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UK Greetings unveils Christmas
Summer Fair postponed
Summer Fair 2009, originally booked for London ExCeL on 21-25 June,
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has been postponed, according to show organiser Emap Connect.
Exhibitors were contacted with the news in late November.
For Christmas 2009 UK Greetings has a fabulous
According to Emap Connect group director Louise Young, travel to the
collection of deliciously inspired greetings that truly
location was problematic for visitors, but it is by no means the permanent
convey the spirit of Christmas. Offering the very
end of the show.
best in designing for each of our renowned brands;
She said: “We are postponing the show until we can get a central
Carlton, Gibson, Hanson White, Camden Graphics
London location. Our in-depth research underlined that Emap was the
and Forget Me Not. UK Greetings’ Christmas offers
preferred exhibition organiser to deliver the best commercial returns to
something to suit all consumers’ tastes and ensures
exhibitors and extensive mid-year product choice for buyers. As yet, our
the huge potential of this very important festive
preferred London location has not been made available to us”.
season is maximised.
Louise added: “We approached Clarion Events with a view to work
The Gibson Collection conveys classic traditional
together to build a commercial show of scale in central London. This
Christmas styling and desirable cute cards with
clearly would best serve the interests of the industry, but disappointingly
plenty of ‘ahh’ factor. A festive wonderland of
collaboration was not forthcoming.’
evocative traditional designing and the most
“Our strategy was always about creating a large international summer
temping cute ranges, expertly created by our
show in London and that hasn’t changed. We’re waiting in the wings until
award-winning brand.
a suitable venue becomes available”.
Carlton Collection evokes themes capturing the
spirit of the season with a fresh contemporary twist
and sentiment. Designs are filled with bright ideas,
Gear up for Giggles
stylish modern designing and spot on sentiment for
Independent retailers all over the UK are already looking forward to the
the special season.
21st birthday promotion for the award-winning Giggles range but many
The Camden brand brings cutting edge
more could benefit from the fun, according to the brand’s owners, Hanson
contemporary styling teamed with simple wish
White studio at UK Greetings.
editorial. The Camden collection offers an array
The Giggles’ 21st birthday competition is open to all customers of
of stylish designs ranging from arty photography
independent retail stores (conditions apply). When customers purchase a
to elegant handmade styles, satisfying the needs
Giggles card they are entered into a prize draw where they can win a trip
of those consumers for whom greetings are a
to London, staying in a luxury hotel and tickets to see a comedy show.
statement of their impeccable taste!
The competition is open from Monday 12th January 2009 to 31st March
The very best in modern festive humour is
2009. And even the retailers themselves can win a cash prize if the lucky
delivered from our Hanson White collection. The
winners bought their Giggles greeting cards from their store!
brand leader puts the “ho ho ho” into Christmas
with festive fizz and fun, there’s no greeting like a
Hanson greeting. From classic cartoon punch line
humour to contemporary statement humour and from
Stores set for monthly rent
nice to naughty, the Hanson White collection brings
laughter to everyone.
payments
The Forget Me Not Christmas collection brings
One piece of good news for smaller retailers last month was the growing
together a wonderful array of classic traditional,
acceptance by landlords on the issue of monthly rent payments.
contemporary, handmade, cute and humorous
Fearful over the threat of empty properties has meant many landlords
designs that embrace the spirit of Christmas. All
are now preparing to ditch quarterly rental payments in advance in favour
designs are of the highest quality and still offer value
of allowing tenants to switch to monthly installments helping ease pressure
for money with out detracting from their dazzling
on retailers’ cashflow.
appeal.
John Procter of Scribbler is one card retailer who welcomes the move.
New to the UK Greetings’ Christmas 2009
“At last we seem to have the upper hand with retailers. We’ve been asking
collection are a fabulous selection of festive must-
our landlords to go to monthly payments and we’ve had a bit of success in
haves with some novel new ideas and new look
this area. If more of the big boys go to monthly it will be a huge benefit.”
favourites to complete the Christmas offering. A
wonderful range of money holders, novelty cards including puppet cards, an Advent
calendar card and Photoglobe designs, and those all-important Across the Miles and
New Year cards complete this wonderful seasonal collection.
Greetz targets
To complement the UK Greetings’ Christmas collection, is a fabulous collection of
gift wrap, bags and boxes that offer traditional and contemporary designs that can be
credit crunch
mixed and matched with the wonderful, shiny and sparkly gift tags, bows and ribbons
A new range of greetings cards mocking the
too add that extra special touch to presents at Christmas.
Government’s optimism in the face of the
Special Editions once again bring together a wonderful collection of designs for
credit crunch has been launched by online
their boxed Christmas card range with traditional, religious, snow scene, robins and
retailer, Greetz.co.uk.
Christmas tree imagery and also luxury boxed cards that add that extra special touch
The sepia-toned cards combine positive
to Christmas.
messages about combating the downturn
with images of ‘broken Britain’.
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