Congratulations to all the winners and finalists at today’s Retas Awards, held at the The Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London.
The top gong for Greeting Card Retailer of the Year went to Postmark, which has 14 stores in London, Birmingham and Glasgow.
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer for East Anglia went to Sincerely Yours, which features in a retail interview in the May/June issue of Greetings Today.
Our diary columnist in the same issue is Sandra Jervis (pictured above), of Lampeter’s Creative Cove, who has been named Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales; another trophy for her cabinet, having won the Retail Business of the Year by UK dealer group Nemo Office Club only a couple of weeks ago.
The full line-up of winners is…
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – London
Diverse, Brixton
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Home Counties and South East
Red Card, Petworth
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – East Anglia
Sincerely Yours, Hornchurch and Shenfield
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – South West
Bazaar, Barnstaple
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales
Creative Cove, Lampeter
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Midlands
Bentleys/Maddison, Birmingham, Harborne, Solihull and Stourport-on-Severn
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North West and Northern Ireland
Bus Stop Cards & Gifts, Castlederg
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North East
Artichoke, Tynemouth
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Scotland
Paper Tiger, Edinburgh
Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer
The Beverley Card Company, Beverley
Best Independent Bookstore Retailer of Greeting Cards
The Hedgehog Bookshop, Penrith
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – North
Archerfield Walled Garden, Dirleton
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South
MiMi, Hartley Wintney and Wokingham
Best Greeting Card Small Multiple
Postmark
Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards
Elphicks, Farnham
Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards
Tesco
Best Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards
Oliver Bonas
Best Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards
Cardzone
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Independent
Highfield Garden World
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Multiple
Longacres Garden Centre
Best Greeting Card Retailer Initiative
House of Cards (Thinking of You Week activities)
Best Greeting Card Wholesaler
Jackson’s CRS
Greeting Card Retailer of the Year
Postmark
