Finalists 2022

 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – London
The Card Collection - East Molesey 
Diverse - Brixton
Earlybird - Stoke Newington
The Indigo Tree - Crystal Palace and Streatham
Medici Gallery - Kensington
With Best Wishes - Orpington
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Home Counties and South East
Best Wishes - Bishop’s Waltham
Dee’s Cards - Leighton Buzzard
Etcetera - Hitchin
Milarkey - Brighton
Panda Cards - St Albans 
Red Card - Petworth 
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – East Anglia 
The Card Centre - Felixstowe
Cards n Things - Norwich
The Deck of Cards - King's Lynn
The Eel Catcher’s Daughter - Ely
Sincerely Yours – Hornchurch and Shenfield 
Taylor’s Cards - Debden

Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – South West
Cranbornes - Shaftesbury and Dorchester
Just Cards - Honiton 
Kingfisher Cards - Sidmouth
Paper Gangsta - Bristol
Southbourne Cards - Southbourne 
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales and the Midlands
Austin & Co - Malvern
Bentleys and Maddison - Harborne, Solihull and Stourport on Severn
Daisy Chain - Stratford upon Avon
Hugs & Kisses - Tettenhall 
Mooch Gifts & Home - Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn 
Wishes & Kisses - Solihull and Sutton Coldfield
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North and Northern Ireland
Bailey’s - Ainsdale, Crosby and Maghull 
Cards & Gifts - Dronfield
Design @ Six - Wetherby 
Oklahoma - Manchester
Reflections - Rugeley and Nantwich 
Sweetheart Cards & Gifts - Hull
 
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Scotland
Bijou and JP Pozzi - Elgin and Buckie 
The Gift Box – Peebles
Paper Tiger - two stores in Edinburgh
Pencil Me In - Elgin
Penny Black - two stores in Glasgow
Pippin - Edinburgh 
 
Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer or New Branch 
HBB Cards - Newport Pagnell
Magical Moments – Wombwell
Maybugs – Bexhill-on-Sea, Eastbourne and Hailsham
Party Box – Telford
Stationery House - Clevedon
 
Best Independent Bookstore Retailer of Greeting Cards
Blandfords - Broadway, Hereford and Ledbury
Bookends - Christchurch
The Edge of the World Bookshop - Penzance
The Harbour Bookshop - Kingsbridge
Regency Bookshop - Surbiton
Sevenoaks Bookshop - Sevenoaks
 
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – North
Cloud 9 - Edinburgh
In Heaven at Home – Market Harborough
Stationery Supplies – Marple and Wilmslow
The Lambing Shed – Knutsford
Utility - Liverpool and Manchester
Write Here - Shrewsbury
 
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South
Figgins – Frome
French Grey Interiors – five stores in the South West
Kondi Gifts - Bristol
MiMi – Hartley Wintney and Wokingham
Mooch - four shops in Ealing and Fulham
No.14 – Ampthill

Best Greeting Card Small Multiple (4+ stores) 
Between the Lines – 15 stores in the South
Henry & Co– 15 stores in the Midlands
House of Cards – seven stores in the Home Counties
Postmark – six stores in South and West London
Temptation Gifts – six stores in the Home Counties
Zo and Co – four stores in Cheshire 
 
Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards
Fortnum & Mason
Harrods
Harveys of Halifax
Hoopers
John Lewis & Partners
Morley Group 
 
Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards
Asda
Booths
Morrisons 
Sainsbury’s 
Tesco
Waitrose & Partners
 
Best Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (20+ branches)
Card Factory – 1,000+ stores in the UK
Cards Direct - 41 stores in the UK
Cards Galore – 50+ stores in the UK
Cardzone – 160+ stores in the UK
Clintons – 240+ stores in the UK
Paperchase – 130+ stores in the UK
Scribbler – 35 stores in the UK
 
Best Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards  
Lark London - 10 stores in London
Oliver Bonas - 75+ stores in the UK
The Range – 180+ stores in the UK
Waterstones – 280+ stores in the UK
WHSmith - 1,100+ stores in the UK
 
Best Greeting Card Wholesaler
Archway Cards - Norwich
BGC Wholesale - nine branches 
CAPS - Bury
Crosswear Trading - Enfield
Greetings House - Walsall
Jackson’s - Sheffield
 
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Independent (1-4 centres)
Burford Garden Company - Burford
Fron Goch - Caernarfon
Garsons – Esher and Titchfield
Highfield Garden World - Whitminster
Monkton Elm Garden Centre - Taunton 
Yarnton Home & Garden - Yarnton
 
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Multiple or group (5+ centres)
Blue Diamond Group - 39 centres in the UK
Dobbies - 70+ centres in the UK
Haskins - five centres in the South 
Klondyke & Strikes - 22 centres in the UK
Longacres - five centres in the South
RHS Garden Centres – five centres
 
Best Greeting Card Retailer Initiative 
Austin & Co, Malvern - for its Christmas Thinking of You Campaign
Chirpy, Chapel Allerton - for its Card Bundle Programme
Earlybird, Stoke Newington – for its Small Acts of Sustainability Campaign
No. 14, Ampthill – for its Ukraine Fundraising campaign
Sainsbury’s – for its GCA Design A Card for Black History Month Competition
Stationery Supplies, Marple and Wilmslow – for its Giving Back Charity Programme
 
 
Greeting Card Retailer of the Year
All winners of the other categories are contenders for this award.