The physical and digital editions are all ready for you to read
Progressive Greetings’ February 2023 edition has landed good and proper – and the digital version is now available to read online now too!
Full of gorgeous newness and news, the mega PG February issue of 2023 is crammed full of industry happenings, product launches and views galore, out in good time for Spring Fair.
The news pages relate the tales of how Prince George has been inspired by a Wrendale Christmas card, the GCA has forged links with the Labour Party, Card Factory is trading ahead of expectations and that Jennie Rutter has joined the Emotional Rescue board, and that’s just for starters. To read about all this and much more click here.
Staying in the festive spirit, following what was something of a white-knuckle ride right until the shop doors closed on Christmas Eve, retailers were able to come up for breath and share what their Christmas trading looked like in the end. To rejoice in the Christmas cheer and fears, click here.
While the Royal Mail strikes certainly put a dampener on Christmas card box sales, the State Of The Nation article touches on some of the boons and banes of trade right now. Click here to read more.
Cardsharp puts his thinking cap on to muse over whether the predictions of the online sector’s market share in greeting cards is “pig in the sky”. To find out more, click here.
As ever, the PG Retail Barometer provides invaluable insights into the health and wealth of independent greeting card stockists, from how they traded last year to their predictions for the coming year and beyond. Click here to revel in the findings.
One indie in particular, PG columnist David Robertson, focuses on the period just after Christmas, giving him time to reflect and plan what he is going to change about his business in the coming few months. To read more about David has to say, click here.
There is lots of activity on the cards at John Lewis as buyer Claire Taylor shares the news about how a brand-new in-house charity greetings range is ready to launch across the department store chain as well as in its sister Waitrose branches, how it’s approaching reducing the number of cards going to be recycled as well as the retailer’s investment in its publisher relationships. To read more click here.
And, staying in the multiple retailing zone, as this year marks the 30th anniversary of Oliver Bonas, PG caught up with its founder Olly Tress to discover the retailer’s bestselling cards, why now is a good time to start a business, and how his young daughter has set her sights on taking over from him when she’s 16! Click here to read all about it.
Casting its gaze wider, PG did a spot of globetrotting, checking in with leading distributors and publishers to find out more of what has been happening on the greeting card front in their respective quarters of the world. To read more, click here.
It being the start of the year, publishers have been pulling out the stops with their launches, with many to be revealed at the upcoming Spring Fair show – which starts this Sunday, 5 February, and runs until Wednesday. To see these new product delights, click here.
Meanwhile, in this month’s What’s Hot? feature, a quad of independent retailers shares what products have been among their top sellers. To see which ranges came up trumps, click here.
And many publishers have been showing their flare in tapping into the surge for all things 1970s. Click here to immerse yourself in this nostalgia.
Tackling an age-old issue of how to treat the passing of the years on greeting cards, PG discusses why this could be a last remaining area of prejudice. To read more, click here.
It wasn’t so much golden oldie as golden moment for UK Greetings when the publisher heard the company name announced as the winner of the Gold Best Service Award To The Independent Retailer at The Henries, so PG has spent time catching up with some of those who make it all happen. Click here to read more.
Providing an invaluable service both to retailers and publishers alike are the special breed of independent sales agents. This being the Year Of The Rabbit, a fluffle of agents were only too happy to rabbit on about their Watership Downs as well as the hare-raising moments of their lives on the road. Hop to it and read what they have to say by clicking here.
Now here’s something to make you go “oooh”. Within this industry there are some secrets…to find out some of the hidden talents, click here.
A chunky section of the mag is dedicated to calendars and advent designs, discussing the strides made on the sustainable front, the new formats, licensing collaborations and design treatments. To read more, click here.
Art Source sees those in the know share they feel will be the drivers of aesthetic tastes for the coming months. To feast in the glory, click here.
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 February 2023 edition online you can click here.
