contents the team
Editor Lewis Eckett
lewis@lemapublishing.co.uk Lewis Eckett
Advertisement Manager John Furlong
jfurlong@lemapublishing.co.uk
Publishing Director Mark Naish
mark@lemapublishing.co.uk
Production Director Paul Naish
paul@lemapublishing.co.uk
Circulation Manager Robert Thomas
robert@lemapublishing.co.uk
Subscription Manager Sharon Cruz
sharon@lemapublishing.co.uk
Production Director Paul Naish
paul@lemapublishing.co.uk
Design/Production Graeme Thomas
graeme@lemapublishing.co.uk
Designer Rick Vickers
rick@lemapublishing.co.uk
Managing Director Malcolm Naish
malcolm@lemapublishing.co.uk Graeme Thomas
60 Spotlight Latest releases from the world of greetings.
Malcolm Naish FEATURES Lema Publishing Ltd
Naishville, 1 Churchgates, The Wilderness, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 2UB
Telephone: 01442 289930
www.greetingstoday.co.uk
The industries highest ABC rated circulation, with a readership of 6138
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28 Profile Handmade card specialists, Cavania, has branched out successfully into gifts as part of its strategy of delivering high end, affordable products to design-led stores.
32 Children’s Cards We look at what’s new in children’s cards.
36 Home and Gift Harrogate One of the industry’s best-loved shows kicks off in Harrogate in July. GT’s comprehensive preview guides retailers through the mass of new product available and highlights the major winners.
56 Cute It’s the clash of the teddy titans as UK Greetings prepares to take on Carte Blanche, while Hallmark looks on. Meanwhile, a cute rabbit called Rufus is preparing his own bid for cute stardom.
30 Retail Forum Retail experts discuss the VAT rise, supplier caution and Father’s Day.
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24 Design Community Gill Davies sees how the Internet can be both problem and solution for online design fraud .
26 In-Store Environment John Ryan discovers a greetings card shop struggling to get out of WH Smith in Tottenham Court Road.
6 News
BP faces flak from enGreet, Glebe Cottage wins a major award and Emma Bridgewater celebrates her 25th anniversary.
John Furlong 20 Licensing News
Latest details on new launches in the character and property licensing sector.
22 Supplier News GF Smith puts a 100 years of its design archive on show.
Front cover: Design from Woodmansterne’s Where’s Wally? card range.
REGULARS 5 Leader The editor assesses the impact of the VAT rise. July 2010 Issue 10 Volume 11
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© 2010 Martin Handford from his book Where’s Wally? The Fantastic Journey. Characters & other images are used under license from Classic Media Distribution Limited. All rights reserved.
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