante (5 shops) l House of Cards (7 shops) l Keepsake Scotland (4 shops) l Mooch London (4 shops) l Lark (9 shops) l Vinegar Hill (10 shops)
Best Department Store Retailer Of Gifts
l Austins, Newton Abbot l Jarrold, Norwich l John Lewis & Partners l Morleys Stores l Nicholls, Crickhowell l Rossiters of Bath, Bath
Best Non-Specialist Retailer Of Gifts
l About Living, Newton Mearns l The Denby Shop and Gift Emporium, Denby Pottery Village l Loch Levens Larder, Kinross l Lovely Libby’s, Rayleigh l Mrs Robinson, Crystal Palace and East Dulwich l Oliver Bonas
Best Garden Centre Retailer Of Gifts
l Blue Diamond l Garsons, Esher and Titchfield l The Mains of Drum, Banchory l RHS Bridgewater, Salford l Rosebourne Garden Centre, Aldermaston, Weyhill and Hampton-in-Arden l Yarnton Home & Garden, Yarnton
Best In Store/Window Display
l The Bean Hive, Kettering For its jungle themed anniversary window l Etcetera, Hitchin For its award winning Christmas window l Highworth Emporium, Highworth For its Christmas Room l Mooch Gifts & Home, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn
For its Halloween and Christmas windows l MiMi, Hartley Wintney For its ‘snow’ Christmas window l The Curious Fox, Chorlton For its front window displays
Best Retailer Initiative
l Brocante For its online friends supper party evenings l The Celtic Company, Welshpool For its Jellycat Red Dragon schools competition l Garsons For its 150th anniversary campaign l Lovely Libby’s, Rayleigh For its online ‘Friday Night Lives’ l Paper Tiger, Edinburgh For its Chinese Year Of The Tiger fundraising initiative l Yarnton Home & Garden, Yarnton For its ‘Under Our Wing’ pop up space
Outstanding Achievement Award 2022
l No finalists are revealed for this special award.
