GCA Members in the News & Industry Updates
Gifts & Decorative Accessories, Gift Shop Magazine & Stationery Trends shared the winners of the *Noted @ Noted Awards:
https://www.giftsanddec.com/trending-gifts/stationery/9-card-companies-receive-a-noted-award/
https://giftshopmag.com/news/greeting-card-association-releases-names-of-the-noted-noted-winners/
https://stationerytrends.com/news/greeting-card-association-releases-names-of-the-noted-noted-winners/
BookExpo goes virtual:
https://www.giftsanddec.com/trending-gifts/stationery/9-card-companies-receive-a-noted-award/
GCA member Great Arrow Graphics was highlighted in a New York Times article about sympathy cards during the pandemic:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/business/coronavirus-sympathy-cards.html
https://abcnews.go.com/US/greeting-card-industry-selling-sympathy-cards-amid-coronavirus/story?id=70553128
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-stores-are-selling-out-of-sympathy-cards-amid-coronavirus-crisis-20200508-sucjghgll5a5xjia2m3pmzlswq-story.html
GCA UK members share the joy of sending and receiving cards during the lock-down in a new video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzve-3OvL-c&feature=youtu.be
GCA member Leader Paper Products distributed one million thank-you-cards to essential workers in Milwaukee:
https://www.greetingcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Leader-Paper-A-Million-Thanks-to-COVID-19-Frontlines-Leader-Paper-Release_FINAL.pdf
A Michigan teen collected handmade notes and greeting cards to give to hospital patients:
https://www.clickondetroit.com/community/2020/05/01/you-are-not-alone-michigan-teen-collects-handmade-notes-for-covid-19-patients/
GCA member Hallmark gave away 2 million free cards to help people say “thank you” to essential workers during the crisis:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a31955518/hallmark-cards-giveaway-coronavirus/
The Atlantic writes about “The Endangered Art of Letter-Writing”:
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/05/letter-writing-endangered-art/610945/
Bloomberg News reports on the popularity of sending greeting cards during the pandemic:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-20/greeting-cards-are-making-an-explosive-comeback-ceo-says
An 11-year-old wrote a thank-you note to her USPS mailman. Postal workers are sending her letters of appreciation:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/us/girl-writes-thank-you-letters-to-mail-carriers-iyw-trnd/index.html