As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked Doodleshoe Paper Goods to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? Doodleshoe Paper Goods When did you first start the company? 1st June 2018 Doodleshoe Bird Card Where is your business based?...
Register to attend the AGM Here We are all looking forward to seeing you Wednesday, and getting the greeting card community together. If you can't now join us live, due to the recent announcement of a further lockdown in England, you can view this event later: Buy...
As part of our Meet The Member series, we asked G.F Smith to tell us a bit about their story. What is the name of your company? G.F Smith When did you first start the company? 1st July 1885 Where is your business based? Hull and London What is the Unique Selling Point...
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,...
Everything you need to kick-start the Christmas card sending season within your organisation.
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 2018 Where is your business based? Norfolk Why did you decide to set up your...
Is it worthwhile pursuing a career in greeting cards? How do you get involved in the greeting card industry? What are the options? The UK greeting card industry is a world leader, a home-grown fashion industry. New publishers start up all the time and existing...
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...
Despite the backdrop of the lockdown, Thinking Of You Week 2020 is getting unprecedented levels of support.
The GCA Diversity and Inclusion Statement
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....
A short video on how best to let someone know you’re thinking of them.
Booking now open for the virtual 2020 Licensing & Copyright Seminar
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.
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...
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...