Over 400 people headed to annual greeting card awards event The Retas last Thursday (4 July) which took place at Mayfair’s glittering Grosvenor House Hotel. Among those who took home trophies was Malcolm Adams, owner of Stationery House, with shops in Somerton, Clevedon and Wrington for the Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South.
Stationery House wrote on its Instagram page: “We are so proud to announce that Stationery House Wrington, Clevedon and Somerton won the category Best Non Specialist independent retailer of Greetings Cards for the South of the Country at yesterday’s Retas industry awards ceremony held at the Grosvenor Hotel, Park Lane London. A big thank you to Sarah in Wrington, Daniel and Tom in Clevedon and Lynne in Somerton for helping us to win this award.”
The full list of Retas Awards 2024 Winners are…
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – London (Award sponsored by Ohh Deer)
Nor, Beckenham Place Park and West Norwood
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Home Counties and South East (Award sponsored by Hallmark Cards)
Objectables, Folkestone
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – East Anglia (Award sponsored by Abacus Cards)
Dzo Dzo, Woodbridge
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – South West (Award sponsored by Rosie Made A Thing)
Highworth Emporium, Highworth
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales (Award sponsored by Progressive Greetings Live)
Paperweight, Cardiff
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Midlands (Award sponsored by International Cards and Gifts)
Set, Leicester
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North West (Award sponsored by UK Greetings)
Wishes Cockermouth, Cockermouth
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North East (Award sponsored by Wendy Jones-Blackett)
Strickland and Holt, Yarm
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Scotland (Award sponsored by London Stationery Show)
The Bay Tree Company, Edinburgh
Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer (Award sponsored by Carte Blanche Greetings)
Cards & Moor, Yelverton
Best Independent Bookstore Retailer of Greeting Cards (Award sponsored by Woodmansterne Publications)
Kemps General Store & Bookshop, Malton
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – North (Award sponsored by Lucilla Lavender)
Proudfoot Group
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South (Award sponsored by Pigment)
Stationery House, Somerton, Clevedon and Wrington
Best Greeting Card Small Multiple (Award sponsored by Ling Design)
Postmark
Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards (Award sponsored by Spring & Autumn Fair)
Morley Stores
Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards (Award sponsored by Danilo)
Sainsbury’s
Best Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (Award sponsored by Cath Tate Cards)
Waterstones
Best Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (20+ branches) (Award sponsored by Paperlink)
Cardfactory
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Independent (Award sponsored by Museums & Galleries)
Yarnton Home & Garden, Yarnton
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Multiple (Award sponsored by Woodmansterne Publications)
Notcutts
Best Greeting Card Retailer Initiative (Award sponsored by N Smith Packaging & Display)
Presentation Cards & Gifts, Barrowford for its Mother’s Day and Easter charity initiative with Open Door
Best Greeting Card Wholesaler (Award sponsored by Xpress Yourself)
BGC Wholesale
Greeting Card Retailer of the Year (Award sponsored by The Art File)
Postmark
This year The Retas took on a Beatrix Potter theme.
Photos from The Retas will be available to view and download from the awards’ website (www.theretasawards.co.uk) over the next few days and the event will be covered in full in the next edition of Progressive Greetings magazine, the sister publication to Stationery Matters.
The Retas, organised by Max Publishing, owners of Progressive Greetings magazine, are the only dedicated awards for greeting card retailers.
