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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
The Retas 2022 are annual awards for UK greeting card retailers. They were introduced and are wholly owned by Max Publishing, publisher of Progressive Greetings Worldwide, Progressive Gifts & Home, Progressive Housewares, Progressive Party, Progressive Preschool and The Licensing Source Book.
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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
Kindly donated by Hallmark
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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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Mayther Bijou, Buckie Penmark Celebrations, Carlisle Scribbler House of Cards Papyrus, Glasgow Celebrations, Carlisle
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