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Noted: The Greeting Card Expo is coming. Find out why it’s different
The great experiment is about to end. Noted: The Greeting Card Expo is about to open. But what is so different about this show? First of all, it’s not a show. It’s a community event, created BY the community. Many volunteers from a variety of card maker companies...
Greetings & Salutations
GCA Vice-President and Noted Co-Chair George White recently spoke with Winsight Grocery Business about a successful Valentine’s Day promotion between his company, Up With Paper, and St. Louis-based grocer, Schnuck’s. “The key to leveraging seasonal opportunities is to...
Opportunities Are in the Cards
GCA Executive Director, Peter Doherty, and other members of the GCA talked with Grocery Business about how the popularity of greeting cards is growing among younger consumers and what retailers can do to capitalize upon this trend. “Greeting cards continue to be a...
GCA Events – April 2019
May 19, 2019LOUIE AwardsThe “LOUIE Awards Celebration” is moving from downtown NYC to Brooklyn! Join us on Sunday, May 19 at 26 Bridge as we visit GCA’s own “speakeasy” and celebrate all of the winning cards in this year’s competition. Member companies receive early...
Committee Updates – April 2019
LOUIE Awardsby Fern Gimbelman, Designer GreetingsChair, LOUIE AwardsRegistration is open for the Speakeasy Soirée on May 19, 2019! We invite you to join us at 26 Bridge in Brooklyn, NY for a time hop into the 1930’s – it’s going to be the bee’s knees’! Register here,...
In the News – April 2019
GCA Members in the NewsSave the date – National Stationery Week returns for the 8th year, April 29 – May 5! Learn more:https://stationerytrends.com/news/national-stationery-week-2019/Happy belated birthday to our GCA friends across the...
Member Spotlight – April 2019
Member Spotlight - Universal Presentation Concepts Tell us a little about Universal Presentation Concepts and how the company got started.UPC was founded in 1978 as a sign company working with local businesses. By the early 80's, we changed our focus to retail store...
From the President – April 2019
April 2019Dear GCA Member:“I’m always in your corner.” This was one of my father’s favorite phrases. He said this to me many times and more importantly he always showed me he was. Always. In. My. Corner.I thought about this as I was asked back into this President’s...
News You Can Use – Quality Fixtures Promote Quality Product
Quality Fixtures Promote Quality Productby Gail Anderson, Account Manager, Universal Presentation ConceptsDid you know? Shoppers spend 13% of their time looking at in-store displays of which 44% are at end-caps, 33% on floor displays, and the remaining 23% at...
Member Spotlight – February 2019
Member Spotlight Dahlia Press, Seattle, WashingtonStephanie Clarke, Owner + DesignerCard Talk: Tell us about your company and/or your products.Dahlia Press is a Seattle based boutique design and letterpress studio founded in 2008 by designer Stephanie S. Clarke. After...