The physical and digital editions are ready to read
The Sun isn’t the only thing that’s raising the temperature as Progressive Greetings’ August edition is hot off the press, having landed a few days ago and now the digital version is available to read online too!
As ever PG’s News pages are crammed full of industry happenings from all aspects of our sector. Read all about Emotional Rescue’s direct re-connection with independents, how loads of leading retailers are already onboard for Thinking Of You Week this year, Card Factory’s central London debut and lots more by clicking here.
A supercalifragilistic time was had by the hundreds of retailers, publishers and trade suppliers who attended the Mary Poppins-themed Retas greeting card retailer awards event at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel last month which saw the UK’s best card retail stockists being crowned. For the pics of the event itself click here and to see all the winners receiving their trophies, click here.
Sharing his retailer’s eye views, JP Pozzi’s David Robertson takes comfort in The Rolling Stones’ lyric that “‘you can’t always get what you want” but if you keep trying you will be in with a chance! Click here to see what David has to say.
Fellow PG columnist Cardsharp doesn’t hold back in venting his spleen in reaction to the tack Moonpig has taken with its recent radio advertising campaign, hearing it on Planet Rock appositely just after Mötley Crüe’s Shout At The Devil was played. To read Pigging Out click here.
On a positive front, retailers have been keen to lavish praise on the wealth of new ranges and designs which publishers launched at the recent PG Live show, that are now pepping up their greeting card selections. To read The Popularity Stakes click here.
And publishers have been busy maintaining the constant stream of new products as the Innovations pages testify. Click here to see some newness.
After several years of upheaval, card retailers and publishers were relieved to be able to trade normally for all four Spring Seasons, but what does the new normal look like for these significant card-sending events? PG asks greeting card retailers and publishers about their Spring Seasons developments and what potential is out there for other occasions. To read their views click here.
The ever-popular PG What’s Hot section sees a quad of retailers revealing what’s tickling the fancies of their customers right now. Click here to see what they have to say.
Now for something completely different… PG joined the queue to have a first glimpse of the brand-new Scribbler greeting card print-on-demand kiosk that has been developed in conjunction with leading technology print maestros FujiFilm. Click here to read all about it.
And, ending on a feast for the eyes, revered artist Meghann Rader shares her life and loves in Art Source this month. Click here for your visual treat.
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 whole PG August 2022 edition online you can click here.
