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...
The Henries are the greeting card industry ‘Oscars’ organised by Max Publishing, the owners of Progressive Greetings. Every October for the last 23 years, a minimum of 650 industry members have attended a glittering awards evening at a top Park Lane Hotel to discover...
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...
This GCA members event is now in its 4th year and has become increasing popular. It is a fun way to meet prospective business partners, network with existing business contacts and keep up to date with current industry issues. The GCA’s popular Dragons Speed Dating...
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...
Please find attached the new permanent GCA logo, for 2020 onwards, this is a slightly amended version of our special Centenary logo. The main logo in the file attached is GCA 2020 logo Colour v.2. Please do use this logo on your website and sales material...
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. Launched at the GCA’s 100th Anniversary Conference and AGM in October 2019 the display consists of two large...
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.
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...
Brexit update 30th September 2019: Please find detailed below notes emailed to members, following the meeting GCA ceo Amanda Fergusson attended at the BEIS. Also below are two links to additional information we have just received, along with updated dates for the ‘Get...
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...
The GCA is delighted to announce that booking is now open for our exciting 100th Anniversary Celebration Conference and AGM - Looking to the Future. To reserve your place please complete this form. This will be held in London at Central Hall...
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....
The GCA popular Dragon Speed Dating event took place on 26th February in central London for the third year running. This GCA event is a great way for retail members to find prospective new publishers and for publishers to meet and present their designs to a range of...
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,...