Handmade card news from Blue Eyed Sun

Blue Eyed Sun are proud to report that 27 of our customers were finalists in this year’s Greats Awards in recognition of the tremendous contribution that retailers, both large and small, make to the success of the gift industry. Eight of our customers went on to win awards including Temptation Gifts who won the overall grand prize of Gift Retailer of the Year 2008. Winning customers included:

·         Temptation Gifts in Berkhamstead for Best Independent Retailer of the year – South and Wales and Gift Retailer of the Year 2008
·         Celebrations in Carlisle for Best Independent Retailer of the year – Midlands and the North
·         Rossiters of Bath for Best Department Store Retailer of Gifts
·         The Bottle Kiln for Best Gift Retailer of Jewellery
·         Bents Garden Centre in Warrington for Best Garden
·         House of Beauly in Beauly for Best Visitor Attraction Gift Shop
·         Fraiche in Derby for Best Retail Display Window or In Store
·         Lynn Tait Gallery in Leigh-on-Sea for Best Retailer Initiative
 

Blue Eyed Sun designs, publishes and sells design-led cards to some of the best stores in the world and we are very pleased to supply such wonderful shops. Well done to all those nominated for these fantastic awards. In a series of articles on our website we will be interviewing some of our customers who have recently been nominated for awards and getting their top tips to help your shop to be able to stand out from the crowd.

The Greats were launched by Progressive Gifts & Home magazine in 2003, in recognition of the tremendous contribution that retailers, both large and small, make to the success of the gift industry. Now in their sixth year, The Greats are established as the premier awards event of the year. It brings together the entire industry for a night of celebration. The Greats recognise and celebrate not only the top independent and multiple gift retailers regionally and nationally, but also the new breed of gift retailers as well as outstanding retail employees. The 2008 Greats Gift Retailer Awards were a huge success and took place at The Royal Lancaster on May 22nd 2008 at The Royal Lancaster. For more details visit the awards website at www.thegreatsawards.co.uk