Grafitti legend Banksy
has just made a feature
film called "Exit Through
The Gift Shop"
premiering at the
Sundance Film Festival
in the USA.
The Cardgains supplier portfolio is very impressive
and aims to cover all categories within independent
greeting card and gift shops. Not only does the
portfolio offer some of the top greeting card
publishers and suppliers in the industry, but also
small house and boutique companies.

The suppliers offer preferential trading terms to
Cardgains members. These are negotiated using
Cardgains vast membership to ensure they exceed
deals available to individual shops.

The lifestyle gift and plush suppliers in the portfolio
offer an unrivalled choice and are first class, many
with products already well-known on the high street
and others new to the industry.

Cardgains is confident that the portfolio is an eclectic
mix of products and services, including the best in
the industry.
Greetings Today
magazine, has just
launched a brand new
website which offers an
essential source of
comment, news and
advice.
With the demise of Woolworths it
is easy to see that not offering
loyal customers new products
can be fatal for any established
retailer. So when we got the call
from Chris Dyson (joint MD of
Cardgains) informing us that we
had been selected from over one
hundred firms to join the
Cardgains portfolio, we were over
the moon.
Successful retailers are avid buyers of new lines and have no qualms
about kicking the established players out of their stores if their offer
no longer fits the bill. So many stores cling to lines well past their
profitable period and are invariably left with space hogging slow
sellers that give the store an eclectic junkshop feel. This is bad for
business. Getting rid of slow moving lines and
using the space for new stock and fresh ideas
is essential to keep your customers coming
back.

If you don't yet have any Full Colour Black
cards in your store, then perhaps you should?

We make modern cards for modern buyers.
Our cards appeal to women because they
can buy them for their fellas, and they can
also buy them for their girlfriends.
Cardgains, the National
buying group for
independent Greetings
Card and Gift Retailers
has asked Full Colour
Black to join it's list of
preferred suppliers.
Don't Be Left Behind
If you're a little unsure, try a starter pack of
just 6 cards across 12 titles. We've picked
out the most appropriate cards for the
Traditional stores and your customers. Have
a look in our Trade Shop for the Cardgains
starter pack. It's under £61 too. Go for it.
The only dedicated Card
Show in the world will be
happening in May at the
Business Design Centre
in London's Islington.
Free lunch, free drinks
and great people. Go.