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Signature Mix Marketplace Releases 2014 Exhibitor Webinar Schedule
The signature mix marketplace pre-show educational webinars launched Dec. 5 and are designed to help exhibitors maximize their tradeshow experience and enhance their overall results. The series of eight webinars spans across a variety of topics: licensing, working with sales reps, social m... READ MORE »
GCA’s LOUIE Awards Call for Entries Now Open
Submissions for the Greeting Card Association’s 26th Annual LOUIE Awards – the Oscars of the stationery industry – are being accepted now through Dec. 16. Officially known as the International Greeting Card Awards Competition, the prestigious LOUIEs recognize the most outstand... READ MORE »
GCA Says 1.6 Billion Christmas Cards to be Purchased this Year
The U.S. Greeting Card Association (GCA) is predicting that some 1.6 billion Christmas cards will be bought this year, making it the largest card-sending holiday in the U.S. That figure includes boxed cards, but does not include photo cards and other personalized cards sold via the Internet. Overall... READ MORE »
Mudlark Announces Partnership with The Madison Park Group
As Mudlark prepares to celebrate its 20th year in the gift industry, the company announced a new operational partnership with The Madison Park Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of stationery, gifts and accessories. Founded by husband and wife team Doug and Kim Hamilton, Mudlar... READ MORE »
Kleinfeld Paper Launches New Wedding Collection for Stationery Retailers
Kleinfeld Paper has launched a new wedding collection to select stationery retailers nationwide, following the debut of its designer wedding stationery at the 2013 National Stationery Show in New York City. Under the leadership of the company’s newly appointed President, Paul Wainman, and in p... READ MORE »
NSS Transitions NSS365 to Signature Mix 365
NSS365, the online product directory of the National Stationery Show (NSS), has transitioned to signature mix 365 to reflect the show’s evolution into a comprehensive lifestyle springtime market. Signature mix 365, formerly NSS365, the website that previously featured only NSS exhibiting ... READ MORE »
Biely Elected to GCA Board of Directors
Glen Biely, co-president of the Seattle-based The Madison Park Group, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Greeting Card Association (GCA) at its recently concluded 72nd Annual Convention in Savannah, Ga. “I’m excited and honored to join the GCA Board,” Biely said. &ld... READ MORE »
Harju Elected to Greeting Card Association’s Executive Committee
Bob Harju, owner of the Berryville, Va.-based Pumpernickel Press, was appointed as an at-large member to the executive committee of the board of directors of the Greeting Card Association (GCA) at its recently concluded 72nd Annual Convention in Savannah, Ga. Harju has served on the GCA’s Boar... READ MORE »
Stracher Elected to Greeting Card Association’s Board of Directors
Patti Stracher, vice president of the White Plains, N.Y.-based GLM, and show director of GLM's National Stationery Show (NSS), was appointed to the board of directors of the Greeting Card Association (GCA) at its recently concluded 72nd Annual Convention in Savannah, Ga. Stracher joined GLM in 19... READ MORE »
Gift for Life Award Recipients Announced
Gift for Life, the gift and home industries' charitable organization, announced that two industry leading organizations and individuals, Kurt Adler Inc, Clare Brett Smith and Norman Glassberg will be honored during Gift for Life’s 22nd Annual “Party for Life,” taking place Feb.... READ MORE »
