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BIRA launches ‘High Street Matters’ podcast for independent retailers

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Tesco accused of undercutting local shops via its wholesale business.

29 Apr 2024

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Get ready to celebrate independent Record Store Day

18 Apr 2024

Independent record stores around the country are preparing to celebrate all things vinyl for this year’s Record Store Day on Saturday April 20th. 
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Indies encouraged to put themselves forward for Retail Business of the Year award.

18 Apr 2024

BIRA, the British Independent Retailers Association, has announced its partnership with this year’s SME National Business Awards., joining the 2024 awards as a leading sponsor, backing... Read more…

Family-run Polesworth fish and chip shop celebrates 40 years in business with half-price chips.

18 Apr 2024

A Midlands fish and chip shop is celebrating 40 years in business and offering half-price chips to mark the milestone.
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Assault of shop workers to be made specific criminal offence

18 Apr 2024

Assaulting a shop worker is to be made a separate criminal offence in England and Wales as part of a government response to a wave of retail crime. 
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New stores helping Cardiff arcades buck retail trends.

18 Apr 2024

Eleven new businesses that have opened in the last year in the historic arcades of Cardiff city centre’s Morgan Quarter, made up of the Morgan and Royal arcades, have helped the arcades... Read more…

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2022 Valentine's Day Toolkit

Posted on in Business News, Cycles News, Creative News

The 2022-GCA-Valentines-Day-Toolkit-LANDSCAPEGreeting Card Association (GCA) have created the 2022 Valentines Day Toolkit full of resources to help retailers promote Valentine's Day in their stores and online.

The GCA are a member of the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC), a well-established organisation representing c.100,000 independent retailers throughout the UK.

What's Included

On the GCA website here you can download print and web ready files for Point Of Sale and online promotion of Valentine's Day 2022. Thank you to Belly Button Designs for creating this year's artwork.

The downloads include:

  • jpg versions of a portrait and landscape poster for use on your website and Social Media.
  • PDF versions of the artwork, both landscape and portrait that can be printed out in-house. Alternatively you can get them printed at a local high street printer, or approach one of our Printer supplier members. These files are ready to be printed up to A3 size, and can be downscaled to print at A4 if you prefer.
  • An email signature image to attach to your current Email signature.

If you require the artwork in any other format, please contact the GCA.

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