Sainsbury’s is really getting behind Thinking of You Week this year, like never before. The leading grocer is giving the event a long run-up, with a dedicated display of some 50 designs from several publishers having gone into its top 200 stores from the middle of...
Amanda Fergusson
Cherry Orchard Publishing is celebrating Thinking of You Week with the launch of a special card range and a retailer competition.
Jackie Collins, owner and co-founder of Cherry Orchard Publishing reveals it was her own personal experiences during lockdown that inspired the decision to launch the new Friendship range to coincide with the run-up to the GCA-instigated Thinking of You Week...
The best way to say Thinking of You!
Here's our short film suggesting the best way to say Thinking of You! https://youtu.be/21Y9IyhWQtw Thinking of You Week has been celebrated every September for the last 7 years. This year it is 21st-27th September 2020; and there has never been a more appropriate year...
UK Retailers and Publishers work to make this the biggest Thinking of You Week yet!
Paperchase, Cardzone, Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Card Factory are some of the major multiple retailer names to have pledged their support for this year’s Thinking of You Week (September 21-27) through various initiatives instore and on social media. In...
Janie Wilson donates 100’s of ‘Thinking of you’ cards
Yorkshire based greeting card publisher Janie Wilson donated 100’s of ‘Thinking of you’ cards, with stamped address envelopes, to local small business’s to send out with their orders. Business’s such as local restaurants who were providing a take away...
Royal Mail Reveals How Lockdown Has Seen Consumers Upping Their Card And Letter Sending
The emotional significance of the written word during lockdown has been made clear by new Royal Mail research, which reveals that one in five (18%) UK adults have been sending more letters and cards since measures began. The postal operator shared how nearly...
Hallmark Giving Away Half A Million Greeting Cards
Leading greeting card publisher, Hallmark Cards is giving away half a million greeting cards across the UK to help the public show gratitude and appreciation for the everyday heroes in our lives – doctors, nurses, care...
The greeting card community keeping in touch during lock-down
Award winning artists, and Greeting Card Association members, Lanther Black, have written and produced a film for the GCA illustrating the joy of receiving a card. GCA members, ranging from artists, publishers, retailers through to suppliers and agents, have come...
ITV News reflects on the importance of sending cards
In week 8 of lock-down ITV news reflected on the important part card sending is playing during the Corvid 19 lock-down, and how the card industry is playing it's part in raising morale and supporting the NHS. ITV regional news across the country talked about the...
Children To Feel Ever More Positive About Greeting Cards Post Covid-19
This period in history will always be remembered by all in many different ways, affecting beliefs and behaviour, arguably for the rest of our lives. One of the behaviour shifts is the extent to which children have embraced the making and sending of greeting cards, be...
Designing from Lockdown in Southern Italy
Anna Victoria, a design studio specialising in contemporary art cards and paper goods was originally established in Cornwall in 2010. However since marrying her Naval officer husband and silent partner, she finds herself living in lockdown in Southern Italy. Anna...
Elle Media Group Provides Hope Over The Rainbow
Basildon-based charity card publisher, printer and creative agency, Elle Media Group is providing comfort to those in need in a number of different ways. In just over a week their idea, Bright Rainbow was up and running as a not-for-profit initiative to help those in...
Millennials In Holland Embrace Card Sending During Covid-19
Good things do come out of adversity as is currently being proven in Holland on the greeting card front where Millennials are embracing card sending like never before. What is happening in the Netherlands echoes the pattern in the UK and the US with 18-24...
Over 200,000 Birthday Cards Sent To Captain Tom Moore For His 100th Birthday
Update Dec 2020: Captain Tom told the Sunday Times that he'd received over 225,000 birthday cards and raised over £39m. If ever proof was needed as to how close greeting cards are to the nation’s heart as the best way to communicate your affection and regard for your...
Greeting card printer Windles commits to helping Covid-19 cause
Well-known for coming up with inventive solutions within the greeting card trade, the team at greeting card printer Windles have diverted their attentions towards helping in the fight to stem the spread of Covid-19. And in doing so have not only manufactured PPE...
Eight Year Old Reegan Davies’ 100th Birthday Card Campaign For Hero Captain Tom
Article by Jakki Brown Anyone who reaches the grand old age of 100 deserves to receive lots of birthday cards, but none are more deserving than Captain Tom Moore, who on April 16, a fortnight before reaching his own special birthday milestone, had raised an...
