Progressive Greetings’ physical and digital editions all ready to read
As the temperature drops it’s time to don your fave woolly and cosy up to Progressive Greetings’ November 2024 issue, which popped through letterboxes and arrived on desks several days ago – and the digital version of the magazine has now been uploaded too.
PG’s November edition is full of industry news and views, retailer perspectives and insightful articles… so, just jump-er right in!
From the acquisition of The Gifted Stationery Company by Swan Mill group, owner of Ling Design and GBCC, and Adam Dury’s departure from Cardfactory to Moonpig’s research findings of how 58% of the UK public have kept cards for over a decade, the news pages are full of interesting news from all aspects of the industry. Click here to read all about it.
As well as being covered in the news pages, Cardsharp quite rightly lambasts Temu, the Chinese online marketplace, for its blatant and extensive stealing of UK greeting card publishers’ designs. To read about The Evil Claws of Copying, click here.
Fellow columnist David Robertson meanwhile has been having a loft tidy up, which has involved him filing all the PG articles that he’s written for the magazine over the last 17 years. While many concerns and developments have made the pages over the years, one enduring message remains as true today as when David first wrote it: “The power of a proper written word and the emotion that such a thing can still bring even in an email heavy, tweet-filled world cannot be underestimated” – though, of course, it’s X now! To read more click here.
On the current issues front, chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget for Labour in 14 years did not deliver as many retailers and publishers would have hoped. To read some of the views, click here.
With the industry now being in the all-important golden quarter, indie retailers from The Cardmitments WhatsApp group share their Christmas tingles of early buying patterns, the approach they’ve taken this year and their personal wishes for Santa. For festive feelings galore, click here.
Staying with the glorious, The Henries 2024 awards event was a whopper of a party, which saw 500 cardies celebrating in ancient Roman style. It was togas, trophies and triumphs for the winners. Kicking off the ceremony it was an emotional night for Bird & Co’s Emily Byrd who won Most Promising Young Designer, click here to see her joy, while all the product range winners can be seen by clicking here. The Best Service To The Independent Retailer trio of trophies made it a super shiny evening for Bronze winner Words ’N’ Wishes, Silver winner IC&G and Gold winner UK Greetings. To see the trio, click here.
Ending the official awards ceremony on a high, the Honorary Achievement saw House of Cards’ co-owners Miles Robinson and Nigel Williamson being rightfully crowned for their contribution to the industry over the last 35 years. Click here to find out more.
For a photographic flavour of this memorable greeting card community’s big night out, click here.
From a lovely fluffy moments evening over to our furry friends, there’s a serious business going on with animal cards. And while it is raining cats and dogs in the main, animals of all shapes, sizes, and breeds, domesticated, farm or wild, are joining the menagerie in the card racks, as PG’s annual cardie pet fest testifies. Click here to join the family.
As ever, the Innovations pages deliver a fresh dose of product newness. Click here to see these new treats, while the ever-popular What’s Hot? section showcases what ranges are selling well for a trio of leading greeting card stockists. Click here to find out who came up tops.
And for an extra aesthetic treat, lap up the creativity of folk artist and illustrator Suzy Taylor in Art Source. Click here to read her story.
All this and more in the pages of our lovely magazine – wouldn’t you like to hold it 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 the PG November 2024 edition you can click here.
