The RETAS Awards Winners 2018

The Retas Awards 2018 Official Winners
 
Greeting Card Retail Employee of the Year
Sponsored by Hallmark Cards
Jan Dowell, manager of three Card Factory stores, Merry Hill shopping centre, Birmingham
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – London
Sponsored by Museums & Galleries and BBC Earth
Northwood Cards & Gifts - Northwood

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Home Counties
Sponsored by Regal Publishing
Cardies – Stevenage

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – East Anglia
Sponsored by IC&G
Winner 2018 - Snape Maltings – Aldeburgh

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – South West
Sponsored by Thorntons
Southbourne Cards – Bournemouth

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales and the Midlands
Sponsored by Second Nature
The Little Card and Gift Company – Newport

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North & Northern Ireland
Sponsored by UK Greetings
Hallmark Widnes, Widnes
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Scotland
Sponsored by Wendy Jones-Blackett
Kairds – kirkwall
  
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer or New Branch – South
Sponsored by Spring Fair & Autumn Fair
Bromley & Co – Ipswich
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer or New Branch – North
Sponsored by Cherry Orchard Publishing
Bailey’s Cards & Gifts (Hallmark) - Ainsdale
 
Best Independent Bookstore Retailer of Greeting Cards
Sponsored by Woodmansterne Publications
Gerrards Cross & Chorleywood Bookshops - Gerrards Cross and Chorleywood
 
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards - North
Sponsored by Carte Blanche Group
Blaby Post Office – Blaby
 
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards - South
Sponsored by Pigment
Cadeaux & Co – Chipping Sodbury and Wells
 
Best Greeting Card Small Multiple (4-20 stores)
Sponsored by The Great British Card Company
House of Cards – six stores in the Home Counties

Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards
Sponsored by Abacus Cards
Morleys Department Store– eight stores 
 
Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards
Sponsored by Progressive Greetings Live
Sainsbury’s
 
Best Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (4+ stores)
Sponsored by Tracks Publishing
Gee Tee’s – five stores in the North

Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards
Sponsored by Paperlink
Paperchase –130+ stores
 
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards
Sponsored by Noel Tatt
Garsons – Esher and Titchfield

Best Greeting Card Retailer Initiative
Sponsored by Danilo 
Blue Rose Gifts & Balloons, Heywood - for its 1940s celebration
and Armed Forces Day initiative
 
Best Greeting Card Wholesaler
Sponsored by Xpress Yourself/Sensations 
Jacksons – Sheffield

Greeting Card Retailer of the Year
Sponsored by The Art File 
Paperchase