The Countdown To The Greats Awards 2019 Begins!

Entries are arriving at the Progressive Gifts & Home/GiftsandHome.net offices as gift retailers go all out to see their shop name on a trophy in May.

Above: Last year’s Home Counties, South & South East category winner Maggie Thornton (right), owner of Alligator Pear in Tadworth, with assistant manager Angie Pipe.

“It’s been fantastic to hear about the way gift retailers, both big and small, independent and multiple, have been pulling out every marketing stop they can to get people through their doors,” comments PG&H/GiftandHome.net’s editor Sue Marks. “Retailing has never been tougher, but it’s clear that gift retailers are not only great at what they do but also extremely marketing motivated.”

With a closing date of Thursday January 31, there’s still time to enter this year’s competition. An entry form can be downloaded by visiting www.thegreatsawards.co.uk

Alternatively, entrants can email their entries directly to suem@max-publishing.co.uk

For retailers wanting to bang the drum about exceptional members of staff who go the extra mile, or the suppliers that provide the best service to independent gift retailers, email: ianh@max-publishing.co.uk

Above: A delighted Peter de la Mare, manager of England at Home in Brighton, was the winner of the Best Employee category in 2018.

The winners of the Greats Awards 2019 will be taking place at London’s glittering Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, with all strands of the gift industry invited to share in this very special day for gift retail.

Taking ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ as its theme, The Greats Award are set to be a lavish, fun networking event for the great and the good in gift retail, providing an opportunity for everyone to get together and let their hair down.

Tickets to the event are available from event organiser Clare Hollick e: clare@createvents.co.uk; tel: 01183 340085.

Visit www.thegreatsawards.co.uk

An impressive line-up of Greats Awards 2019 sponsors include (in alphabetical order): A Gift From The Gods; Boxer Gifts and Boxer Books; Candlelight; Gift Republic; GiftsandHome.net; Gisela Graham; Harrogate Christmas & Gift; Joe Davies; Premier Decorations; Progressive Gifts & Home; Progressive Greetings Live; Spring Fair/Autumn Fair and The Giftware Association.