A look at the origins of Mother’s Day, with facts and figures.
The Origins of Mother’s Day
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Father’s Day – celebrating the UK’s Dads!
A look at the origins of Father’s Day, with up to date facts and figures.
Why do we have bunnies on our Easter cards?
A look at the origins of Easter cards and the Easter bunny.
Why are Valentine’s Day cards so popular?
We look at the origins of Valentines Day, along with some fun facts
Who Sent the First Christmas Card
A look at the history of the Christmas card with up to date facts and figures.
Why is card sending for Eid growing
Exchanging greetings at the festive of Eid is a tradition that goes back generations. Islam is the second largest religion in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is estimated that there are over 3 million Muslim's in the UK, over 5% of the...
History of Copyright in the UK
Archivist Dr Ruth Frendo, Stationers’ Hall, shares with the GCA the history of copyright in the UK
GCA Podcast – David Hicks of Really Good
GCA podcasts hear from greeting card leaders. Sharing their journey in cards and top tips to inspire the next generation of greeting card industry leaders
Victorian Cards, Crackers and Christmas Themes
Christmas cards have played a key part in the customs, themes and images of Christmas since Victorian times.
How Greeting Cards captured the thoughts of society in 2020 & 2021
GCA President Chris Bryan explores how greeting cards have captured the sentiments of the country in 2020/2021.
Celebrating 100 years of Greeting Cards
Greeting cards through the ages from 1919 to 2019. This collection was assembled to celebrate the GCA’s Centenary in 2019.
The Importance of a Sympathy Card
What people look for in a sympathy card and why they are important.
100 years of Cards – The GCA’s 100th Anniversary Exhibition
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?...
GCA 100th Anniversary Isle of Man Stamps
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...
100 years of the GCA – The Exhibition
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...
100th Anniversary #cardtokeep Instagram campaign
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...
New 100th Anniversary logo sign for trade shows
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...
Celebrating 100 years of the Greeting Card Association
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,...
Publishers – The Market – Facts and Figures 2017
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...
Thinking of You Week 26 Sept – 2 Oct 2016
Spreading Happiness By Sending Cards Now in its third year, Thinking of You Week (26 Sept – 2 Oct) inspires people to create a wave of love, caring and happiness by sending a card to a different person each day during this special week. Thinking of You Week has grown...
Festive Friday – Friday 27 November 2015
2015 Festive Friday toolkit and photos
Festive Friday New Poster Download
Are you excited yet? Here's a lovely new poster to help promote what you have planned on this special new sending day to your staff. Remember, we have a prize for the best photo of this event posted on our Facebook page!
Festive Friday – 29th November 2013
A new card sending day for the greeting card industry Friday 29 November is the day for the whole greeting card industry to get together and send our cards to start the Christmas sending season with a bang. Our aim is to have a sparkly snowstorm of lovely Christmas...