Festive Friday is the last Friday in November – this year 27th November, and the day every year that the greeting card industry send their Christmas cards! 2020 is a year that has seen us isolated from family, friends and work colleagues,...
Dear GCA member, Just a quick email to let you know that tickets for this event are now available to purchase: The GCA Annual Conference and AGM will be happening online –on Wednesday 4th November between 10.30 and 2.30pm. This online event will...
Black History Month gives us an opportunity to celebrate and highlight the increasing variety of greeting cards available celebrating black history. African Prints African prints are the inspiration for many of AfroTouch Design's greeting cards. The 'Squad Goals'...
Festive Friday, 27th November 2020, is the special day for everyone in the card industry (and all lovers of cards) to send their personal Christmas cards. This is to create a great first wave of beautiful cards arriving in early December to get keep everyone in touch...
As part of our Meet the Member series, we asked Loxleys to tell us about their 165 year old printing company.
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Danilo to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? Danilo When did you first start the company? 1st October 1977 Where is your business based? London Why did you decide to set up your company?...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked The Art File to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? The Art File When did you first start the company? 1st September 1997 Where is your business based? Nottingham Why did you decide to set...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Henrietta from Henrietta’s Kitchen to tell us a bit about her story. What is the name of your company? Henrietta’s Kitchen When did you first start the company? 1st September 2019 Where is your business based? Kent Why...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Forever Creative Photography Ltd to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? Forever Creative Photography Ltd When did you first start the company? 1st January 2014 Where is your business based?...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Nicola fromNicola Lespeare Greeting Cards to tell us a bit about her business story. What is the name of your company? Nicola Lespeare Greeting Cards When did you first start the company? 1st September 2016 Where is your...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked 1 Tree Cards to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? 1 Tree Cards When did you first start the company? 1st June 2016 Where is your business based? Norfolk Why did you decide to set up your...
Membership of the Greeting Card Association means that you are part of the UK independent, not for profit, greeting card trade association, and have a voice within the industry representing the UK greeting card market. The GCA provides help, advice and support,...
Our popular website www.gca.cards receives thousands of visits every month and provides an excellent forum for marketing your company. Visitors include buyers looking for new card ranges, members of the public looking to buy cards and journalists...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Rajeev Arora of Davora Ltd to tell us a bit about his story. What is the name of your company? Davora Ltd. A common question we get asked is where the name comes from. When I first started the company it was with a...
Thinking of You Week activity is continuing to build - there has never been a better time to say Thinking of You than now with so many facing lockdown and isolation. We have more retailers engaged than ever before and are working with a PR agency to spread...
Thinking of You Week starts on the 21st September; who are you thinking of? Sending and receiving has been an important way of keeping in touch for so many during the isolation of lockdown. Greeting cards are an opportunity to bridge the physical distance between us...
Chinese New Year marks the start of the traditional Chinese Calendar. It’s sometimes called the Lunar New Year or the Spring festival. It’s the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar, which is a lunar based calendar, hence why the dates change each year....
Thinking of You Week activity is continuing to build - there has never been a better time to say Thinking of You than in 2020! Click below to see our short film – suggesting the best way to say Thinking of You! How to say Thinking of You! 2020 is going to be the...
This Members’ Zoom Seminar will be led by Briffa partner Will Miles, supported by members of the GCA Council, who together should be able to answer all your questions! We receive many questions about Licensing and Copyright from publishers. In response to this...
Paperchase, Card Zone, 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 in store and on social media. In addition, Royal...
The changes in card buying habits during lockdown, with many sending a card to say ‘thinking of you’, ‘sending a hug’, ‘thankyou NHS’ etc, and the fact that many remain at least partially isolated, mean that this year offers us an huge opportunity to promote this...
Award winning artists, and Greeting Card Association members, Lanther Black, have written and produced a film for the Greeting Card Association illustrating the joy of receiving a card. GCA members, ranging from artists, publishers, retailers through to suppliers and...
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...
Thinking of You Week officially starts on 21st September 2020. But in the midst of the current coronavirus outbreak every week is an opportunity to bridge the physical distance currently between us and our loved ones by sending a card. We have created a Gallery of...