Stationery Trends Magazine

Eight National Stationery Show (NSS) and Creative & Lifestyle Arts (C&LA) exhibitors were honored with Best New Product Awards on Sunday, May 19, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.  The coveted awards are presented in nine categories and are considered a distinguished… Full Story »

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) honored the 25th Anniversary LOUIE Award finalists and winners in 52 different categories, as well as the first-ever recipients of a LOUIE Award for Lifetime Achievement, at an elegant gala at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City… Full Story »

Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home-décor industries' leading charitable organization, announced that DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, will match grants made to Gift for Life in support of the 2013 AIDS Walk New York. Gift for Life is partnering with the National… Full Story »

Stationery Trends is pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual Trendy Awards: Baby Judge’s Choice: Pear Tree Greetings — Girl Birth Announcements — Whimsical Wonder in Pink People’s Choice: Three Designing Women — Breathtaking Baby Stamps Bridal Judge’s Choice: RoxyLou Design + Press… Full Story »

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) announced that it is pleased with the decision by the USPS Board of Governors to postpone implementation of their modified 5-day delivery proposal. The GCA said it agrees with the Board’s conclusion that the language in the Continuing Resolution passed… Full Story »

The U.S. Postal Service has announced that it will cancel plans to end Saturday mail delivery this summer, saying the new stopgap budget that Congress recently passed would prohibit the move. The postal service’s board of governors made the decision Tuesday, according to a statement… Full Story »

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) has hired Bostrom Corporation as its new association management firm. Bostrom, an 80-year-old professional-services company with offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C., will assume management of the GCA this July from GLM, which has managed the Association since 2010. GLM… Full Story »

Holly Bretschneider has opened the doors on her 2013 Wedding Marketing Blueprint Program. Bretschneider, owner of Salutations, an award-winning stationery boutique with two locations in North Carolina, developed the Wedding Marketing Blueprint program for stationery retailers who want to increase their sales, profits and freedom… Full Story »