GCA Members in the News, & Industry Updates
Stationery Trends Announces their “40 Under 40” Class for 2019, featuring several GCA members:
https://stationerytrends.com/news/gift-stationery-40-under-40-class-of-2019-announced/
Stationery Trends, Chain Drug Review, & Gift Shop Mag all featured the GCA’s new Workshop & Retreat: Oceans of Opportunity:
https://stationerytrends.com/news/gcas-oceans-of-opportunities-registration-opens/
https://giftshopmag.com/news/gcas-oceans-of-opportunities-registration-opens/
https://www.chaindrugreview.com/greeting-card-association-offers-new-workshop/
GCA member Victoria Venturi of Paper Epiphanies discusses the growing trend of non-traditional Father’s Day greeting cards:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/14/fathers-day-people-people-want-non-traditional-cards/1447140001/
Stationery Trends Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Schwartz led a lively and thought-provoking session, “Modern Card Politics: The Women’s Movement” at Noted: https://stationerytrends.com/article/summer-2019-editors-letter-modern-card-politics/
GCA President and President of Up With Paper, George White, spoke at the US Trade Commission, along with Sarah Moe Meyers, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee and Hallmark’s Federal Affairs Manager, in an effort to protect not just the American greeting card market, but those publishers who also ship their products to/from the United States: https://www.pgbuzz.net/us-gca-makes-strong-plea-for-greeting-cards-to-be-excluded-from-the-25-tariff-list/
Thinking of You Week is only a month away, and Stationery Trends has all the details on how you can participate:
https://stationerytrends.com/article/thinking-of-you-week-2019/
The UK GCA is celebrating 100 years with a special exhibition:
http://www.greetingcardassociation.org.uk/news/100-year-of-the-gca-the-exhibition
Gifts & Decorative Accessories featured “Astro Pups” card in their Gifts for Dogs and Dog Lovers roundup:
https://www.giftsanddec.com/blog/giftrap/this-weeks-picks-gifts-for-dogs-and-dog-lovers/
The US Postal Service announced that the limited-time Sesame Street stamps are now available for purchase!
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sesame-street-forever-stamps-brought-to-you-by-the-letters-u—s—p—s-300873069.html