The RETAS Awards Winners 2019

Greeting Card Retail Employee Of The Year
Mandy Baker, manager of Celebrations, Aylsham

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – London (inside the M25)
Medici Gallery, South Kensington

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Home Counties
Red Card, Petworth 

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – East Anglia
Sincerely Yours, Shenfield
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – South West
Island Greetings, two stores in St Helier 

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales and the Midlands
In Heaven At Home, Market Harborough
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North and Northern Ireland
Bailey’s Cards and Gifts, Southport and Crosby

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Scotland
Bluestone Gift Shops, Largs, Glasgow, Lochgilphead and Barrhead 

Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer or New Branch – South
Objectables, Folkestone 

Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer or New Branch – North
Cards & Gifts, Sheffield
 
Best Independent Bookstore Retailer of Greeting Cards
Blandfords of Broadway, Hereford and Ledbury

Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – North
Boroughbridge Post Office’s The Well Good Card Shop, Boroughbridge
 
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South
Mooch, Olney and Towcester and two stores in Northampton

Best Greeting Card Small Multiple (4-20 stores)
Zo & Co, four stores in Greater Manchester and Cheshire

Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards
John Lewis, Oxford St

Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards
Sainsbury’s

Best Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (4+ stores)
Utility, three stores in Liverpool and one in Manchester 

Best Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (20+ stores)
Cardzone Group – 130+ stores

Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards
Blue Diamond Group – 30 garden centres

Best Greeting Card Retailer Initiative
Cardies – for its community street art programme

Best Greeting Card Wholesaler
Budget Greeting Cards, nine branches UK and Eire 

Greeting Card Retailer of the Year
Blue Diamond Group