The Retas 2008 Winners, Finalists and Sponsors
Scroll down or click on the award categories listed below to discover the winner and finalists in this year's Retas awards.
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - London (inside M25)
Winner...
Finalists...
- Kizala, Croydon
- More Than Words, three shops
- Paper Passions, four shops
- The Village Card Shop, Streatham Vale

www.hotchpotch.net
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Home Counties
Winner...
Finalists...
- Glyph, Hitchin
- Poppies and Bookends, Maidenhead and Wokingham
- RSVP, New Milton (also Sutton and Porthcawl)
- The Secret Cardshop and All Wrapped Up, Heathfield and Uckfield

www.secondnature.co.uk
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - East Anglia
Winner...
Finalists...
- Cards & Things, Hellesdon
- Pedlar's Gold, Swaffham
- Simply Cards, Beccles, Bungay and Wyndham
- Sincerely Yours, Shenfield
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - South West
Winner...
Finalists...
- Phoenix Cards, and Phoenix Cards2, Truro
- Sentiments, Burnham on Sea
- The Card Collection, Bath
- The Card Gallery, Exeter
- Top Drawer, Dorchester

www.paperclip-int.com
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Wales and the Midlands
Winner...
Finalists...
- Best Wishes, Leominster and Ludlow
- Bottle Kiln and Fraiche, Hallam and Derby
- By Chance, Shipton on Stour
- Nice, Cardiff

www.paperlinkcards.com
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - North and Northern Ireland
Winner...
Finalists...
- Coppermoon, Belfast
- Send It With Love, two shops in Leed
- The Card Shop, Heswell
- With Love & Best Wishes, Sheffield

www.medici.co.uk
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Scotland
Winner...
- JP Pozzi and Bijou, Buckie and Elgin
Finalists...
- Best Wishes, Ellon
- Bliss, Edinburgh
- Cardhaven, Stonehaven
- Paper Jewels, Falkirk

Best Greeting Card Newcomer
Winner...
Finalists...
- Absolute Cards, Wells
- Daisy Chain, Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Dragonfly Cards & Gifts, Knaresborough
- Hallmark, Ellesmere Port

www.noeltatt.co.uk
Best Non Specialist Retailer of Greeting Cards - Independent
Winner...
- Spencer Thorn Bookshop, Bude
Finalists...
- Amy Louise, Epping and Saffron Walden
- Pen to Paper, Summertown
- Walkers Bookshops, Rutland
- Wincanton Post Office, Wincanton
Best Greeting Card Small Multiple (5-25 branches)
Winner...
- Scribbler, 12 shops in Bournemouth, London and Oxford
Finalists...
- House of Cards, 6 shops in the Home Counties
- Maythers, 7 shops in the Home Counties
- Park Lane Cards, 9 shops in the North East
- Special Occasions, 13 shops in Wales and the South West

www.paperhouse.co.uk
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer of the Year
Winner...
- Scribbler, 12 shops in Bournemouth, London and Oxford

www.carltoncards.co.uk
Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards
Winner...
- Jarrold of Norwich, Norwich
Finalists...
- John Lewis Partnership
- Selfridges, Oxford Street, London
- Strickland & Holt, Yarn
- Voisins, Jersey

www.akadaisy.co.uk
Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards
Winner...
Finalists...
- Asda
- Morrisons
- Sainsbury's
- Tesco

www.woodmansterne.co.uk
Best Non Specialist Retailer of Greeting Cards - Multiple
Winner...
Finalists...
- British Bookshops/Sussex Stationers
- Paperchase
- Parchment
- WHSmith

www.internationalgreetings.co.uk
Best Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards
Winner...
Finalists...(Open to all chains of 25 or more branches)
- Card Factory
- Cards Galore
- Celebrations Group
- Clinton Cards

www.hallmark.com
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards
Winner...
Finalists...
- Bents Garden Centre, Glazebury
- Endsleigh Garden Centre, Plymouth
- Frosts Garden Centres, Woburn Sands, Willington, Brampton and Millets Farm
- Longacres Nursery, Bagshot

www.images-editions.co.uk
Best Greeting Card Retail Initiative
Winner...
Finalists...
- Celebrations, Carlisle - for its Just because... I care campaign
- House of Cards, Home Counties - for its charity Christmas card initiative
- Jane Armour Trading, Taunton - for its charity Christmas card competition
- Morrisons - for its Supermum campaign

www.wishingwell.co.uk
Best Greeting Card Cash & Carry
Winner...
- Rupert Magnus Trading, Acton
Finalists...
- Abbey Cards, Hayes
- Budget Greeting Cards, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Dublin, Gateshead and Manchester
- CAPS, Bury
- City Greetings, Cardiff

www.simonelvin.com
Best Greeting Card Service Based Wholesaler
Winner...
Finalists...
- Jacksons Greeting Cards, Sheffield
- Magson, Hull, Ipswich and Hull
- CPaul White, Leeds, Nottingham and Gateshead
- Sellicks, Plymouth

www.regentgreetingcards.com
Greeting Card Retail Employee of the Year
Winner...
- Jennifer Chalmers, sales assistant for Cardhaven, Stonehaven, Scotland
Finalists...
- Carol Anderson, area manageress for Park Lane Cards, 9 shops in the North East of England
- Theresa Armour, manageress for Jane Armour Trading, Taunton
- Jean Baxter, Beaconsfield branch manager for Temptation Gifts, 4 shops in the Home Counties
- Emma Cameron, manageress for Paper Tiger, Stafford Street branch, Edinburgh
- Christine Evans, assistant manageress for Tyrrells, Truro, Cornwall
- Suman Grewal, sales assistant for CGX Accessories, London
- Celia Hall, manageress for Walker's Books, Stamford branch, Stamford

www.carteblanchegreetings.com