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25/07/2025

Home & Gift in pictures - rain or shine, there’s always plenty of sun at Harrogate festival
Home & Gift Buyers' Festival Hugs & Kisses Presentation - Presents and Cards for Every Occasion The Letter Arty The Art File Belly Button Designs Heyyy Cards Grace Jackson Design Not at all jack Sarah Kelleher Roger la Borde Meg Hawkins Artist Cath Tate Cards Citrus Bunn Illustration lil_wabbit_ Little Roglets Bird & Co Studio Ginger Betty Cards Lola Design Natural Partners Limited Molly Mae Cards Rosie Made A Thing

Postmark opens 13th store in London - capital addition takes group to 14 shops, plus new sites for Cardfactory and Cards Direct
Postmarkonline Card Factory Cards Direct Dobbies Blue Diamond Garden Centres

Kingfisher acquires Dog’s Paw - personalisation brand moves to home of the specialist caption
Dog's Paw

Cardies rage at Insta nonsense - post claims 25p Tesco card is better value than Moonpig design supporting indie artist
Moonpig thortful Two For Joy Illustration Scribbler Cards

Raffles tip Cardgains charity total over £60,000 - industry rallies for Toni’s Trek to raise biggest-yet sum from buying group’s annual challenge
Cardgains The Highworth Emporium Emotional Rescue

Eight cardies make Licensing Awards finals -Danilo, Design Group UK, Hallmark, Moonpig, Thortful, Toasted Crumpet, Willsow, UKG, are 2025 finalists
Danilo - Calendars Uk IG Design Group UK Hallmark UK and Ireland Moonpig thortful Willsow UK Greetings

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25/07/2025

23/07/2025

23/07/2025

Emo’s Jennie Rutter flags WeTransfer AI fears - file-share platform scares creatives with new Ts&Cs claiming licence over IP
Emotional Rescue

IRC wants indie retailers’ views - latest survey call for High Street data amid business rates rise fears
Greeting Card Association House of Cards

Joe Davies x Fox Under The Moon - giftware company signs licensing partnership with card and books brand
Joe Davies Giftware Fox Under The Moon

News in brief - Stationers’ Company, Medici Gallery, GCA, Home & Gift Festival, The Light Fund, and Cards For All
Worshipful Company Of Stationers and Newspaper Makers Medici Gallery Card Shop Home & Gift Buyers' Festival The Light Fund Grace Jackson Design Greeting Card Association Woodmansterne Abacus Cards Danilo - Calendars Uk Cardology Cards for Good Causes

What’s ? Retailer Janet wants to hear stories about cards that have made a difference
Cards and Gift Wrap

UKG women support WIMEN - publisher aims to help more females secure manufacturing roles
UK Greetings

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22/07/2025

We're off to Tesco again. This Friday (25th July) you'll find us camped at Tesco Forres between 10am-4pm. Showing off and flogging greeting cards, a few stickers and explaining...
• How a dinosaur with a big smile and a silly name could save a life.
• How 100% of the profit from every card you buy helps fund mental health initiatives in our community
• How dinosaurs are cool. But so too are Koalas. Flowers. Lions. You name it....we've probably got a card for it.

Pop by, say hello, find out more about mental health in the community, and maybe buy a card or two to go with the baked beans.
BIG thanks to Tesco Forres for making this happen👍

21/07/2025

18/07/2025

Positive plush project - Cardies’ Jo Sorrell sets up initiative to save stuffies from landfill by recycling cuddly toys
Cardies

Designer Greetings’ latest acquisition - New Jersey publisher adds Great Arrow Graphics’ silkscreen designs to portfolio
Designer Greetings Great Arrow Graphics Greeting Card Association

Fears for High Street retail - indies question future in Autumn Fair survey as chancellor’s budget predictions add to worries
Maybugs Cardzone Ling Design Spring & Autumn Fair SaveTheHighStreet.org

Clintons revamp continues - second new-look store opens in upmarket Cotswold Designer Outlet
Clintons Cardzone

PG’s July 2025 issue out now - Progressive Greetings’ physical and digital editions all ready to read
The Art File Cardgains Clintons Jellycat Pozzi-Buckie Museums & Galleries Barkers Northallerton Holy Mackerel

Strengthened leadership structure at Woodmansterne - Rhiannon Pryce-Lewis becomes ops director, Adam Osborne now development director
Woodmansterne

Happy Henries whoop it up! Social media abounds with posts celebrating Henries Awards shortlist
Bewilderbeest Emotional Rescue Glick Happy Street Cards Lola Design Ling Design Penny Kennedy Marina B Paper Salad Raspberry Blossom Ricicle Cards Stop the Clock Design The Eco-friendly Card Company

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17/07/2025

Jellycat who???? The new kid on the block is Wrendale .. look how beautiful the gifts, cards and plush are. Pop in and have a look. I’m so impressed with the company, their stands, signage and product of course.

17/07/2025

17/07/2025

17/07/2025

This weekend sees the start of Home & Gift Harrogate, the sunniest, schmooziest trade show on the calendar. Some of it’s literally in a tent. Like Glastonbury, but with more notebooks, fewer wellies and prosecco served by the gallon🥂.

We won't be there in person but thanks to the magical wizardry of licensing, our work will. We're chuffed to bits to unveil our first licensed accessories with the speccy Yorkshire legends at Opticaid Eyewear: a range of RFID-blocking wallets made from recycled materials and powered by our Benevolent Blooms prints. Floral fabulousness dialled up from ditsy to bloomin’ enormous, all shown off in a recycled retro Kraft display-unit. Bonus points: every sale supports mental health initiatives in the community👍.

You can get a first glimpse of the prototypes at Stand A-B16 from Sunday onwards. Do pop by to say hello to Gill and the team (they’re lovely and absolutely know their bifocals from their botanical motifs).
[Big thanks to Progressive Gifts & Home and Gifts Today for featuring these in their July issues😀]

16/07/2025

In the bag for indies - campaign boost as paper bag initiative tells people how much greetings mean
Sincerely Yours Red Card Stationery Supplies Marple Earlybird Designs UK Greetings Ling Design Greatbritishcards Penny Kennedy Paper Salad Abacus Cards Greeting Card Association Raspberry Blossom Pigment Cards

Hello to happy Henries - shortlisted publishers are celebrating the Henries Awards 2025 announcement
Objectables Pear Tree Press Wendy Jones-Blackett Greeting Cards Lovelossdiscoballs The Art File Little Roglets &WeaselsCards Roger la Borde Molly Mae Cards Puntastic & Ho Heather Trefusis Art Penguin Ink The Porch Fairies International Cards & Gifts Ltd Noel Tatt Group Paper Rose

Jellycat row deepens - mainstream media coverage kicks in as companies support indies dumped by cult plush brand
The Gorgeous Gift & Card Company Stewarts Of Bakewell Deva Designs Wrendale Designs by Hannah Dale Jomanda Soft Toys & Accessories Five Dollar Shake - Handmade Greetings Cards Temptation Gifts

Stores nab £10,000 prizes - Taba Naba and Oso win Autumn Fair’s retail business transformations
Spring & Autumn Fair Taba Naba SaveTheHighStreet.org OSOboutique

Big beaver on tour - Wrendale Designs’ giant plush Chester pitches up at Northumberland Zoo
Wrendale Designs by Hannah Dale Northumberland Zoo Brigg Garden Centre Spring & Autumn Fair

News in brief - Carousel Worldwide, JP Pozzi, Pilot Pen, BLE and Clavis & Claustra
Pozzi-Buckie Pilot Pen UK Brand Licensing Europe The Giftware Association

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