Thinking of You Week officially starts on 21st September 2020. But in the midst of the current coronavirus outbreak we think every week is an opportunity to bridge the physical distance currently between us and our loved ones by sending a card. GCA members across the...
Please let’s all send cards to loved ones and neighbours who are self-isolating and alone Receiving a greeting card creates a powerful connection between people. At times like this, particularly for those who are at home on their own, the connection of receiving a...
Without top retailers displaying quality greeting cards well, the UK greeting card publishing industry would simply wither and die. The Retas programme aims to recognise and celebrate the best purveyors of greeting cards whether they be specialist card...
We have emailed booking forms for Dragon's Speed Dating to all publisher members. If you have not received it please email us As part of our ongoing IT project we now have new email addresses: hello@gca.cards, admin@gca.cards, amanda@gca.cards. Please can you add...
The Guardian newspaper visited the Spring Fair at the GCA's invitation and have written a lovely piece on card sending. Guardian journalist Amelia Tait contacted the GCA in January to ask if the British still send Valentine's Day cards. Amanda Fergusson, GCA ceo,...
Scam emails have been sent out to some members, and others in the industry, pretending to be from the GCA and requesting payment. Please ignore this if you receive it. Many thanks to those of you who have brought this to my attention, allowing us to immediately notify...
Bookings now open for the 4th Dragons Speed Dating event
Greeting cards have had a fantastic amount of press coverage in the run up to Christmas 2019; GCA activity and news stories about card sending potentially being in decline (which of course it's not!), has led to 51 media interviews since the middle of October. We have...
The GCA logo is available for members to use on their marketing material and website
The GCA’s Centenary Exhibition of 100 years of greeting cards is available for members to borrow, to share with their staff and/or use for PR initiatives. Do you have a sales meeting planned, customer event or are you inviting the local media in to see your business?...
In celebration of the GCA's 100th Anniversary the GCA stated a campaign to collect images of cards that had been kept and the stories behind them. Text version of #cardtokeep press release for you to use in the members library; Add your own images and then use this...
To celebrate the Greeting Card Association Centenary the Isle of Man Post Office have produced these wonderful Christmas stamps, using greeting card artwork from GCA members GCA Members were invited to submit designs to the IoM PO who selected these ten greeting cards...
Attached is the press release the GCA sent out to consumer media for this campaign. Launched on 25th Nov 2019 with 9 BBC Radio stations this is now generating interest across the country.
Thank you to all of you who have been in touch to share your Thinking of You Week plans Now in its sixth year, Thinking of You Week (Sept 22nd-28th 2019) inspires people to create a wave of love, caring and happiness by sending greeting cards to...
Booking now open for the 100th Anniversary AGM and Conference
In our 100th year we want to collect together a digital card archive to celebrate our vibrant innovative industry. As part of this archive, we’re planning an exhibition display to show the range of designs on the market today, look at the trends and changes over the...
Thank you to those of you who have already posted their #cardtokeep. To celebrate our 100th Anniversary we are running an Instagram campaign to collect photos of special cards that people have treasured and why. We all know greeting cards play an important part...
The GCA has a lovely new gold logo ‘card’ to celebrate our Centenary. This will replace the old-logo plastic signs. We will be handing these out to all PGLive exhibitors at the show. We will also be handing them out at Harrogate, Autumn Fair and Top Drawer. If you...
94% of greeting cards are bought in a bricks and mortar store so it is important that the GCA raises the profile of cards with those working to support retailers and High St communities. The GCA recently attended a meeting of the Independent Retailers Confederation....
Highlights of the 2019 Dragons Speed Dating event.
This year is the Greeting Card Association’s centenary, and with the British love of greeting cards continuing we have a lot to celebrate: In 2019 cards are being send for more occasions than ever before, 18-34 year olds sending more cards than a generation ago,...
Festive Friday, 29th November 2019, 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 the nation in the...
Over 1.5 million people started their morning today being reminded to write and send their Christmas cards as Amanda Fergusson, the new ceo of the GCA appeared on the BBC Breakfast twice during the programme, as well as on the BBC News 24 channel. Filmed on location...
Latest Figures from the GCA Market Report 2018 The latest GCA Market Report shows that in 2017 the UK public spent £1.7 billion on greeting cards. The report, which covers sales January - December 2017, is the only research based on actual retail sales figures, with...