Progressive Greetings’ physical and digital editions are ready to read
The bumper Progressive Greetings’ June 2024 edition has landed with a great thud, and the digital version has now been uploaded too!
Being the all-important pre-PG Live edition, PG June is bursting with product newness galore, industry news and views, retailer perspectives and insightful articles galore – it makes for a right good read!
From the latest on how Jeff Weiss has joined the Cardzone board and the Weiss family, descendants of the founder of American Greetings, now owns 10% of the retail group, to how Rosie Made A Thing clinched a hat trick in the Gift Of The Year awards, the News pages will bring you bang up to date. Click here to find out more.
The 220 exhibitors at PG Live next week, 4-5 June, are a heady mix of well-loved brands, emerging companies and brand-new start-ups and, with thousands of new products being launched at the show, the Innovations new product section is simply overflowing with newness. Click here to see it in all its glory.
PG Live will also mark the launch of Hallmark’s resurrection of its heritage Hall & Co brand, with a premium collection for which the inspiration has been four leading hotels. To check in, click here.
The launch of Scribbler Studio will be providing plenty of food for thought at the show as the new strand to the retail business is using its sponsorship of the lunchroom to launch its design service to other retailers. Click here to find out more.
In the second of a two-part series, PG touches base with a handful of newbies who will be exhibiting, asking them to share their journey into the greeting card community as well as their hopes for the show. To read their back stories, click here
Meanwhile, the show will also be made all the memorable for a group of exhibitors who are celebrating their companies’ notable anniversaries. Click here to join the party.
Talking of celebrations, with The Retas greeting card retail awards event taking place on 4 July – yes election day! – the finalists are super happy. To immerse yourself in this retailing joy, click here.
This year’s Retas will be on a world of Beatrix Potter theme. With this in mind, PG shares more about this very special artist and catches up with some licensees. Click here to learn more about this woman before her time.
Among the finalists in the Best Supermarket category is Sainsbury’s. Greeting card buyer Shar Grothier reveals more about the initiatives the grocer has undertaken as part of its commitment to greeting cards. Click here to read all about it.
As ever, PG columnists David Robertson and Cardsharp aren’t short of an opinion or two. To read about how David is going to be doing less talking and more listening click here, while Cardsharp reveals his own stamp-collecting habit as he braces himself for the impact if the Czech Sphinx succeeds in his bid to buy Royal Mail. Click here to read what Cardsharp has to say.
There are more retailer revelations in the ever-popular What’s Hot? Section, which unveils some of the bestsellers for a trio of leading indies. Click here to see what’s top of the pops for them.
And, following on from the recent London Stationery Show, PG shares the staple answers of a bunch of indie stationery retailers.
Meanwhile, the Art Source section shares the life and loves of artist Helen Black. Just click here to learn all about this talented artist.
All this and more in the pages of our lovely magazine. Wouldn’t you like to hold them in your hands so you can flick through and read it wherever it takes your fancy? To SUBSCRIBE NOW go to www.max-subscriptions.net
However, if you can’t wait, to read PG June 2024 edition online you can click here.
