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8 Feb 2024

New research reveals that Apple Pay and contactless payments have overtaken cash payments by a landslide as our favourite ways to pay in-store.

5 Feb 2024

The Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) has expressed alarm at new figures that show shoplifting at its highest level in 20 years.

5 Feb 2024

A brand-new festival is being launched next month is “all about community and breathing life into the High Street”, according to Mark Kacary, managing director of The Norfolk Deli in...

5 Feb 2024

The retail sector has been responding to government plans to ban disposable vapes as part of plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping.

23 Jan 2024

Bakers, butchers, cheesemongers, delicatessens, fishmongers, greengrocers, village stores and small farm shops from around the UK have been shortlisted in the Farm Shop and Deli Retailer Awards...

23 Jan 2024

An interesting article has appeared in Forbes reflecting many of the issues that Indie Retail & ActSmart members will be experiencing – the challenges and...

22 Jan 2024

Eight in ten small business owners (81%) are planning to develop their companies in 2024, according to new research from Novuna Business Finance. The research shows that over a third (33%) are...

22 Jan 2024

The Times has named 12 of the UK’s best independent bookshops — as chosen by its readers. Readers highlighted places that combined books with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere....

22 Jan 2024

The British Independent Retailers Association is championing the high street again this Valentine's Day for the second consecutive year with its #LoveYourHighStreet campaign.

10 Jan 2024

Nads Store, a family-run shop in Law, Lanarkshire, has been named Community Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Asian and Business Awards ceremony for the second year running.

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Get involved with National Stationery Week

Posted on in Business News , Creative News

National Stationery WeekFill your pencil cases, sharpen your pencils, grab a clean sheet of paper and get ready to celebrate - National Stationery Week is coming. Celebrations begin on 20 April and run until 26 April!

In its tenth year, this ground breaking initiative engages with consumers, retailers, dealers, suppliers, schools, offices and the media in an unprecedented way.

The 2019 campaign achieved huge levels of column inches, airtime, and trended on social media helping to gain extra sales for retailers and re-sellers.

Get involved

National Stationery Week and the ‘Writing matters' campaign presents retailers with a great marketing opportunity to get involved with.

#stationeryshopsaturday, which is part of National Stationery Week's 7 days of stationery, is the perfect time for independent stationery stockists day to encourage the public to visit their shops, to shout about how great they are, their passion for stationery, their product knowledge and breadth of products.

It's a day for people to treat themselves to a beautiful new notebook and pen, to buy a card, write a letter and to celebrate wonderful stationery and the act of writing, and to share their local stationery shop with the world via social media.

For the second year running Stationery Supplies is spearheading #stationeryshopsaturday in support of this amazing chance to get people talking about their love of stationery and visiting their local stationery shops.

Join in with National Stationery Week 2020, take part in #stationeryshopsaturday on 25h April and share the stationery love.

Details on how to become a participating retailer can be found here.

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