To celebrate The Greats Gift Retailer Awards 2019, a brand new website has been launched – www.thegreatsawards.co.uk– featuring details on how to enter this year’s competition, together with a downloadable entry form. Entries can also be emailed directly to suem@max-publishing.co.uk The closing date for entries is January 31, 2019.
With entries starting to arrive, it’s still all to play for, with the Awards rewarding and recognising entrepreneurial gift retailers and gift departments of all shapes and sizes whose achievements in 2018 have made them stand out from the crowd. Retailers are encouraged to self-nominate their shops in all categories, and also, to enter their extra special shop staff for the Best Retail Employee Award.
“The Greats is a fantastic opportunity for gift retailers – from the tiniest village shop to the largest multiple – to bang the drum for their achievements over the past year,” enthuses Sue Marks, editor of Progressive Gifts & Home. “We know that there are some fantastic retailers out there, and we’re looking to reward retail excellence, professionalism, innovation and commitment.”
Additionally, all retailers are eligible to vote for their top suppliers in the Best Service to the Independent Gift Retailer categories by emailing ianh@max-publishing.co.uk
Plus, suppliers, reps and agents are also encouraged to nominate the exceptional retailers that they believe stand out head and shoulders from the crowd.
Nominations are also welcomed for the prestigious Honorary Achievement Award, which recognises a very special person who has made a major contribution to the gift industry as a whole. Nominations are confidential and can be emailed to ianh@max-publishing.co.uk
Winners will be announced at a glittering Greats 2019 Awards lunch held in The Ballroom at the Grosvenor House on London’s Park Lane on Wednesday May 15, 2019, where the theme will be Walk On The Wild Side. For ticket information, contact Clare Hollick at Createvents tel: 01183 340085 e: clare@createvents.co.uk
Current sponsors of The Greats 2019 Awards 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.
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Angie Bryant on 01993 212994; e: angieb@max-publishing.co.uk
First launched in 2003, The Greats Gift Retailer Awards are owned and organised by Max Publishing and Progressive Gifts & Home Worldwide.
Top: The prestigious Greats Gift Retailer trophies standing proud.
