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Hambledon Studios
Celebrates Customer
Loyalty
The wholesale greeting card publisher, Hambledon Studios is hosting major events at distributors
throughout the country this month, to celebrate over 1 million loyalty points being redeemed since its Cardgains
Loyalty Scheme was launched.
The scheme allows retailers to earn Marks & Spencer vouchers, just by returning the pack labels from a
honours
number of Hambledon Studios card ranges.
The promotion events will offer double points, which will be redeemed for vouchers on the actual day,
as well as big cash prizes at each event. Magnificent
David Dean, Managing Director of Hambledon Studios said ‘These events give us an opportunity
to thank our retail customers for their loyalty to our product by giving them something extra, and it also
enables us to work closely with our wholesale customers in bringing our product to the attention of buyers,
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who might not realise what fantastic product can be found at wholesalers for real value prices. We need to
Cardgains celebrated its 20th Anniversary in June with an
do all we can in the current climate to make things easier for greeting card retailers, and we’re not afraid to
offi cial luncheon in Sheffi eld.
give something back in order to do this”.
Suppliers, members and staff who have ‘survived’ the
For more information on the Loyalty events call Hambledon Studios
last 20 years with Cardgains joined a select group of card
on 01282 686002.
retailers who have been with the buying scheme since its
inception.
Six of Cardgains’ ‘Magnifi cent seven’ longest serving
members were present, sharing stories of the past 20
Amy Roger
years of independent retailing.
In addition to all the 20-year acknowledgements,
Winehouse
presentations were made to Carolyn Boot and her
la Borde
assistant Candice Hunter, and Trevor Evans and his
daughter Kim Poskitt on being the latest members to join
plans ‘Rehab’
wins top
the ‘Millionaires Club’ in acknowledgement of turnover
through Cardgains.
range of
John Charlton and Pete Goodman from UK
gift award
Greetings represented the supplier base with forty years
of commitment to the company between them and
greetings cards
approaching £100 million of member turnover through
Roger la Borde’s
the partnership with Cardgains.
Paper Couture
Staff congratulations went to Jim, Judy, Debbie
Could we be about to see
range by Rob
and Melanie in appreciation of their 20 years service
words and phrases like
Ryan has won
to the company and the day concluded with the fi nal
‘Rehab’ and ‘You Know
the greetings
presentation to Teskey O’Neill who has retired this year
I’m No Good’ on a range
card category in
from his non-executive position on the board of Bridewell
of greetings cards and
The Giftware’s
UK Ltd.
giftwrap?
Association’s
“Smiles were aplenty with obvious reason to
The answer is yes if a
Gift of the Year
celebrate,” said Cardgains chief executive, Chris Dyson.
deal to use images of Amy
awards.
“I hope our ‘Magnifi cent 7’ members and guests enjoyed
Winehouse and lyrics from
“Gift of the Year awards are
themselves on this special day and everyone’s looking
her award-winning ‘Back
only given to the most original and
forward to the next 20 years!”
To Black’ LP comes to
innovatively designed products that
fruition. Record company,
can be given as gifts,” said a GA
EMI is said to be keen to
spokesperson. “Rob Ryan’s range with
create additional revenue
its quirky poetics and distinctive laser-
Icon unveils
streams from artists like
cut images are a perfect combination of
Winehouse and the fi rst item in the Winehouse range could
card and gift, striking enough to frame
be wrapping paper with the chorus of ‘Rehab’ emblazoned all
and keep forever.
new website
.co.uk
over it.
Rob Ryan is a British artist who
Designer greetings card company, Icon, has launched it’s
Some might consider the move to be in poor taste but
creates complex paper-cut designs from
new website at:
www.icon-art.com.
Winehouse’s publishers insist they have had a great response
his studio in the east of London.
“We are complete sticklers for quality and detail,” said
from the public for the idea.
“This was a unique opportunity
Kate Jamieson, creative editor. “But we realised that it was
Jonathan Channon, EMI Music Publishing Europe vice
for the GA to recognise an emerging
going to be impossible to fi nd web developers that ‘got’ us,
president said: “We are looking to create innovative revenue
international design superstar – I’m so
so our managing director ended up teaching himself all the
eetingstoday
streams from our songs with mainstream retailers and the
delighted Rob Ryan’s amazing work
techie whatnots and built the site himself!”
is achieving the accolades it so richly
.
gr
Amy wrapping paper and gift cards received a very positive The new web presence is a showcase for all of Icon’s
response. These are songs which already have a great
deserves,” added Roger la Borde
brands and provides details of the new releases. An online
resonance with the public.”
director, Tim Solnick.
shop is also being planned.
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