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GCA honors the Noted @ *Noted Products Awards winners

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) announced the winners in the third annual Noted @ *Noted Products Awards Competition. The awards ceremony marked the kickoff of the industry’s annual greeting card focused tradeshow, *Noted: The Greeting... more »

Totalee Gift brand transitions to Ivystone

Award-winning brand, Totalee Gift announced a representation transition to Ivystone in the Southwest. Effective May 2022, Ivystone will add Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas to its Totalee Gift sales representative coverage. Nebraska and... more »

JuniperMarket expands women-owned resources

JuniperMarket is making strides in its commitment to increase access to women-owned businesses with nearly 150 brands from the recently acquired Dough Collective confirmed to start selling on the newly launched B2B digital marketplace powered... more »

GCA recognizes the 2022 Louie Award winners

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) revealed the winners of the 2022 Louie Awards, celebrating excellence in greeting cards, at its 33rd Annual Louie Awards ceremony on April 27. Winners of the prestigious awards were announced... more »

Messe Frankfurt offers a trio of consumer goods exhibitions

Messe Frankfurt India Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd together with Gifts & Accessories, the Exhibition Division of Netlink Solutions (India) Ltd, are ready to ring up the curtain on Paperworld India, Corporate Gifts Show and... more »

NRF expects Mother’s Day spending to reach record high

Mother’s Day spending is expected to total $31.7 billion this year, up $3.6 billion from 2021’s record spending, according to the annual consumer survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.... more »

Precious Moments appoints John Plys as chief executive officer

Precious Moments Family of Companies, Inc. announced the addition of John Plys, a veteran toy and gift industry executive, as chief executive officer. Plys has spent the past 15-plus years leading toy/gift/novelty companies and has... more »

Quilling Card becomes a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title holder

Quilling Card is the new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title holder for the largest quilling paper mosaic. The artwork – a rendition of Vincent Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting – stands 15.09 feet tall and... more »