There’s just one day left to enter The Greats Gift Retailer Awards 2025 with the closing date midnight tomorrow (Tuesday 11 February).
The competition, now in its milestone 23rd year – which has again attracted a record number of self-nominations and nominations – will once again recognise and reward the UK’s outstanding gift shops and gift departments, fanfaring the amazing retailers that have risen to the challenges over the past year.
Entries and nominations should be sent by email to Sue Marks, editor of Progressive Gifts & Home/GiftsandHome.net directly at suem@max-publishing.co.uk
The full list of The Greats 2025 categories are as follows:
> Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – London, The South & South East & East Anglia
> Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – Midlands & Wales
> Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – North & N. Ireland
> Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – West & South West
> Independent Gift Retailer of The Year – Scotland
> Best Newcomer
> Best Specialist Multiple (4 or more shops)
> Best Department Store Retailer of Gifts
> Best Non-Specialist Retailer of Gifts
> Best Garden Centre Retailer of Gifts – Independent (with up to 4 centres)
> Best Garden Centre Retailer of Gifts (5 centres or more)
> Best In Store/Window Display
> Best Retailer Initiative
> Outstanding Achievement Award 2025
More details are available on The Greats website by clicking here.
Uniting the gift industry, The Greats Awards have once again joined forces with The Giftware Association’s Gift of the Year (GOTY) awards, with all winners – both The Greats and the GOTY – to be revealed at a fabulous black tie awards event, to be held at the glittering Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on Thursday 15 May.
To find out more about sponsorship opportunities for The Greats and The Gift Of The Year Awards, contact Ali Farrell (e: alisonf@max-publishing.co.uk; mob: 07872 113635); Ian Hyder (e: ianh@max-publishing.co.uk mob: 07525 634 306); Rob Willis (robw@max-publishing.co.uk mob: 07792 016832); Warren Lomax (e: warren@max-publishing.co.uk; mob: 07977 572086). Visit www.thegreatsawards.co.uk or www.thegiftawards.com
Tickets to the awards can be booked by visiting www.max-tickets.net or by contacting awards organiser Clare Hollick at clare@createvents.co.uk (tel: 01183 340085).
Tickets cost £230 (+VAT) and tables of 10 and 12 are available. Visit www.thegreatsawards.co.uk or www.thegiftawards.com
First launched in 2003, The Greats Gift Retailer Awards are owned and organised by Max Publishing and Progressive Gifts & Home Worldwide.
