Congratulations to all the 2026 Retas Awards winners, announced yesterday (Thursday July 2) at an event at The Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair
We’re happy to see some regular Greetings Today Diary of a Card Shop columnists on the winners’ roster, including Kent shop George’s, whose owner Lucy Eason (pictured above) writes the column in the upcoming July/August issue of the magazine.
Other regular Greetings Today columnists taking home a trophy last night were the Medici Gallery, in South Kensington, and Stamp/UOE.
Well done to all the winners!
Winners lineup:
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – London
Medici Gallery, South Kensington
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Home Counties and South East
George’s, Whitstable
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – East Anglia
Upstairs Downstairs, Cromer
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – South West
Sky, Clifton
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Wales
WhimWham, Cardiff
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Midlands
Set, Leicester
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North West
Lollypop, Holcombe Brook
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – North East
Design@Six, Wetherby
Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer – Scotland
Bearing Gifts, Troon
Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer
Moments, Gillingham
Best Independent Bookstore Retailer of Greeting Cards
The Hedgehog Bookshop, Penrith
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – North
A Stone’s Throw, Sherwood
Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South
Sewsilver, Worthing
Best Greeting Card Small Multiple
Expressions, Polka Dot, Cat’s Whiskers, The Card Shop
Best Department Store Retailer of Greeting Cards
Fortnum & Mason
Best Supermarket Retailer of Greeting Cards
Marks & Spencer
Best Non-Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards
UOE/Stamp
Best Specialist Multiple Retailer of Greeting Cards (20+ branches)
Cards Direct
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Independent
Perrywood Garden Centres, Buckhatch, Sudbury and Tiptree
Best Garden Centre Retailer of Greeting Cards – Multiple
Blue Diamond
Best Greeting Card Retailer Initiative
Sincerely Yours and the Cardmitments for the Cards Make People Happy Paper Bags Initiative
Best Greeting Card Wholesaler
Jackson’s CRS
Greeting Card Retailer of the Year
Sincerely Yours and the Cardmitments for the Cards Make People Happy Paper Bags Initiative
