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Brandwise News – December 2020
Join the GCA MarketplaceIf you’re looking for a B2B opportunity for your business that has no upfront cost and a low transaction fee of just 3%, then you’ll want to be a part of the GCA Marketplace. The GCA Marketplace is a new benefit that is part of your already...
In the News – December 2020
GCA Members in the News & Industry Updates Season’s (and Other...) Greetings Fans from a new digitally savvy generation are putting their stamp on the traditional greeting-card business. They’re embracing it and disrupting it—as they do....
Member Spotlight – December 2020
Member Spotlight with Lindsay Henry, Inklings Paperie A Card Talk Member InterviewWhat inspired you to get involved in cards? I have always believed in the power of the handwritten note. Back in 2009, I was working as a brand designer. The night before a big job was...
From the President – December 2020
December 2020 While it would be a huge understatement to say that 2020 has not gone according to the plan I had laid for my first year as GCA president, I can say that I could not be more pleased with the GCA’s accomplishments in this annus horribilis 2020. Our...
From the Executive Director – December 2020
December 2020 Creating Art, Forgetting Fear Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking is a slim volume with a big premise–that creative geniuses who make art come along very rarely, and that most art is actually created by people who...
Committee Updates – December 2020
32nd LOUIE Awards Committee Mary Beth Sibert, LOUIE Awards Committee Chair Create, Innovate, Celebrate Honoring the best of the best! In a digital year, let’s celebrate all things paper! The LOUIE Awards honor the best of the greeting card industry–the first-class...
Greeting Card Association Introduces ‘Festive Friday’ to Encourage People to Send Holiday Cards Early This Year
Greeting Card Association Introduces ‘Festive Friday’ to Encourage People to Send Holiday Cards Early This Year DENVER, CO (19 November, 2020) –The Greeting Card Association has added a special card-sending holiday to the calendar for 2020: Festive Friday. Occurring...
Greeting Card Association Partners with Brandwise to Create B2B Marketplace
Greeting Card Association Partners with Brandwise to Create B2B Marketplace November 13, 2020 (Lakewood, CO) – The Greeting Card Association (GCA) has partnered with Brandwise to create the GCA Marketplace, a B2B marketplace exclusive to GCA’s membership of greeting...
Committee Updates – October 2020
LOUIE Awards 2020 Mary Beth Sibert, LOUIE Awards Committee Chair The 32nd LOUIE Awards honor the tradition of celebrating the makers, the artists, the writers and the craftspeople who are passionate about bringing innovative greeting cards to the world. Get ready, as...
GCA Events – October 2020
November 12-13, 2020 Join the Greeting Card Association VIRTUALLY for this year's Workshop & Retreat Reset. Recover. Reimagine. 2020 has been a year of unprecedented change. “Normal” is indefinitely disrupted and innovation is the way forward. This interactive...